Delicious Cheesy Chicken Lasagna

Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins Preparation Time: 50 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 9 lasagna noodles, cooked
• 4 cups cooked chopped chicken
• 3 cups cheddar cheese, divided (can use more)
• 3 -4 tablespoons butter
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1 -2 tablespoon fresh minced garlic (or to taste)
• 1 (10 ounce) can cream of chicken soup, undiluted
• 1 (10 ounce) jar alfredo sauce (or use your own favorite recipe)
• 1 (7 ounce) jar diced pimentos, undrained
• 1 (6 ounce) can sliced mushrooms (or use fresh sauteed)
• 1/3 cup dry wine
• 1 teaspoon basil (or to taste)
• salt and pepper
• 1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed and hand-squeezed dry
• 1 cup cottage cheese
• 1 cup ricotta cheese
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
• 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese, finely shredded (optional)
• 1 large egg, slightly beaten
• salt and black pepper

Recipe

• 1 set oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 grease a 13 x 9-inch baking dish.
• 3 for the sauce; in a skillet melt butter over medium heat.
• 4 add in onion and saute for about 5 minutes, adding in the garlic the last 2 minutes.
• 5 stir in the undiluted cream of chicken soup, alfredo sauce, pimientos with juice, mushrooms, wine and basil; simmer over low heat for about 15-20 minutes.
• 6 season the sauce with salt and pepper to taste (you can prepare the sauce well in advance if desired).
• 7 set about 1 cup of the sauce aside for the top of the noodles (if doubled the sauce then set aside 2 cups).
• 8 for filling mixture; in a bowl mix together the drained chopped spinach, cottage cheese, ricotta, garlic powder, parmesan cheese, egg, and mozzarella cheese (if using) season the mixture with salt and pepper.
• 9 place 3 cooked lasagna noodles in the bottom of the prepared baking dish.
• 10 layer with half of the sauce (not the 1 cup of reserved sauce, that will go on top of the casserole).
• 11 then half of the spinach mixture and then half the chicken, then about 1 cup of cheddar cheese (you can use more cheese if desired).
• 12 place 3 lasagna noodles on top of the cheddar cheese then repeat the procedure.
• 13 top with the 3 remaining noodles and the reserved 1 cup of sauce.
• 14 at this point you can cover and refrigerate for up to 1 day.
• 15 bake covered for about 45 minutes, uncovered and sprinkle with about 1 cup cheddar cheese.
• 16 return to oven and bake uncovered for another 10 minutes.