Lasagna Roll-ups With Chicken

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 12 lasagna noodles
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• salt, to taste
• pepper, to taste
• basil, to taste
• 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese
• 15 ounces ricotta cheese
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup colby-monterey jack cheese
• 1 cup fresh spinach leaves, chopped
• 1 garlic clove, chopped
• 1/4 cup margarine or 1/4 cup butter
• 4 tablespoons flour
• 3 cups milk
• 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
• 1 tablespoon basil

Recipe

• 1 prepare filling ahead of time and set aside.
• 2 cook lasagna noodles until done, according to package.
• 3 when fully cooked, drain noodles and put in pan of cold water to cool.
• 4 meanwhile, heat olive oil in skillet and add chicken breasts, cooking until no longer pink in the middle, about 10 - 12 minutes. add salt, pepper, and basil according to taste preference.
• 5 while chicken is cooking, prepare sauce in small, separate saucepan. melt butter over medium low heat and add flour.
• 6 stir flour and butter together until creamy.
• 7 add milk, heat in saucepan just until bubbly.
• 8 add parmesan cheese and basil.
• 9 stir constantly until sauce thickens to desired consistency.
• 10 once chicken is finished, cut each breast into pieces, and return to skillet.
• 11 put a thin layer of parmesan sauce into bottom of large casserole dish.
• 12 add remaining parmesan sauce to chicken and reduce heat to low.
• 13 on plate, put one lasagna noodle.
• 14 add small spoonful (1 tsp) of ricotta mixture, and spread along the length of the noodle.
• 15 roll noodle lengthwise and place in casserole dish.
• 16 repeat until all noodles are rolled and in casserole dish.
• 17 pour remaining parmesan sauce and chicken over top of noodles.
• 18 sprinkle with mozzarella cheese.
• 19 cover with foil and bake in 350f oven for 1 hour.
• 20 remove foil from top of dish and bake another 5-10 minutes.
• 21 remove from oven and serve.