ROSEMARY CHICKEN LASAGNA

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Categories     Chicken

Yield 6-8

Number Of Ingredients 24

Filling
1 1/2 lbs chicken breast cut into bite size ½ inch pieces
8 oz sliced mushrooms
1/2 red onion diced
8 cloves garlic chopped
1 T fresh rosemary chopped
1/2 tsp kosher salt + 2 generous pinches for chicken
cracked pepper
1-2 c packed chopped fresh spinach or arugula
2 T olive oil
12 oz fresh mozzarella cut into 1/2 inch pieces divided (4 oz for bechamel)
15 oz whole milk ricotta
¾ c Parmesan
1 T lemon zest
1 package egg roll wrappers or fresh pasta sheets
Bechamel
4T butter (or olive oil)
4 T flour
1 T fresh rosemary chopped
3 c hot whole milk
1 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
½ tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp white pepper
Truffle oil

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 400F Season chicken with 2 generous 3 finger pinches of kosher salt and cracked pepper. Saute in skillet on medium heat with 1-2 T olive oil until golden brown and cooked through. Transfer to a bowl and set aside. In same pan saute diced onion until tender on medium high heat, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and lower heat to medium low and saute until mushrooms release liquid and are tender, about 10 minutes. Add chopped spinach and stir until wilted . Add chicken. Set aside. Bechamel In a small pot melt butter on medium low. Add flour and stir for 5 minutes on medium heat until flour is golden. Whisk in 1 cup at a time of hot milk. Add rosemary and bring to a boil. Do not leave unattended, stir constantly. Add 4 oz mozzarella and stir until melted and thickened. Add salt, nutmeg and white pepper. Simmer for a few minutes then set aside. Assemble Butter or grease a 8 x 12 pan. Pour ½ c Bechamel sauce in the bottom and spread out. Letdown 2 layers of egg roll wrappers or 1 layer of pasta. Place teaspoon sized dollops of ricotta (using ½ container). Spread out ½ of chicken mushroom filling. Drizzle ½ c Bechamel, sprinkle ¼ c Parmesan and 4 oz of the fresh mozzarella and ½ of the lemon zest. Repeat. Top with the last layer o of egg roll wrappers or pasta. Pour the remainder of Bechamel, spreading evenly. Add the final ¼ c of Parmesan. Sprinkle with a little rosemary. Bake covered tightly with foil in 400F oven for 40 minutes or until hot and bubbly. Remove foil and bake uncovered until top is golden, about 10 minutes. Let rest out of oven for 10 - 15 minute before cutting to set.

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