{"id":3487,"date":"2026-04-12T00:42:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T00:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/?p=3487"},"modified":"2026-04-12T00:42:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T00:42:12","slug":"creamy-chicken-lasagna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/12\/creamy-chicken-lasagna\/","title":{"rendered":"Creamy Chicken Lasagna"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>\u00a0Creamy Chicken Lasagna<\/h2>\n<p>A rich, cheesy, ultra-creamy baked lasagna made with tender chicken, creamy white sauce, and layers of pasta and cheese.<\/p>\n<h2>\u00a0Ingredients<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Chicken filling:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 cups cooked chicken breast (shredded)<\/li>\n<li>1 tbsp olive oil<\/li>\n<li>2 cloves garlic (minced)<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp salt<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd tsp black pepper<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp Italian seasoning<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Creamy sauce :<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>3 tbsp butter<\/li>\n<li>3 tbsp all-purpose flour<\/li>\n<li>2\u00bd cups milk<\/li>\n<li>1 cup heavy cream (or cooking cream)<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd tsp salt<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd tsp black pepper<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd tsp nutmeg (optional but recommended)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Other:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>9\u201312 lasagna sheets (pre-cooked or no-boil)<\/li>\n<li>2 cups mozzarella cheese (shredded)<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd cup parmesan cheese<\/li>\n<li>1 cup ricotta or cream cheese (optional for extra creaminess)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Instructions<\/h2>\n<h3>1. Prepare the chicken<\/h3>\n<p>Heat olive oil in a pan, add garlic, then chicken, salt, pepper, and Italian seasoning. Cook for 3\u20135 minutes. Set aside.<\/p>\n<h3>2. Make the creamy sauce<\/h3>\n<p>In a saucepan:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Melt butter<\/li>\n<li>Add flour and whisk for 1 minute<\/li>\n<li>Slowly pour milk + cream while whisking<\/li>\n<li>Cook until thick and smooth<\/li>\n<li>Add salt, pepper, and nutmeg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. Assemble the lasagna<\/h3>\n<p>In a baking dish:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Spread a little white sauce<\/li>\n<li>Add lasagna sheets<\/li>\n<li>Add chicken mixture<\/li>\n<li>Add white sauce<\/li>\n<li>Add mozzarella + parmesan<\/li>\n<li>Repeat layers (2\u20133 times)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Top with extra cheese.<\/p>\n<h3>4. Bake<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Preheat oven: <strong>180\u00b0C (350\u00b0F)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Bake for <strong>30\u201340 minutes<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Rest 10 minutes before serving<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>\u00a0Result<\/h2>\n<p>Creamy, cheesy layers with juicy chicken and a rich white sauce that melts perfectly in every bite.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Creamy Chicken Lasagna A rich, cheesy, ultra-creamy baked lasagna made with tender chicken, creamy white sauce, and layers of pasta&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3488,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3487"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3489,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3487\/revisions\/3489"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}