Food & Wine
Cheesy, chicken and white sauce lasagne
Change up your usual lasagne with this chicken and cheese white sauce version. We bet your entire family will love it.
Ingredients:
- 9 lasagne noodles
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 2 cloves of garlic, minced
- ½ cup of butter
- ½ cup of flour
- 1 teaspoon of salt
- 2 cups of chicken broth
- 1 ½ cups of milk
- 4 cups of shredded mozzarella
- 1 ¼ cup of grated parmesan
- 1 teaspoon of dried basil
- 1 teaspoon of dried oregano
- 1 tablespoon of fresh parsley, chopped
- 2 cups of ricotta cheese
- ½ teaspoon of black pepper
- 2 cups of chicken, diced and cooked
- 300g of spinach
Method:
- Preheat oven to 175°C.
- In a large pot, boil salted water. Add lasagne noodles and cook for 8 to 10 minutes. Drain and rinse.
- In a large saucepan over medium heat, melt butter.
- Add onion and garlic and cook until soft.
- Add flour and salt and stir. Let simmer.
- Add chicken broth and milk and bring to a boil, stirring constantly.
- Add 2 cups of mozzarella and ¼ cup of parmesan cheese. Stir.
- Add oregano, basil and pepper and stir. Remove from heat.
- Take 1/3 of the white sauce and spread over a 22cm x 33cm dish.
- Add lay out ⅓ of the noodles. Top with ricotta, half the spinach, and chicken.
- Add the next ⅓, top with sauce, remaining spinach, ½ cup of parmesan, and half the remaining mozzarella.
- Add the last noodles on top, spreading the last of the sauce. Top with the remaining mozzarella, parsley and parmesan cheese.
- Cook for 35 to 40 minutes or until top begins to brown.
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