Chicken & Spinach with White Beans

Name: Chicken and Spinach with White Beans
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Fusion
Ingredients: olive oil, extra-virgin; chicken breasts; celery stalks; cloves; shallots; tomatoes; rosemary leaves; cornstarch; chicken broth; white kidney beans, canned; spinach; salt; black pepper; black olives

Yield

4 servings

Prep

25 min

Cook

Ready

25 min

Trans-fat Free, High Fiber

Ingredients

Amount	Measure	Ingredient	Features
3	teaspoons	olive oil, extra-virgin
1 ½	pounds	chicken breasts
2	each	celery stalks minced
4	Garlic	cloves minced	*
2	each	shallots minced	*
15	ounces	tomatoes canned, diced
1	teaspoon	rosemary leaves fresh, or 1/2 teaspoon dried
1	tablespoon	cornstarch
1	cup	chicken broth defatted
15	ounces	white kidney beans, canned canned, prefer cannellini
12	ounces	spinach fresh
1	x	salt to taste	*
1	x	black pepper fresh	*
10	each	black olives brine cured	*

Ingredients

Amount	Measure	Ingredient	Features
15	ml	olive oil, extra-virgin
680.4	g	chicken breasts
2	each	celery stalks minced
4	Garlic	cloves minced	*
2	each	shallots minced	*
433.5	ml/g	tomatoes canned, diced
5	ml	rosemary leaves fresh, or 1/2 teaspoon dried
15	ml	cornstarch
237	ml	chicken broth defatted
433.5	ml/g	white kidney beans, canned canned, prefer cannellini
346.8	ml/g	spinach fresh
1	x	salt to taste	*
1	x	black pepper fresh	*
1E+1	each	black olives brine cured	*

Directions

Cannellini are white kidney beans.

Drain and rinse before use.

Wash fresh spinach thoroughly and chop.

Chicken breasts should be skinned and de-boned and cut into bite-size pieces.

Heat 2 TS oil in large nonstick or cast-iron skillet over Add chicken and saut? until firm and white, not pink, about 3 minutes. Remove from skillet and keep warm.
Reduce heat to medium and add remaining 1 TS oil. Add celery, garlic and shallots and saut? until limp and fragrant, about 5 minutes. Add tomatoes and rosemary and simmer minutes.
Dissolve cornstarch in chicken broth and add to skillet. Bring to boil and cook until sauce is thickenedd. Add cannellini beans and chicken; heat through.
Just before serving, add spinach to skillet and toss until wilted, Season with salt and pepper.
Garnish with chopped olives. Serve at once.