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Chicken Spinach Mushroom Bake.

You can cook Chicken Spinach Mushroom Bake using 17 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Chicken Spinach Mushroom Bake

1. Prepare 2 cups of chicken, cooked (shredded).
2. You need 10 oz of mushrooms (canned or fresh).
3. Prepare 6 oz of spinach roughly chopped.
4. It’s 1/2 cup of mozzarella shredded.
5. You need 1 of medium onion chopped.
6. Prepare 1 tbsp of butter.
7. You need 3 of garlic cloves minced.
8. You need 1/2 tsp of thyme.
9. Prepare 1/2 tsp of crushed red pepper.
10. You need to taste of Salt and pepper.
11. Prepare of For the sauce:.
12. You need 1 (15 oz) of container of ricotta cheese or ¾ cup heavy cream.
13. You need 3 oz of cream cheese.
14. It’s 2 oz of mozzarella.
15. Prepare 1/4 cup of parmesan grated.
16. Prepare Pinch of nutmeg.
17. You need to taste of Salt and pepper.

Chicken Spinach Mushroom Bake instructions

1. Boil chicken..
2. Preheat the oven to 350F..
3. Melt butter in a frying pan over medium-high heat. Add onion, garlic and thyme. Cook for 30 seconds. Add mushrooms and red pepper flakes, then season with salt and pepper and sauté for 8 minutes..
4. Stir in spinach (a handful at a time, allowing to wilt before adding the next handful), and cook for an additional 2 minutes or until spinach wilts. Set aside..
5. In a small saucepan, combine all sauce ingredients. Heat on low, stirring occasionally, until cheese melts and the sauce becomes smooth and homogeneous..
6. In a casserole dish, arrange a layer of shredded chicken meat. Spread over half of the cheesy sauce then arrange a layer of mushroom-spinach mixture. Spread remaining sauce on top, sprinkle with mozzarella and bake for 20 minutes or until browned and bubbly on top or turn on broiler for the last 3-5 minutes for extra crispy cheese..
7. Let stand for 5 minutes before serving and enjoy..