Chicken Mushroom Lasagna

Submitted by DebiMcG

"This white sauce lasagne is a favorite. It's good enough to serve to company. I usually make a Caesar salad and have some crusty french bread on hand. If I don't have cooked chicken on hand, I'll buy a roasted one from the store and debone it, using part of it in here and saving the rest for another meal."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 45mins
• Ingredients: 16
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 9 lasagna noodles
• 1⁄4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine
• 3 cups fresh mushrooms, sliced (don't use canned)
• 1⁄2 cup chopped onion
• 3 -4 garlic cloves, minced (at least 2 tsp.)
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• 1⁄4 cup flour
• 2 teaspoons instant chicken bouillon
• 3 cups half-and-half cream (can use fat-free)
• 3 cups cubed cooked chicken
• 1⁄3 cup chopped fresh parsley
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons either marjoram or 1 1/2 teaspoons basil
• 15 ounces ricotta cheese
• 8 ounces shredded mozzarella cheese
• 6 tablespoons fresh grated parmesan cheese (Regiano is best)

directions

1. Cook Lasagna noodles in large pot of boiling water according to package directions. Carefully lay noodles out flat on wax paper and set aside.
2. Melt butter in saucepan or deep skillet, add mushrooms, minced garlic, chopped onions, salt and lemon juice. Cook 5 min @ medium heat. Stir in flour and chicken bouillon - blend well. Add milk and cook @ Med-high or until slightly thick (at least 5 minutes). Stir in chicken, parsley and marjoram (or basil) and set aside.

3. Here's an easy trick I learned with the noodles:

4. Mix the ricotta and shredded mozzarella. Spread on Lasagna noodles, pressing it with your fingers. This will make it easier to layer.
5. Spread 1/3 cup of the sauce in the bottom of a 9 x 12 pan. (The disposable GLAD ones work great). Lay 3 noodles spread with the ricotta and mozzarella side by side, slightly overlapping if necessary, 1/3 of remaining sauce and sprinkle with 2 TBL of the parmesan. Repeat twice ending with parmesan - can use extra on top if desired.
6. Bake at 325 for 45 minutes. Let stand 15 min before serving.

Reviews

[chereebnoble]

I made this recipe for my daughter's graduation party. Everyone raved.

 

[Sanzibar -]

Delicious! My entire family loved this lasagna. I discovered at the last minute that I did not have half-and-half, so I used 1% lowfat milk. It worked perfectly. It took me about an hour to prepare the lasagna, but I had to cook the chicken as well.

 

[Marsha D.]

This was a HUGE hit this weekend at the lake. Our friends just waved on how delicious this kind of lasagna was. They liked it more than regular lasagna they said. I did leave out the lemon juice only because I forgot to bring any up to our camper this past weekend. I also used whipping cream in place of the half and half and used Italian seasoning in place of the basil (another ingredient that I didn't have on hand at our camper) I also used more mozzarella cheese than stated in the recipe. I ended with a layer of shredded mozzarella cheese. Thanks so much for sharing this fantastic recipe! I will be making this many of times. :)