Grandmother's Kitchen

Chicken, Spinach and Mushroom Alfredo Lasagna

Chicken, Spinach and Mushroom Alfredo Lasagna

Ingredients

  • 1 stick butter (8 T)
  • 16 oz white mushrooms, sliced
  • 1 small yellow onion, chopped
  • 6 garlic cloves, pressed
  • 1/2 c flour
  • 7 cups milk
  • 1/4 t freshly grated nutmeg
  • 10 oz spinach, blanched and chopped
  • 3 cups parmesan
  • 4 chicken breasts
  • 1 lb lasagna sheets (no boiling kind)
  • salt, pepper
  • olive oil
  • 2 T chicken seasoning (combo of paprika, salt, pepper, cayenne, garlic powder)

Directions

  1. Season chicken ( pounded them out a bit) and sear for a few minutes on each side on a hot skillet with some oil. Set chicken aside, and chop into pieces.
  2. Blanch spinach, drain excess water and set aside. Melt butter in large sauce pan (or a dutch oven).
  3. Add mushrooms and let cook for several minutes, until water has evaporated.
  4. Add onions and garlic, cook for a few minutes.
  5. Add flour and let cook for a few minutes.
  6. While whisking, add milk and let cook until it gets thick.
  7. Add salt, pepper, nutmeg, stir in spinach and 1.5 c parmesan. Let cook for a few minutes.
  8. Preheat oven to 375. Coat a 9x13 casserole dish with olive oil and spread 1/2 c of the bechamel on the bottom.
  9. Lay 3 sheets of pasta, spread 3/4 c bechamel, sprinkle some chicken, parmesan, layer pasta and keep repeating, ending with 3 sheets of pasta and pouring over bechamel and sprinkling some parmesan.
  10. Cook for about 40 minutes and let cool.

Original source: mehanskitchen.blogspot.ca