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A creamy and rich cottage cheese sauce for chicken you can make fast with simple ingredients. Read on to learn how.
Creamy Cottage Cheese Sauce
The first recipe I made with cottage cheese was Alfredo sauce. The mild flavor, the velvety texture… my family loved it! So it was a matter of time to use cottage cheese to make this delicious sauce for chicken that will make you drool too.
Cottage cheese is not only nutritious, but it also gives the sauce a rich and creamy texture that kicks any dinner up a notch. Prefer a red sauce? Try my cottage cheese pasta next!
Benefits of Cottage Cheese
Cottage cheese is becoming more popular, but it deserves to be more than a trend. This cheese is high in protein, packed with minerals and amino acids, but is also low in calories, fat, and carbs, resulting a healthier choice compared with other cheeses, like cheddar or mozzarella.
Ingredients
For faster and even cooking, I butterfly chicken breasts, season them with salt and pepper, and cook them with a little olive oil. The base of the sauce is made with regular or non-dairy milk, low-fat cottage cheese, Parmesan cheese, and cornstarch for thickening. Extra flavor comes from onion, garlic, and Italian seasoning.
How to Make Cottage Cheese Sauce for Chicken
Learn the process to make this superb cottage cheese sauce for chicken breasts in the following steps and the video below:
- Prep the chicken.
Butterfly the chicken breasts and pat them dry with a paper towel to help the seasonings stick better. - Cook the chicken.
Use a large pan to cook the chicken for 4 minutes each side. This sears the meat and locks the juices inside, so don’t move the chicken before those 4 minutes. - Make the sauce.
Blend cottage cheese, milk, parmesan, salt, pepper, and cornstarch until smooth. - Cook the aromatics.
In the same pan you cooked the chicken, sauté onion and garlic with Italian seasoning. This makes a delicious base for the sauce. - Combine.
Pour the sauce into the pan and heat it up while you scrape any tidbits with the spatula. Yummy! Then, place the chicken breasts and bring everything to a simmer. Cook on low for 10 minutes.
What Does Cottage Cheese Sauce Taste Like
Since cottage cheese has a salty, mostly neutral flavor, it absorbs the other ingredients’ flavors. The sauce turns out cheesy thanks to the Parmesan, and infused with the earthy, aromatic flavor from the Italian seasoning herbs.
What to Serve with Cottage Cheese Chicken & Sauce
Turn this creamy chicken with cottage cheese sauce into a balanced meal by pairing it with sides like pan-seared asparagus or a winter salad. It also goes great with Parmesan polenta or my cottage cheese mac and cheese.
Creamy Cottage Cheese Sauce for Chicken
Watch how it’s made:
Ingredients
- 2 chicken breasts, about 1 ½lbs
- Salt & pepper, for seasoning the chicken
- 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
- ½ cup milk
- 1 ½ cups low-fat cottage cheese
- ⅓ cup parmesan cheese
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ⅛ teaspoon pepper
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch
- ½ large onion, chopped
- 2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
Instructions
Prep:
- On a flat surface, butterfly the two chicken breasts into 4 thinner pieces. Pat dry with a paper towel and season with salt and pepper on both sides.
Cook the chicken:
- Heat a large pan over medium-high heat. Once hot, add 1 tablespoon of oil and heat it up. Place the chicken breasts in the hot pan and cook, without moving them, for 4 minutes on the first side, then once golden and seared, flip them over and continue cooking for an additional 4 minutes until the chicken breasts' internal temperature reaches 165F. Remove them from the pan onto a plate.
Make the sauce:
- For a smooth sauce, blend the cottage cheese with the milk, grated parmesan, salt, pepper, and cornstarch until smooth.
- To the same pan over medium heat, add the remaining 1 tablespoon of oil and distribute it in the pan. Add the chopped onion and sauté for 2 minutes, until it's translucent and golden. Add the Italian seasoning and chopped garlic and cook for 30 seconds until fragrant.
Combine:
- Pour the blended sauce into the pan and stir to combine with the onion. Use the back of the spatula to scrape any tidbits at the bottom of the pan and combine them with the sauce as you heat it up. Place the chicken breasts in the pan with the sauce and bring it to a simmer. Stir and reduce the heat to low. Cover with a lid and simmer the sauce for 10 minutes.
- Serve the chicken with the creamy cottage cheese sauce.
Ann L. says
This is an easy recipe with full of flavor, you would never know it’s from cottage cheese, The only thing I did different was to add some nutritional yeast for extra cheesy flavor and extra protein. So, so good. Definitely plan on making again.
Laura Fuentes says
The addition of nutritional yeast is brilliant for more depth of flavor. I didn’t because a lot of people don’t have it but I’ll definitely try it myself!