Spinach and Chicken Lasagna
A great 'go-to' chicken & spinach lasagna recipe - always well received.
Equipment
- Oven
Ingredients
- 8 oz instant lasagna noodles (or approx 250g)
- 1 roasted chicken skin off, de-boned, shredded
- 2 cans cream of mushroom condensed soup 10.5 oz (or 400ml) cans
- 3 cups heavy/ thickened cream
- 3 cups mozzarella cheese grated
- 2 cups spinach fresh is best (rinsed & shredded), but frozen is fine
- 1½ cups parmesan cheese grated
- 1 cup ricotta cheese
- 10 medium mushrooms diced
- 4 cloves garlic very finely sliced
- 1 large onion diced
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- salt & pepper to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 360 degrees Fahrenheit (or approximately 180 degrees Celsius).
- In a medium-sized saucepan over low heat, add cream, both cans of soup, parmesan cheese and butter.
- Allow to simmer – stirring quite frequently – until all ingredients are well blended.
- In a large skillet over medium heat, add olive oil.
- Add in onion until it becomes tender, then add in garlic and mushrooms.
- Cook and stir the onion in olive oil until tender, then add garlic and mushrooms.
- Add in shredded chicken.
- Cook until all ingredients are well heated but NOT over-cooking.
- Season with salt and ground black pepper.
- Lightly coat the bottom of a large (eg, 9in x 13in) baking dish with a little of the cream & soup mixture.
- Place ⅓ of the instant lasagne noodles on the bottom of the baking dish.
- Next, spread over ½ cup of ricotta.
- Add half of the shredded spinach.
- Then half of the chicken mixture.
- Sprinkle over one cup of the mozzarella cheese.
- And finally, add half of the remaining cream & soup mixture.
- Repeat layers once more.
- Top with a final layer of noodles then remaining cream & soup mixture.
- Cover with aluminium foil and bake for 1 hour, or until your scrumptious lasagna is golden brown and the cheese is bubbling.
- Top with the remaining mozzarella, and continue baking until cheese is melted and lightly browned (approx another 15 minutes).
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Notes
See below for suggestions about how you can personalize this recipe to suit you, your family, and your guests.
Nutrition
Calories: 320kcal
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