I’ve been trying hard to make sure that I keep low carb, nutrient-dense vegetables in my ketogenic diet as much as possible. Some weeks I do really well at planing my menus and everything goes as planned – but this was not that week.
I’ve been planning on making Chicken Broccoli Alfredo for a while now. It is a recipe that my family has always liked and it is easy to prepare.
I got everything lined up and ready to cook when I opened the package of broccoli and realized that it was not as fresh as it should have been and it was definitely not going to be part of our dinner.
I was ready to change all of our dinner plans for the night and then I saw that I still had a large bunch of fresh baby spinach – Spinach is good, healthy and low carb too! So I washed it up and substituted the spinach in place of the broccoli – and you know what? I don’t think I will ever make this dish with broccoli again! I love it much more with the spinach. The carb count was a little less and it was easier for me to digest as well. My husband and my daughter also loved it more.
Chicken Spinach Palmini Alfredo
Equipment
- Instant Pot
Ingredients
- 8 large Chicken Thighs boneless and skinless
- 1 cup Water
- 1/2 tsp Salt Redmond Real Salt
- 1/2 tsp Black Pepper
- 2 Bay Leaves
- 1 jar Rao's Homemade Alfredo Sauce 15 oz jar
- 1 can Palmini Hearts of Palm Linquini
- 2 cups Spinach Baby leaf washed and drained
- 1 pinch Red Pepper Flakes Optional
- 1 cup Cooked Bacon Cooled and diced.
- 1/4 cup Parmesan Cheese Grated or thinly sliced
Instructions
- Place chicken thighs, water, salt, pepper and bay leaves into an instant pot.
- Pressure cook on high for 30 minutes.
- While chicken is cooking in the instant pot, cook bacon and drain on a paper towel to remove excess fat. Cut or break it into small bite size pieces.
- Once pressure cooker is done, use the quick steam release valve and carefully remove the lid. Allow the remaining steam to escape and then remove all but 1 cup of chicken broth from the pot.
- (Save extra chicken broth for other recipes)
- Remove bay leaves.
- Break chicken into bite size pieces with a fork.
- Turn instant pot on to saute.
- Add in the Palmini, the Rao's alfredo sauce and the baby spinach.
- Stir ingredients together and heat thoroughly.
- Serve in bowls and top with bacon, parmesan and pepper flakes if desired.
