Saturday, December 22, 2007

Buffalo Chicken Lasagna.

This post should probably be called "A Bottle of Frank's Hot Sauce with a Side of Lasagna" but we'll all agree to overlook that.

A few weeks ago the Nest had a bunch of posts about buffalo chicken lasagna and it made me want to try it. The recipe floating around the boards was a Weight Watchers version and since Spencer would never let me get away with that, I went on a search for a recipe. And came up empty.

I did manage to come up with something that's pretty good. Spencer loved it, because seriously, what doesn't he love? We both agreed that we couldn't eat it to often though.

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Buffalo Chicken Lasagna

1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts, cooked and shredded
28 ounce can of crushed tomatoes
2 cups tomato sauce
1 clove garlic
1 tablespoon oregano
1 bay leaf
1 bottle Frank's Hot Sauce (scale down if you need to!)
15 ounces ricotta
1 egg
2 cups mozzarella
1 cup blue cheese
lasagna noodles

Cook garlic in olive oil for one minute. Pour in crushed tomatoes and tomato sauce. Add garlic, oregano, and bay leaf. Let simmer 15 - 20 minutes. Remove bay leaf and stir in hot sauce. Add shredded chicken.

Combine ricotta and egg in medium bowl.

Cover bottom of 9 x 13 baking dish with sauce, just enough so noodles won't stick. Layer in the following order: noodles, sauce, ricotta, mozzarella. Repeat twice and finish with an extra layer of noodles and then sauce.

Cover and bake at 350 for 1 hour. Sprinkle with blue cheese and bake uncovered for about five minutes, or until cheese melts.

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