Chicken Lasagne by shireen

                    Chicken Lasagne

Chicken mix

3 Tbsp oil

1/2 kg boneless chicken, cut into 1/4 inch cubes

2 Tbsp onion chopped

1 Tbspheaped garlic paste

1 tsp salt

2 tsp Shan Teekhi black pepper

6 mushrooms sliced

1 tsp oregano leaves

1 Tbsp flour

1/2 cup water

4 Tbsp fresh cream

Extra ingredients

1 cup grated cheese

6 lasagne sheets (boiled for 15 mind and drained)

1 capsicum sliced into strips

Preheat oven 190 degrees

Place oil in pan, once hot place onion in pan and cook till clear, then add garlic paste and cook for 1 minute, stirring all times.

Add chicken, and stir well to coat the chicken. Continue to stir fry. Once chicken has changed to a white colour, add mushrooms, oregano leaves and flour. Add 1/2 cup water and mix well. Add fresh cream, mix again and set aside. Chicken filling is ready.

Cheese sauce for chicken lasagne

3 Tbsp butter

2 Tbsp heaped flour

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp white pepper

1-1/2 cup milk

1/2 cup water

1/2 cup of the grated cheese.

1 Tbsp Parmesan cheese

Melted butter in pan and add flour. Stir well and cook for 1 minute, stirring constantly to get the raw taste from flour. The mix should not be brown. Add salt and pepper. Remove from heat, and add milk while off the stove. Stir well and return to heat. Add water and cream, and continue to stir and cook on stove until the sauce coats the back of a wooden spoon and you can draw a line in middle of spoon and the sauce doesn't move to the empty space. Should not be too thick.

Remove from heat and stir in chedder and Parmesan cheese. Set aside. Cheese sauce is done.

Tomato sauce for chicken lasagne

(can also be used as pasta sauce)

1 Tbsp oil

1 Tbsp chopped onion

1/2 tsp garlic paste

1/2 cup tomato paste*

1/2 cup water

1 Tbsp castor sugar

1/2 tsp salt

1 Tbsp crushed red chilli

Pinch orange colour

1 tsp oregano leaves

Cook onions in oil until onions become transparent (clear) then add garlic paste and cook for 1 minute. Add all spices and colouring.

Add tomato paste* and water. Stir well on heat till well combined.

Tomato sauce is done.

*if you don't have tomato paste, take 4 tomatoes, cut into pieces and put in blender. Do not add any water. Put blended tomatoes through a sieve and then discard what is in sieve and put what was strained to pan with all above ingredients. You will need to cook this longer so it reduces and thickens.

If you are in a hurry you can thicken in a paste of 1/2 tsp cornflour and 1 Tbsp water.

To assemble chicken lasagne

Get a large rectangular dish that can be placed in oven (pyrex is perfect as is corning ware) place 3 cooked lasagne strips in bottom of dish. Add 1/2 tge chicken mix, 1/2 capsicum strips and some tomato sauce. Cover with 1/2 cheese sauce. Repeat with lasagne strips, remainder of chicken, capsicum and some tomato sauce. Top with the remaining cheese sauce, top with 1 cup chedder cheese and put 1 tsp of butter in little pieces over cheese so it doesn't dry out. If you would like extra colour, drizzle some tomato sauce on top of cheese.

Bake in over 190 degrees for 20 minutes and serve. (goes great with a simple garden salad and garlic bread)
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 Chicken lasagnia

Ingredients for filling

Boneless chicken½ kg cut into ½ inch cubes
Onion2 tbsp chopped
Capsicum1 sliced
Garlic paste1 tsp
Salt1 tsp
Black pepper powder1tsp
Mushrooms 2tbsp thinly sliced
Flour1 tbsp
Fresh cream4 tbsp
Oregano leaves1tbsp
Oil3 tbsp
Lasagna strips boil6
Cheddar cheese½ cup
Parmesan cheese1 tbsp

Ingredients for cheese sauce

Butter 3tbsp
Flour 2 tbsp heaped
Milk 1½ cup
Cream ½ cup
Water½ cup
Salt ½ tsp
White pepper½ tsp
Grated cheddar cheese4tbsp

Ingredients for tomato sauce:
Oil 1 tbsp
Onion2 tbsp chopped
Garlic ½ tsp
Tomato paste ½ cup
Salt½ tsp
Crushed red Pepper½ tsp
Oregano leaves ½ tsp
Sugar 1 tbsp
Orange color pinch

Method for filling
Heat oil fry onion till soft add garlic paste with chicken fry for 2 minutes add flour with salt pepper, oregano leaves. Add mushrooms cream and half cup water cook till thick.

Method for tomato sauce:
Heat oil add onion fry for 2 minutes add garlic paste then add tomato paste sizlings half cup water cooked till thick.

To assemble:
Grease rectangular dish spread 3 lasagna strips then half chicken filling half cheese sauce , half tomato sauce , repeat layers lastly covered top with grated cheese grill for ten minutes.
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