Chicken and Bacon Lasagne with Bechamel Sauce

Chicken and Bacon Lasagne with Bechamel Sauce

Ready in 60 minutes • Serves 4-5
This dish most recently appeared in My Family (5 Nights For 4) on Sunday, May 15, 2016.
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Chicken and bacon lasagne is sure to be a family favourite!

Ingredients

CHICKEN AND BACON LASAGNE

  • 1 brown onion, finely diced
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 1 carrot, grated
  • 450g chicken and bacon mince
  • 2 tablespoons tomato paste
  • 1 can chopped tomatoes
  • 1/2 cup red wine (or beef stock) –
  • 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce –
  • 2 teaspoons lasagne herb mix
  • 1 teaspoon sugar –

BÉCHAMEL SAUCE

  • 2 tablespoons butter –
  • 2 tablespoons flour –
  • 1 cup milk –
  • 1/2 cup grated edam cheese
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt

TO ASSEMBLE

  • 250g fresh lasagne sheets
  • 1/2 cup grated edam cheese

SALAD

  • 1/2 bag baby spinach leaves
  • 2 tomatoes
  • Drizzle of olive oil –
  • Drizzle of balsamic vinegar –

Steps

  1. oven to  ‚200°C.
  2. Heat a drizzle of oil in fry-pan on medium-high heat, cook onion, garlic and carrot for 3–4  minutes. Cook mince a further 4 minutes, breaking up mince with a spoon. Stir in all remaining chicken lasagne ingredients and simmer on low for 8-10 minutes, until thickened. Season with salt and pepper.
  3. Melt butter in a pot on medium heat. Whisk in flour for about 1 minute, until it turns a sandy colour. Add milk in thirds, whisking until smooth and sauce has thickened, 2–3 minutes. Remove from heat, add cheese and salt, season with pepper and stir until smooth. Set aside.
  4. In a rectangular baking dish, spread ¼ of chicken lasagne mix to cover base. Lay pasta sheets in a single layer to cover snugly, cutting to fit if needed. Spoon over another 1/4 of the lasagne mix. Repeat with 2 more layers of pasta sheets and lasagne mix, finishing with lasagne mix.
  5. Pour over béchamel sauce, sprinkle over second measure of cheese and bake for about 20 minutes until golden. Remove from oven and rest for 10 minutes before serving.
  6. While lasagne is cooking, prepare the salad. Roughly chop spinach; dice tomatoes 2cm. Toss in a bowl with olive oil and balsamic vinegar.
  7. Cut chicken and bacon lasagne into squares and spoon onto plates. Serve salad on the side.

Nutritional Information

Energy 2468 kj
590 kcal
Protein 30.2g
Carbohydrate 45.2g
Fat 23.3g