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Chicken and Spinach Pesto Lasagna
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merina
"This is a delicious different kind of lasagna!"
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Ingredients
1 h 31 m servings 590Original recipe yields 8 servings (1 9x13-inch casserole dish)
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Directions
{{model.addEditText}} Print- Heat a large skillet over medium heat. Add pine nuts and cook, stirring occasionally, until toasted and fragrant, about 3 minutes. Transfer to a food processor.
- Place basil leaves, 3/4 cup Parmesan cheese, 1/2 cup olive oil, and 4 cloves garlic in the food processor with the pine nuts. Blend pesto into a smooth paste, about 3 minutes.
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook lasagna noodles in the boiling water, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 8 minutes. Drain.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a 9x13-inch casserole dish with cooking spray.
- Heat 3 tablespoons oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion and 3 cloves garlic; cook and stir until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add spinach; cook and stir until heated through, about 5 minutes. Stir in chicken; cook until heated through, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and black pepper.
- Mix ricotta cheese, 3/4 cup Parmesan cheese, and egg together in a large bowl. Stir in 1 1/2 cup pesto. Add spinach and chicken mixture; stir to combine.
- Spread remaining 1/2 cup pesto in the casserole dish. Arrange 4 lasagna noodles, slightly overlapping, in the bottom of the dish. Top with 1/3 of the ricotta spinach mixture and 1/3 of the mozzarella cheese. Repeat layers twice, ending with mozzarella cheese.
- Bake in the preheated oven until bubbly and golden, 35 to 40 minutes.
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- Aluminum foil helps keep food moist, ensures it cooks evenly, keeps leftovers fresh, and makes clean-up easy.
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12/8/2017
I exchanged cream cheese melted into my pesto sauce instead of ricotta cheese. Delicious recipe!
4/25/2016
Very good! I thought it bland, and doubled the pesto (from a jar). That helped! I'd make it again, and would add more garlic tooThis is a one dish meal, with all the spinach.
1/11/2016
Indeed it is a lovely lasagna and added more garlic and a large bag of fresh baby spinach instead of frozen which I sauted briefly with the onion and garlic. Also cheated and purchased pesto fr...