Recipe: Quick Chicken Lasagna
The easy way out for those with no time to cook!


Updated on May 18, 2011, 5:16 pm ET
By Holly Clegg    Find in Diet+Health    Related videos | articles | comments | share it

What's for Dinner?

Take the easy but delicious way out with commercial pasta sauce, rotisserie chicken and no-boil noodles to create the ultimate dinner perfect for the person who doesn't have time to cook but wants to impress. This is the favorite for the non-cooks.

Chicken LasagnaIngredients:

1 rotisserie chicken, skin removed and chicken cut into pieces (about 3 cups)
2 (26-ounce) jars red pasta sauce
1 (8-ounce) pkg no-boil lasagna noodles
2 cups shredded part-skim Mozzarella cheese
2 (10-ounce) pkgs chopped frozen spinach, thawed and drained
1 (4-ounce) pkg crumbled goat cheese

Directions:

1. Preheat oven 350˚F.
2. Combine chicken and pasta sauce.
3. In an oblong baking dish, spread thin layer of chicken sauce. Top with layer of noodles, one-third chicken sauce, Mozzarella cheese, half spinach, one-third of goat cheese. Repeat layering with noodles, chicken sauce, Mozzarella, remaining spinach, one-third of goat cheese. Continue with remaining noodles, chicken sauce, Mozzarella, goat cheese.
4. Bake, covered, 50 minutes. Uncover, bake 5 minutes longer, or until bubbly. Serve immediately.

To Prepare and Eat Now: Serve when ready.
To Freeze: Cool to room temperature. Wrap, label and freeze. Recommended freezing time: up to 3 months.
To Serve: Remove from freezer to defrost. Preheat oven to 350° F, bake, covered, 25-30 minutes or until bubbly. Uncover, bake 5 minutes longer. Alternately, you can reheat in microwave if cut into pieces.

Nutritional information per serving
Calories 393, Protein (g) 29, Carbohydrate (g) 40, Fat (g) 13, Calories from Fat (%) 29, Saturated Fat (g) 5, Dietary Fiber (g) 6, Cholesterol (mg) 57, Sodium (mg) 1026, Diabetic Exchanges: 2.5 lean meat, 2 starch, 2 vegetable, 1 fat


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lilshopper44
#1. lilshopper44 on 07/28/2009 - 9:45 am (EDT)
This looks so good!
kisskiss
#2. kisskiss on 07/28/2009 - 10:52 am (EDT)
my tummy is rumbling!!
swtchks00
#3. swtchks00 on 07/29/2009 - 4:19 am (EDT)
this looks amazing! will definitely be cooking this tomorrow!