Chicken Lasagna

As from the previous post, this post will be on the chicken lasagne which I attempted to make from the fresh pasta I have prepared.

Tomato Paste

Instead of using the instant pasta sauce, I tried making Jamie Oliver's quick tomato sauce.

I always find the instant pasta having too strong of the basil taste, so instead to make a batch of tomato paste myself.

My pasta sauce is adapted from Jamie Oliver's cheat's home-made pappardelle with quick tomato sauce.

Instead of using fresh chili, I have replaced it with a teaspoonful of LaoGanMa chili paste.

The LaoGanMa chili paste originates from China. It initially gives a mild and tender spiciness, which intensifies in the aftertaste.

To increase the amount of paste, I have tripled my portion of the ingredients.

Chicken Lasagna (modified from noobcook's Beef Lasagna)

Ingredients:

- 1/2 large onion (diced)

- 250g shredded mozzarella cheese

- Minced chicken (I deboned my chicken drumsticks and diced the meat)

- Parmesan cheese (grated)

- Olive oil

- Pasta sauce

- Lasagna sheets (4 layers for 1 portion)

- Fried Bacon Rind (diced to small pieces)

- Salt

- Black Pepper

Method:

1. Heat the olive oil in a pan, saute the sliced onion till translucent.

2. Fry the chicken meat for a while, add the pasta sauce (reserve a few tbsp for later on).

3. Mix evenly, cook till the chicken meat is about 3/4 cooked, bring it to a simmer and season it with salt and black pepper.

4. In a tray, spread a layer of pasta sauce (the few tbsp that we have reserved earlier).

5. Spread the next few layers in the following order:

1st layer: lasagna slice, follow by meat, sprinkle of bacon rind and lastly a layer of the mozzarella cheese

2nd layer: lasagna slice, meat, bacon rind, cheese

3rd layer: lasagna slice, bacon rind, cheese

6. Bake in preheat oven of 200 deg C for about 30 minutes until the top of the lasagna is slightly browned and sauce is bubbling.

-I added the bacon rind to complement the "not so salty" pasta sauce.

-For the pasta sauce to taste better, do add about 5 pieces of bay leaves into step 2. (I left that out as I did not have any at the moment)

- Do try this recipe with minced beef! I made it using chicken meat as my roommate does not eat beef!