Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Crock pot Buffalo Chicken Lasagna

I'm not making this tonight because we have dinner with our community group (yay!), but it's one of my recent favorites, and SUPER EASY! I had NEVER made a lasagna until this, and I will probably never make one anywhere but in a crockpot now.

This recipe is from the blog A Year of Slow Cooking, and there are a bunch of other great looking crockpot recipes over there.

--uncooked traditional lasagna noodles
--4 already cooked chicken breast halves
--jar of prepared pasta sauce
--1 cup buffalo wing sauce (I used Frank's Red Hot)
--3 red, yellow, or orange bell peppers
--tub of ricotta cheese (15 oz)
--2 cups shredded cheese (mozzarella and cheddar blend)
--1/2 cup
bleu cheese crumbles
--1/4 cup of water (add at very end)

The Directions.

use at least a 5qt
crock pot, or cut back on the amount of ingredients. ( I don't have one this big, so I decrease everything just a tad.)

In a large glass bowl, combine cooked and chopped chicken breast, the pasta sauce, and 1 cup of buffalo wing sauce.

Ladle a big spoonful of the sauce into the bottom of your
crock pot. Cover with a layer of uncooked lasagna noodles. You'll have to break them to get a proper fit.

Add a smear of ricotta cheese to the top of the noodles. Add a layer of chopped bell pepper. Sprinkle on a handful of shredded cheese.

Repeat layers until you run out of ingredients.

Add the
bleu cheese crumbles, if desired. Put the 1/4 cup of water into your empty pasta sauce jar and shake. Pour the liquid over the top of the entire lasagna.

Cover and cook on low for 6-7 hours, or on high for 4-5. When cooking time is complete, unplug and take off the lid of the crock. Let it sit for 20 minutes before cutting into it, or it will fall apart.

Enjoy this one! It's not too spicy, though my kids didn't want to try it (but then, they don't generally like pasta type dishes).

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