Recipe

Chicken Lasagne

50 mins
Serves 6
Medium

Fancy a lasagne but don’t have any mince in? Or simply want a change up from your classic lasagne; the chicken lasagne is absolutely sensational and may become your new classic!

Ingredients

4 Chicken Breasts –diced
1 Red Onion –finely chopped
2 Cloves garlic – (crushed)
50g (2oz) Goats butter
2 rashers smoked bacon - cut into fine strips
15ml (1 tablespoon) plain flour
1 x 400g tin chopped tomatoes
1 chicken stock cube
Handful basil- roughly chopped
8 sheets lasagne
25g (1oz) Goats Butter
25g (1oz) Plain Flour
300ml (1/2 pint) St Helens Farm Goats milk
50g (2oz) St Helens Farm Goat's Cheese – grated

Instructions

Melt the 50g (2oz) butter, fry onions, bacon and garlic until soft, add chicken and cook gently until just turning brown.
Stir in the 1 tablespoon of flour and cook for 1 minute. Add stock cube, tinned tomatoes and basil. Cover with a lid and simmer for 10 –15 mins.
For the sauce, melt the 25g of butter, add 25g of flour and cook over low heat for 1 minute, add milk a little at a time, stirring continuously, beat until smooth. Add cheese and stir in.
In a large ovenproof dish, pour half the chicken mixture into dish, layer with 4 lasagne sheets and then remaining chicken and lasagne, top with cheese sauce.
Bake at 190C 375F Gas Mark 5 for 30-40 mins until golden