Stovetop Chicken and Fennel Lasagne

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Source: Serious Eats — Yvonne Ruperti, Stovetop Chicken Lasagna.

Lasagne · Chicken · Italian-American

A stovetop chicken lasagna recipe for 6 servings, written from a single tested source, with times and temperatures kept as the source set them.

Prep5 min
Cook40 min
Total45 min
DifficultyEasy
Per serving574 kcal
FreeHigh protein
Servings6Recipe makes 6
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Allergens (EU 14)
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Method

  1. 1

    Finish. In mid-sized bowl, mix chicken, ground fennel, red pepper flakes (1/4 teaspoon), and salt (1/2 teaspoon). In another mid-sized bowl, mix crushed tomatoes, tomato purée, chicken stock, 1 salt (1/2 teaspoons), and black pepper (1/2 teaspoon). In 30 cm non-stick skillet with lid, heat oil over a mid-sized flame to shimmering. Add onion and cook till softened and golden, 6 to 8 minutes. Tip in garlic and cook till fragrant, around 30 seconds. Add chicken mixture and cook till cooked through, mixing to break up into little pieces, around 4 minutes. Strew half of noodles in pan, tucking into meat mixture. Tip in half of tomato mixture and scatter with leftover 1/4 teaspoon pepper flakes. Uniformly spoon half of ricotta and scatter half of mozzarella across mixture. Scatter with half of parsley into pan. Scatter in leftover noodles and pour in leftover sauce. Tuck noodles in to cover using sauce. Bring to simmer. Put a lid on and simmer till noodles are tender, around 20 minutes, reducing heat if you need to to keep at simmer. Remove lid and spoon leftover ricotta uniformly across mixture. Scatter with leftover mozzarella. Put a lid on and cook till cheese is melted, around 1 minute. Scatter with leftover parsley and serve.

Storage

Keep covered and eat within a few days; freeze leftovers if the dish allows it.

Why this label?

High protein

34.4 g protein for 574 kcal = 6 g per 100 kcal, so protein gives about 24% of the energy. High protein needs at least 20% (5 g per 100 kcal), the condition in the Annex to EU Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006. How we decide

Free sugars

Sugar (daily guide)

0 g per serving

0 % of the 50 g daily maximum · 0 % of the ideal 25 g

Free sugars under 50 g a day, ideally about 25 g, based on WHO free-sugar guidance (not endorsed by WHO). The share shown is the share of one serving. WHO

Equipment

  • mixing bowl
  • scales

Nutrition per serving Calculated from USDA FoodData Central

Per servingAmount
Energy574 kcal
Protein34.4 g
Carbohydrate48.3 g
of which sugars9.3 g
of which free sugars0 g
Fat27.7 g
of which saturates12.8 g
Fibre4.7 g
Salt1.29 g

Protein per 100 kcal

6 g meets High protein (≥ 5 g per 100 kcal = 20% of energy, and ≥ 10 g per serving)

Calculated from USDA FoodData Central ingredient values