Chicken Lasagna Recipe in Crockpot
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Cooking is something we do daily in one way or the other. Whatever meal we are preparing, making a sandwich or baking a cookie, we need a recipe to follow. At times we may not think that we are following a written recipe because the food is something that is very easy to make and we have it memorized, like making a sandwich, but in fact we are following a recipe even though it is one that is in our subconscious. People are also more health conscious these days. An increasing number of people are on a healthy diet and they prefer to cook healthy diet food. They know that a complete meal should consist of every food group including meat, carbohydrates, vegetables, fruits, and so no. The healthy diet pyramid shows you what you should have in your ingredients.
Here is a very good crockpot recipe for a pasta dish main course that consists of ingredients from almost every food group. This pasta dish is chicken lasagna. It sounds like a simple dish but it is very delicious. It serves 4 people and takes approximately 5 hours to prepare. It is not difficult to make but not that easy either. However, the end result is so tasty that it is well worth the effort.
Chicken Lasagna Ingredients
You need approximately 1 pound of cooked, shredded chicken breasts or more if you like more meat in your lasagna. Then, you need 1 large onion, finely chopped, 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped, 2 jars (17 oz.) of spaghetti sauce, 1 package (18 ounce) “no-cook” lasagna noodles, 1 package (9 oz.) of shredded mozzarella cheese, 1 container (9 oz.) of ricotta cheese, 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese, 1/4 cup milk, and 1 egg. Now, if you have your favorite vegetables, such as eggplants, you may add some too but make sure they are finely chopped.
Making this Chicken Lasagna in a Crockpot
First you may want to brown the onions, any other vegetables, and garlic in a non-stick pan. Then you will add the spaghetti sauce and mix everything together very well. In a separate bowl, you can mix the cheeses, milk and egg. It is best to grease the crockpot a little. Place 1/4 of the meat sauce mixture in the bottom of your crockpot then, 1/3 of a layer of noodles. You can break the noodles to fit your crockpot. After that, you can place about 1/3 of the cheese mixture on top. Then, repeat the process of: sauce, noodles, cheese for two more layers. Put the remaining meat sauce on top. Cook in the crockpot on low setting for about 6 hours until the noodles are soft.