Buffalo Chicken Lasagna

Submitted by hollyberry

"Grand Prize Winner from Taste of Home's Ultimate Potluck Recipe Contest (by Melissa Millwood). Made this for dinner last night and was skeptical, but it was delicious. A little spicy for kids (used Frank's Red Hot) but very well received by the adults. Didn't have any ground chicken so used shredded leftover turkey breast and would do so again! Also used 28 ounce can of ground tomatoes instead of 14 ounce diced and would do so again! Might yet experiment with cream cheese. Had neither fresh parsley nor Italian seasoning on hand and enjoyed it without."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 50mins
• Ingredients: 19
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• 1 tablespoon canola oil
• 1 1⁄2 lbs ground chicken or 1 1/2 lbs leftover turkey
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 1 celery rib, finely, chopped
• 1 large carrot, grated
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can diced tomatoes
• 12 ounces buffalo wing sauce
• 1⁄2 cup water
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons italian seasoning
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
• 9 lasagna noodles, oven ready
• 15 ounces ricotta cheese
• 1 3⁄4 cups crumbled blue cheese, divided
• 1⁄2 cup fresh minced parsley
• 1 egg
• 3 cups mozzarella cheese, shredded
• 2 cups white cheddar cheese, shredded

directions

1. Heat the oil in a large dutch oven and saute the garlic, onion, celery and carrot until softened.
2. Stir in the shredded turkey breast (or set the veggies aside and cook the ground chicken then return the veggies).
3. Add in the tomatoes, wing sauce, water, Italian seasoning, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil then cover and simmer for an hour.
4. Meanwhile, mix together the ricotta, egg, parsley and half of the crumbled blue cheese.
5. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
6. Spread 1.5 cups of sauce in the bottom of a deep 13x9. Layer with noodles, sauce, ricotta mixture, mozzarella, cheddar and blue cheese. Repeat layers twice.
7. Bake for 30-40 minutes or until bubbly and cheese has browned. let stand for 10 minutes before serving.

Reviews

[berry271]

This was good and had a genuine "buffalo wing" flavor to it. The sauce was not too hot, thankfully, but I guess that would depend on the type of buffalo sauce you buy. If we make again I think I would omit the blue cheese. It wasn't overwhelming, but a little stronger than I like. Maybe instead of blue cheese I would mix some Ranch Dressing Mix in the ricotta and then do a layer of Ranch dressing too. I think I might enjoy that more. Also my husband said he might prefer diced chicken instead of the ground, to really give it more chicken flavor. I found this in the February/March issue of Taste of Home.

 

[swampcat]

Did not have ground chicken, but used ground turkey instead, and it was delicious!! My husband and son couldn't get enough. They requested it again next week. Need to buy more Frank's Hot Sauce!

 

[sofie-a-toast]

my bf loved this - ours was very spicy but i think thats cause of the kind of sauce we used. Thanks for the recipe!