Chicken Lasagne

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Chicken Lasagne

Serves 6 as Main Dish.

This is a flavourful and high protein chicken lasagne invented on the fly for visitors with nightshade sensitivity. It excelled, and the visitors insisted on walking away with hand-written originals.

I hope you enjoy it as much as we did.

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Chicken Mix

• 450 g Chicken thighs, finely diced
  
• 90 g Bacon, low fat, finely diced
  
• 1 Onion, small, finely diced
  
• 1 Celery stick, finely diced
  
• 2 Carrots, medium, peeled, finely diced
  

Sweet Potato

• 1 Sweet potato (kumera), medium, peeled, finely sliced rounds
  

Roux

• 3 T Plain (AP) Flour
  
• 50 g Butter
  
• 3 c Milk, low/no fat
  
• 3/4 c Tasty cheese, low fat, grated
  

Cheese Mix

• 400 g Ricotta, low fat
  
• 400 g Cottage cheese, low fat
  
• 1/2 c Tasty cheese, low fat, grated
  
• 40 g Parmesan, grated
  
• 1 Egg, x-large
  
• 1 T Basil, very finely chopped
  

Lasagne

• 6 Lasagne sheets, fresh
  

Chicken Mix

Fry chicken and bacon until cooked.

Saute onion and celery in butter until translucent.

Boil carrots to nearly done.

Combine these all together.

Sweet Potato

Boil sweet potato slices until just done. (Use a large frypan to keep slices intact.)

Roux

Melt butter in saucepan over low/medium heat, add flour, mix until forms ball. Add 1/4 cup of milk, stir until it forms paste. Keep adding milk a little at a time, stirring continuously until all milk is added and mixture has thickened to a mornay consistency. Stir in cheese, then add Chicken Mix in.

Cheese Mix

Combine all Cheese Mix ingredients in a bowl.

Layering

Use disposable foil lasagne container.

- 1/3rd Chicken mixture

- 2 Lasagne sheets, side-by-side

- All of the sweet potato slices

- All of the cheese mix

- 2 Lasagne sheets, side-by-side

- 1/3rd Chicken mixture

- 2 Lasagne sheets, side-by-side

- 1/3rd Chicken mixture

- Top with tasty cheese

Bake

Bake uncovered in preheated oven at 180 degrees celsius for 50-60 minutes.

Keywords: Chicken, Dinner, Intermediate, Pasta

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