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Chicken Lasagna
White Chicken Lasagna is everything you know and love about classic Lasagna – except it’s made with tender shredded chicken and golden mushrooms smothered in a cheesy Alfredo sauce! While it may be white instead of red, and made with chicken instead of beef, it has all the characteristics of what we love so much about Lasagna:
it’s just as cosy just as cheesy just as saucy just as moreish makes a BIG BATCH freezes great you know it’s going to be a guaranteed hit with everyone!
How to make Chicken Lasagna
Normally, I start with “what you need” but given the idea of a chicken lasagna might be new to some – and a white one at that (!) – I thought I’d start by showing you how it’s made so you can see there’s nothing tricky about it at all!
Here are the main components to making this dish:
Poached chicken / semi homemade stock – I like to cook the chicken by poaching it in milk + chicken broth. This serves 2 purposes: a) juicier chicken; and b) chicken juices leaches into broth to make a semi homemade broth (which equals tastier white sauce!) Cheesy Alfredo Sauce – this is just a white sauce, made no differently than what we use for Mac and Cheese and similar dishes. It’s made with milk and thickened with flour. No cream. Plenty of richness from butter and cheese! Golden, buttery, garlicky mushrooms – I like to add mushrooms in to add something different into the mixture, rather than having just all meat! Feel free to switch it up with other veggies – though I have to say, mushrooms are by far my favourite. Shred chicken, mix, layer – once the above 3 components are ready, just mix it all up to make the creamy filling. Then layer up the lasagna, just as you do classic Beef Lasagna. Bake – and voila!
What you need for Chicken Lasagna
And here’s what you need to make this White Chicken Lasagna. Nothing unusual here!
Just a note on a couple of things:
Vegeta or other stock powder (aka granulated bouillon) – I use this instead of salt because it adds more flavour. Any kind of stock powder is fine here – chicken or vegetable (I like Vegeta which is a Vegetable stock powder); Thyme is optional – it adds a subtle perfume to the homemade “broth”. Can also be substituted with a pinch of dried thyme; Cheeses – I like using a full flavoured cheese to mix into the Alfredo Sauce, and mozzarella for the top for its melting qualities. But you can really use any melting cheese you want – as long as it’s a melting type of cheese; and Lasagna Sheets – I like using fresh lasagna sheets that are sold in the refrigerator section. These do not require cooking before layering up and baking, and I think they yield the best result. The other two types of lasagna sheets that can be used are: Dried lasagna sheets, require cooking – these sheets need to be cooked per the packet directions before assembling the lasagna; and Dried, instant / no cook – these are dried lasagna sheets that can be layered up and used without pre cooking.
I do say above that the mushrooms can be switched out for another vegetable.
Dried lasagna sheets, require cooking – these sheets need to be cooked per the packet directions before assembling the lasagna; and Dried, instant / no cook – these are dried lasagna sheets that can be layered up and used without pre cooking.
But I take that back. The addition of golden, buttery, garlicky mushrooms totally makes this!! Don’t skip it!!*
- Though if you really need a substitute, I’d highly recommend golden roasted cubes of pumpkin (follow this recipe) or stir through a load of baby spinach.
More chicken version of classic dishes
As I was writing this Chicken Lasagna post, it dawned on me that this whole “chicken version of beef recipes” has become a bit of a habit around these parts! For example, Chicken Nachos – equally tasty, perhaps even tastier, than classic Beef Nachos. Same for Chicken Tacos. Chicken Stroganoff instead of Beef Stroganoff. Chicken Meatloaf instead of classic Meatloaf made with beef. Err…. OK, I’m 100% sure I’ve done more chicken versions but I’m stuck right now for ideas so I’m just going to blow right past this! So, today is the chicken version of everybody’s favourite beef Lasagna. There’s no need to choose a favourite. There is a place in the world for both the classic Lasagna and this Chicken version, don’t you think?? Well, there’s certainly space in my life for both!! – Nagi x
Complete your meal
Simple, crisp garden salad with a Balsamic or Italian Dressing For company, show off with this Apple Salad with Candied Walnuts Carb blow out with a side of Garlic Bread or Cheesy Garlic Bread Finish the meal with a cosy Apple Crumble or Strawberry Crumble
Watch how to make it
Forgot to add bay leaves in the video!
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