How To Make Five-Layered Parmesan Chicken Lasagna Recipe
With deep layers of lasagna and thick cutlets of chicken parmesan filled with some cheesy sauce, this lasagna recipe will surely delight the crowd!
Serves:
Ingredients
For Chicken:
- 32ozchicken breasts,boneless, skinless, sliced in half lengthwise to make 8
- ¾cupseasoned breadcrumbs,used whole wheat, you can also use GF crumbs
- ¼cupparmesan cheese,grated
- 2large eggs,beaten
- Olive oil spray
For Lasagna:
- 15ozricotta cheese,container part-skim, like Polly-o almost 2 cups
- ½cupPecorino Romano,or Parmesan cheese, grated
- ¼cupbasil,fresh chopped, plus more for garnish
- 4¾cupsmarinara sauce,homemade or jarred from about 2
- 9ozlasagna noodles,box no-boil, used Barilla
- 3cupsbaby spinach
- 3cupsmozzarella cheese,part-skim shredded
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
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Spray a large baking sheet lightly with spray.
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Combine breadcrumbs and parmesan cheese in a bowl. Beat the egg in another bowl.
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Dip the chicken into the eggs, then into the breadcrumb mixture. Discard the remaining crumbs.
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Place the chicken on the prepared baking sheet, lightly spray the top with oil and bake in the oven for 25 minutes, do not turn.
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When done, remove from the oven and reduce oven temp to 400 degrees F.
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Meanwhile, combine the ricotta, parmesan cheese, and basil in a medium bowl.
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In a 9 by 13 by 3-inch Pyrex Deep baking dish, ladle 3/4 cup of marinara on the bottom of the dish.
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Arrange 3 lasagna noodles across the dish (they will expand as they cook), top with 3/4 cup sauce, 4 pieces of chicken, 1/4 of the ricotta cheese mixture, 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese, 3/4 cup spinach.
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Repeat the 2nd layer, skipping the chicken.
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Repeat the 3rd layer with the chicken, and the 4th layer without the chicken.
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For the 5th layer, spread the last 3 sheets of pasta noodles with the remaining 1 1/2 cups of marinara sauce on top.
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Cover with foil and bake in a 400 degrees F preheated oven in the center rack 50 minutes.
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Uncover, add the remaining cup of mozzarella and bake until melted, 5 minutes.
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Remove from oven and let it rest 15 minutes before serving.
Nutrition
- Calories: 761.07kcal
- Fat: 44.00g
- Saturated Fat: 21.13g
- Trans Fat: 0.11g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 15.53g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 4.23g
- Carbohydrates: 38.10g
- Fiber: 3.51g
- Sugar: 9.11g
- Protein: 51.51g
- Cholesterol: 198.23mg
- Sodium: 1395.07mg
- Calcium: 724.25mg
- Potassium: 816.95mg
- Iron: 3.07mg
- Vitamin A: 313.46µg
- Vitamin C: 3.46mg
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