Tonight I delved into my lil box o' recipes that was compiled by all the guests at my bridal shower. It was fun looking through all the suggestions from everybody! I actually have no idea who submitted this one, because there was no name on it. So thank you, bridal shower guest, for this creation.
When I saw the title of the recipe, I thought this would be like traditional lasagna, but with chicken instead of beef. It wasn't until I was getting the ingredients at the store that I realized...it doesn't call for tomato sauce. Eh? I was skeptical after that, but it actually came out great. Read on!
INGREDIENTS:
-1/2 cup margarine
-1/2 cup flour
-1/2 tsp salt
-1/2 tsp basil
-3 cups chicken broth
-1 egg slightly beaten
-1/2 lb cooked and drained lasagna noodles (9 noodles=3 layers)
-1/2 lb sliced mozzarella
-1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
-2 1/2 cups diced cooked chicken
-2 cups cottage cheese
DIRECTIONS:
-First, obviously, make sure you've cooked your chicken and lasagna noodles.
-Preheat your oven to 375. In the meantime, melt margarine in a large saucepan. Blend in flour, salt, and basil. Stir in the chicken broth and cook until the mixture thickens and comes to a boil. Add the chicken.
-Separately mix the cottage cheese with the beaten egg.
-Place 1/3 of the chicken mixture in a 9x13 baking pan. Now a row of noodles. Next, top it with half of the cottage cheese and half of the mozzarella. Then add another layer of noodles. Top that with the rest of the cottage cheese and mozzarella cheese, as well as another 1/3 of the chicken mixture. Next another layer of noodles. Then top it with the rest of the chicken mixture and the parmesan cheese.
-Bake in the oven for 30 minutes covered, 15 minutes uncovered. Eat!
COMMENTS:
-This is really good "comfort food". The chicken mixture is really a gravy-like sauce, but paired with the mozzarella cheese in the noodles (I strongly suggest cutting slices off a hunk of mozzarella, don't use shredded stuff...it's much more gooey and yummy), delicious.
-I substituted ricotta cheese for the cottage cheese. Hey, I'm Italian, my momma done taught me good. Something about cottage cheese in a lasagna just doesn't sit right with me.
-This is my first ever lasagna! Way to go ME!! :)
1 comment:
Question: not in regards to this particular recipe, but the recipes in general. Do you 2 have like incredibly amazing portion control, or do you eat more than what you put in a picture, cuz sometimes I think, jeez, I could eat 4 times that much. then again, my portion control, quite skewed.
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