Chicken Spinach Frittata

This easy one bowl chicken spinach frittata recipe combines chicken and spinach in a cheesy egg mixture that bakes up to tender perfection in your oven. A perfect brunch treat!

Why we love this recipe

This super easy chicken frittata mixes eggs, milk, cooked chicken, cooked spinach and a few handfuls of Swiss cheese together in one bowl.

Pour it into a deep dish pie pan, pop it in the oven and 45 minutes later you have a scrumptious, protein-packed brunch, lunch or dinner ready to eat!

This is a great way to use up any leftover cooked chicken you may have lounging around in your fridge, and it’s also one of the easiest recipes in my collection, so bonus points for each of those things!

AND, you can swap in different types of cheese, different kinds of veggies, and even leave the chicken out altogether if you want a vegetarian option. This is one flexible frittata!

What is a frittata?

A frittata is an egg dish similar to an omelet or a quiche, but even easier. You just whisk up some eggs, throw in whatever veggies, meats, cheese, or herbs you feel like, and cook it all together.

The difference between a frittata and an omelet is that you don’t fold a frittata over – you either cook it flat in a pan and then finish it in the oven to get a nice brown top, or in this case, you cook the whole thing in the oven.

Frittatas are super versatile – you can eat them hot or at room temperature, for breakfast, lunch, or dinner…you pick. They’re also perfect for using up leftovers, since you can throw pretty much anything into them. Like leftover chicken and cooked spinach…and of course we would never leave out the cheeeeeese.

Ingredients you need

Ingredient notes and substitutions

• Eggs: We use extra large eggs for this recipe, but any size will work.
• Chicken: If you don’t have cooked chicken on hand, you can go with a rotisserie chicken from your supermarket, or poach a chicken breast earlier in the day (more on that in the FAQ below!)
• Spinach: We use baby spinach that we have sauteed up in a pan until it is wilted, but you can use any veggie you like – shredded zucchini, corn kernels, chopped broccoli – the sky is your veggie limit! If you are using a sturdier veggie, cook it up first.
• Cheese: We love Swiss for this recipe, but any chopped or shredded cheese will work, including cheddar, feta and mozzarella.

See the recipe card for full information on ingredients and quantities and nutritional information.

Here’s how you make this recipe

STEP 1: Preheat your oven to 375 degrees. Grab a deep pie dish and spray it with some cooking spray.

STEP 2: Now, crack your eggs into a bowl, pour in some milk, and whisk ’em together.

STEP 3: Toss in the cooked chicken, spinach, and cheese, and stir it all up. 

STEP 4: Pour all that deliciousness into your prepared pie pan. Sprinkle some pepper on top.

PRO TIP: Put your pie pan on a rimmed baking pan before you slide it into the oven – it makes it easier to put in the oven and to take it out.

STEP 5: Pop your chicken frittata it into the oven and let it bake up for about 45 minutes. Out will come a lovely, spinach-swirled conglomeration of cheesy deliciousness with some chicken providing a little healthy protein.

Slice it into wedges and serve it up…because this is a nice low calorie meal, I sometimes splurge by making the Southern husband some banana muffins on the side.

Recipe FAQs

Want to round out your meal?

This is a nice light main dish, so we love to round it out with some cheesy grit cakes, or some fresh corn Johnny Cakes. And if you are looking for something sweet to finish off your meal, you can’t beat these maple syrup blueberry muffins! Or maybe a slice of this easy fresh peach pie?

Other frittata recipes we love!

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This easy one bowl frittata recipe combines chicken and spinach in a cheesy egg mixture that bakes up to tender perfection in your oven. A perfect brunch treat!

• Author: Kate Morgan Jackson
• Prep Time: 5 minutes
• Cook Time: 45 minutes
• Total Time: 50 minutes
• Yield: 4
• Category: Breakfast, Lunch
• Method: Oven
• Cuisine: American

Ingredients

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• 6 eggs, beaten
• ¾ cup milk
• 2 cups shredded cooked chicken
• 6 ounces baby spinach, cooked
• 2 cups shredded Swiss cheese
• ¼ teaspoon pepper

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Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees and spray a deep dish pie pan with cooking spray.
2. Add the milk to the eggs and whisk until well combined. Stir in the chicken, spinach and cheese.   Pour into prepared baking dish.
3. Sprinkle with pepper and bake for 45 minutes or until set.
4. Cut into wedges and serve it up!

Notes

• • Eggs: We use extra large eggs for this recipe, but any size will work.

• • Chicken: If you don’t have cooked chicken on hand, you can go with a rotisserie chicken from your supermarket, or poach a chicken breast earlier in the day (more on that in the FAQ above!)

• • Spinach: We use baby spinach that we have sauteed up in a pan until it is wilted, but you can use any veggie you like – shredded zucchini, corn kernels, chopped broccoli – they sky is your veggie limit! If you are using a sturdier veggie, cook it up first.

• • Cheese: We love Swiss for this recipe, but any chopped or shredded cheese will work, including cheddar, feta and mozzarella.