With a delicious golden rustic potato topping – this Chicken and Spinach Pie is a firm family favourite.
This is such a comforting meal that the whole family will love. Tender pieces of chicken, in a creamy sauce with the goodness of spinach and those rustic golden potatoes for the topping are just heavenly.
My favourite time of potatoes to use for this pie is Yukon Golds, you won’t find a better potato. Amazing buttery flavour without having to add any button and that beautiful golden colour.
In the UK a similar variety is the Elfe Potato which can be found at which you can find at Aldi or Waitrose. If you struggle to find those too, I do recommend using a waxy variety of potato over floury. It just makes a much nicer topping for this Chicken and Spinach Pie.
For the creamy sauce, I use fat-free cream cheese, milk and stock. Which is 4 HEa’s in total, but as this recipe serves 4 people, it will be just 1 HEA per serving and 1.5 syns for a little cornstarch. Which is less than 0.5 syns per serving.
Hardly anything for this delicious Chicken and Spinach Pie which will have clear plates all around.
HOW CAN I ADD A 1/3 SPEED FOODS TO THIS RECIPE?
Obviously, the spinach in this pie will count towards your 1/3 speed foods, but to increase those to a 1/3 of your plate. I recommend adding some other greens of choice, we went for some steam broccoli and green beans, nice and simple and I just seasoned it with good ole sea salt and black pepper.
If you often feel confused about speed foods. I recommend reading over The Benefit of Speed Foods – it will really help to understand how it works within Slimming World.
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Making this for less than 4 people? Make it up in smaller single serving dishes and then you can freeze the other portions, you will be thankful to have them in your freezer for a quick meal to put in the oven on a busy hectic day.
You could even freeze it with your serving of 1/3 speed foods to save even more time. Just ensure you choose a vegetable that will cook well in the oven with the pie. Broccoli is perfect roasted and is one of my favourites.
WHAT KITCHEN ITEMS DO I NEED TO THIS CHICKEN AND SPINACH PIE?
- Kitchen Scales
- Measuring Spoons
- Measuring Jug
- Chopping Board
- Wooden Spoon
- Whisk
- Santoku Knife (perfect knife for chopping veg)
- Mixing Bowl
- Saucepan
- Baking Dish
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Creamy Chicken and Spinach Pie | Slimming World
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Yield 4 servings
This recipe is gluten free, Slimming World and Weight Watchers friendly
- Extra Easy - 1 HEa and 0.5 syns per serving
- WW Smart Points - 9 per serving (use chicken breast)
*suitable for freezing
Ingredients
- 500g/17.5oz of boneless chicken thighs or breast, chopped (all visible fat removed)
- 800g/28oz of Yukon golden potatoes (or similar potatoes)
- 1 onion, halved and sliced
- 2 cloves of garlic, crushed
- salt and black pepper
- 150g/5.3oz of reduced fat/low fat soft cream cheese - 2 HEa's
- 350ml/1.5 cups of whole milk - 2 HEa's
- 180ml/0.75 cups) of chicken stock
- approx 6 cups of spinach
- 1 tbs of cornstarch - 1.5 syns
- spray oil
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 200c/400f (gas mark 6)
- Place potatoes in a saucepan of water, bring to a boil and simmer till very slightly soft (not too soft that they are mushy) - approx 8-10 mins
- Drain and rough up with a fork and set aside.
- Spray a frying pan over a medium high heat with spray oil, add the chicken, season with salt and black pepper and cook until lightly golden.
- Remove and set aside, add the onion and garlic and a little of bit of the stock and fry until translucent.
- Add in the cream cheese, milk and stock and whisk till smooth.
- Mix the cornstarch with a little cold water to make a slurry, pour this into the sauce and stir until thickened and creamy.
- Add back in the chicken and stir in the spinach. It will seem a lot, but once you start stirring it in, it wilts down to hardly anything.
- Add the chicken and sauce to a an ovenproof dish. Top with the rustic potatoes. Season over top with salt and black pepper.
- Spray over the top with spray oil, and place in the oven and bake until the potatoes are a lovely golden colour (approx 40 mins)
- Serve with your choice of vegetables.
Notes
For the Slimming World USA members use 227g/8oz of fat free - 2 HEa's
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Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 serving
Amount Per Serving | ||
|---|---|---|
Calories 426 | ||
% Daily Value | ||
Total Fat 7.6 g | 12% | |
Saturated Fat 2.8 g | 14% | |
Cholesterol 112 mg | 37% | |
Sodium 739 mg | 31% | |
Total Carbohydrates 49.6 g | 17% | |
Dietary Fiber 1.5 g | 6% | |
Sugars 8 g | ||
Protein 34.9 g | 70% | |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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ConstantineG
May 19, 2012 at 5:34 amThis is delicious! I used baby new potatoes steamed in their skins. Suggestion – introduce the stock into the cheese gradually, until you get the consistency you want. Great dish, scrumptious, simple, and healthy. Thank you!
Deb 'Bruise' Riddle
May 23, 2012 at 10:02 amwould this work just as well with Quark instead of the low fat Philly if you’ve used your HeA?
Laura Morrison
April 9, 2013 at 8:30 amCould I use frozen spinach instead of fresh?
Louise Schwartz
March 21, 2014 at 3:26 pmHave just made this for our meal this evening, OMG it was delicious!! Will definitely be cooking again! Thank you so much for sharing all your recipes.
slimadmin
April 8, 2014 at 11:15 amglad you enjoyed it 🙂
Samee
February 26, 2018 at 3:48 pmMade this for dinner tonight it was so yummy, another great tastey recipe
Shevy (Slimming Eats)
February 26, 2018 at 10:39 pmSo happy you enjoyed it. Thanks for commenting.
Mary Harper
March 20, 2018 at 6:47 amWould this be nice with garlick n herb quark instead of cream cheese?
Shevy (Slimming Eats)
March 20, 2018 at 9:34 pmHi Mary – quark tends to be more sour tasting than cream cheese, so if you are happy with that taste, then definitely give it a try.
Victoria wareing
January 16, 2019 at 12:54 pmTried with quark but didn’t work it just split 🙁
Shevy (Slimming Eats)
January 17, 2019 at 5:39 pmQuark won’t work in this recipe. You are meant to use cream cheese (Philadelphia for example) as listed in the ingredients.