02/03/2016

Chicken Lasagne





Lasange' are wide ,flat shaped pasta, originated  in Italy. It is one of the most popular  main course in Italian  cuisine. I made chicken lasagne ,as my kid love chicken in any form.You can replace  chicken  with lamb or beef.For vegetarian  ,you can replace  chicken  with paneer, tofu or mushroom.
This Chicken  Lasagne is really  tasty.The combinations  of chicken  sauce and Bechamel  sauce  are really delicious and  flavourful. Adding Parmesan on top can  make this dish  a show stopper  of your  dinner party.
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Author - Moumita 
Preparation Time - 30 Minutes 
Cooking Time - 2 hours 
Servings -6
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Ingredients 

Lasagna noodles-10
Chicken Sauce- 3/4 cup
Bachamel Sauce-1 cup
Oilve oil or butter-1/2 teaspoon  (for greasing )
Permesan cheese -1 cup (grated)

Ingredients  For  Making  Chicken Sauce 
Ground  chicken -500 grams 
Olive oil-2 tablespoons 
Large Onion - 1 
carrots, finely chopped
Celery sticks-2 (Chopped ) 
Garlic-4 cloves minced 
Tomato puree-1/4 cup  
Tomato paste-3 teaspoon
Sugar-1 teaspoon 
Oregano-1:teaspoon
Basil leaves-4 chopped (or 1 tsp dry basil)
Vinegar -3 tablespoons 
Freshly ground black pepper- 1 teaspoon 

Ingredients  For Making Bechamel  Sauce 
Butter-1/2 cup
Flour- 1/4 cup 
Milk-3/4 cup
Nutmeg-1/2 teaspoon
Salt  to taste
Freshly ground black pepper-1/2 teaspoon

Method  Of  Making  Chicken  Sauce 

In a large pan heat oil over medium high heat. Add onion,garlic  and celery over medium heat until softened, stirring constantly. 

Add ground chicken and cook until it changes its color.

Add tomato paste, tomato puree, vinegar sugar, oregano, basil, salt and pepper to taste. Cover, bring to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer for about 1/2 hours.Remove from heat and  set aside.

Method  Of Making Bechamel  Sauce 

 In a medium sauce pan, melt the butter over medium-low heat. Add the flour and stir until smooth, for about 1 minute, until bubbling. Remove from heat and add milk  gradually ,stir until mixture is smooth.

Return to heat and stir constantly until the sauce boils and begin to thicken.  Add nutmeg, salt and pepper and set aside until ready to use. Give it a stir from time to time.

How To Cook Lasagne  Sheets 
Some complany sell ready to use lasange sheet which do not require preboiling, if your lasagne sheets require precooking follow the instructions of ppacket or the following instructions of boiling lasagne sheets.

Filled 2/3 portion of  a big vessel with water,add a pinch of salt and oil.When the water starts  boiling, add lasagne noodles and let them cook according  to the time on box  or 10 -15 minutes.Stir occasionally. When lasgne sheets are done,drain  the  water  and keep aside  the sheets to cool.

Assemble Lasagne 


Preheat oven to 350 F  or 180C.

Grease a lasagna dish with olive oil or melted butter.

Spread a layer of chicken sauce over the bottom of the baking dish. Spread a 1/4 cup of Bechamel . Place a single layer of noodles over top and press gently. Depending on noodles size might be used 3 to 4 noodles per layer. Repeat spreading half of the remained chicken sauce over the noodles. Spread 1/4 cup of Bechamel sauce on top. Add a new layer of noodles, pressing gently. Spread the remained chicken sauce,1/4 cup of   Bechamel and add the last layer of noodles

Top the last layer of noodles with the remaining Bechamel sauce and sprinkle the freshly grated Parmesan over the top. Cover with aluminum foil making sure it doesn't touch the surface.

Cook for about 25 minutes covered with foil, and another 25 minutes without.

Set aside for about 15 minutes before serving. Serve alongside some toasted bread.

Pictorial  Recipe 

                   Vegetables and ground chicken

                
                        Making  Chicken Sauce

                  
                  

                          Making  Bechamel Sauce

        






Assemble Lasagne 




8 comments:

  1. Hope you had a great time with your family...this is a lovely post to start with...

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  2. Chiken lasangne looks great...inviting dish

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  3. This looks super tempting, Moumita!
    I just love the chicken sauce, it is so versatile!

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  4. Hi Moumita, love that you made a chicken sauce and a bechamel, looks delicious!

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  5. Looks so flavorful and deliicous dear!

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  6. Really tempting lasangne. Love it

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  7. You made lasagna so nicely, I am vegetarian so I can skip chicken and still enjoy.

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