Chicken And Vegetable Lasagna With Three Cheeses

Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1/2 yellow onion, finely diced
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1/2 red bell pepper, finely diced
• 1 (28 ounce) can crushed plum tomatoes
• 1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1 tablespoon red wine (or more to taste)
• 2 bay leaves
• red pepper flakes, few candy sprinkle
• 6 fresh basil leaves, chopped
• salt
• pepper
• brown sugar
• 1 (9 ounce) box lasagna noodles
• 3 cups marinara sauce (above)
• 1 (15 ounce) container ricotta cheese
• 1 -2 garlic clove, minced
• 6 -8 fresh basil leaves, chopped
• 2 chicken breasts
• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• 1/2 yellow onion, finely diced
• 1 red bell pepper, finely diced
• 1 1/2 cups spinach, chopped
• 1 3/4 cups fresh parmesan cheese, grated
• 1 cup part-skim mozzarella cheese, grated

Recipe

• 1 marinara:.
• 2 heat olive oil in a sauce pan on medium heat, add onion and cook till soft.
• 3 add garlic and cook till soft but not brown.
• 4 add red pepper and saute briefly, stir in tomatoes, tomato sauce, wine, bay leaves and red pepper flakes.
• 5 salt and pepper to taste.
• 6 stir in about 3 basil leaves and allow to cook in the sauce.
• 7 is sauce need to be sweetened add sugar.
• 8 bring sauce to a boil cove reduceto a simmer and heat for 1 hour, stir in remaining basil and remove form heat.
• 9 lasagna:.
• 10 cook pasta al dente according to package drain and set aside.
• 11 preheat oven to 375.
• 12 mix ricotta, one clove garlic and half of the basil set aside.
• 13 boil chicken breast in lightly salted water till done, remove from water and let it cool a little then shred it with a fork set aside.
• 14 in a heavy skillet over medium heat add olive oil and cook onion till soft.
• 15 add second garlic clove and cook till soft not brown.
• 16 add red pepper spinach and chicken.
• 17 stir in 3-4 basil leaves cook till vegetables are soft and remove from heat.
• 18 in a 9x13 spread a thin layer of marinara and cover with 3 noodles.
• 19 spread a small amount of ricotta on each noodle with a spoon.
• 20 spread about half of chicken mixture over noodles.
• 21 cover with marinara and sprinkle with parmasean.
• 22 repeat layer and cover with remaining pasta, cover with remaining marinara making sure all pasta is covered.
• 23 sprinkle with mozzarella and rest of the parmesean.
• 24 cover with foil tenting the middle to keep off the cheese and bake for 20 minutes.
• 25 remove foil and bake 10 minutes or until cheese is golden and bubbling.
• 26 let sit for 5 minutes and serve.
• 27 platter over a small layer of marinara if desired.