Mushroom, Pimento and Chicken Lasagne
Total time: 50 minutes
A layer of sautéed mushrooms, a layer of crushed tomatoes and one of shredded chicken and sliced red peppers makes this is a colorful lasagne with surprise flavors in each bite.
Ingredients:
- 1 chicken breast, boneless, skinless
- 3/4 cup (6oz, 180ml) chicken stock or water
- 8oz (240gr) mushrooms
- 3 - 4 shallots, 6oz (180gr)
- 1 tbs olive oil
- 2 tbs chicken stock
- 2 cups (15oz, 450gr) chopped tomatoes
- 6oz (180gr) pimientos, roasted red peppers
- 2/3 cup (5oz, 150gr) Greek yogurt
- 3/4 cup (3oz, 90gr) shredded cheese
- 3 tbs butter
- 1/4 cup flour
- 2 cups (16oz, 480ml) milk
- 12 - 15 sheets 'no-cook' lasagna noodles
- 1/3 cup (1.5oz, 45gr) grated Parmesan
Instructions:
- The chicken:
- Put the chicken breast and stock or water in a small skillet.
- Cover and cook over medium heat until done, about 10 minutes.
- Remove and cut into thin slices or shred.
- The mushrooms:
- Clean mushrooms and roughly chop.
- Clean shallots and slice.
- Heat oil in medium skillet. Add mushrooms, shallots and sauté until tender, about 15 minutes.
- Add 2 tbs of the water or chicken poaching liquid to get up the browned bits on the bottom of the skillet.
- The Béchamel:
- In a medium saucepan heat the butter over low heat.
- Add flour and stir with a whisk for 1 minute.
- Add a little (1/4 cup) of the milk and whisk to combine.
- Turn heat up to medium and keep adding milk, a little at a time and whisking. You should have added all of the milk in a minute or 2.
- When all of the milk is in, bring to a boil (should almost be there), whisking. Then remove from heat.
- The rest:
- Open tomatoes.
- Slice roasted red peppers into strips.

- To Assemble:
- In a 10" (25cm) square baking dish, or so, make the following layers
- 1/4 of the béchamel sauce
- 3 - 4 noodles, you may have to break one up to get good coverage
- spread half of the yogurt on the noodles
- spread all of the mushrooms and shallots on the yogurt
- 1/4 béchamel sauce
- 3 - 4 noodles
- all of the crushed tomatoes
- 1/2 of the shredded cheese3 - 4 noodles
- spread half of the yogurt on the noodles
- all of the shredded/sliced chicken
- all of the sliced peppers
- 3 - 4 noodles
- 1/2 béchamel sauce
- 1/2 shredded cheese
- all of the Parmesan
- Cover and bake 425F (215C) for 20 minutes, or until noodles are done. Test in center with a sharp knife.
- Uncover and bake 5 minutes longer to brown cheese.
- Remove and let rest for 5 minutes. Cut into squares (or oblongs) and serve.