Slim-friendly chicken and spinach lasagne. My alternative take on a classic lasagne dish using chicken and spinach instead of minced beef and of course given the SW Recipes makeover to make it slim-friendly.
Chicken & Spinach Lasagne
4
servings30
minutes40
minutes300
kcalIngredients
- For the filling:
Fresh or dried lasagne sheets
500g Minced Chicken
2 cups baby spinach
1 Onion (finely diced)
3 medium garlic cloves (Crushed)
½ Red chilli (seeds removed and finely diced)
Fry-Light Spray oil
1 tsp Oregano
½ tsp salt
½ tsp cracked black pepper
1 chicken stockpot
2 tbs. low fat crème fraiche
120g reduced-fat cheddar cheese
100ml water
Freshly chopped parsley (to garnish)
- For the bechamel sauce
2 tbsp quark
2 tbsp fat-free cottage cheese
1 large egg (beaten)
½ tsp. salt
½ tsp. cracked black pepper
¼ tsp grated nutmeg
Directions
- Method: For the filling:
- Add the fry light to a pan and sauté the onions for 2 mins. Add the garlic, oregano, salt, pepper and water and cook off for a further minute.
- Add the chicken mince and continue to cook until all of the chicken is cooked through. Add the chicken stockpot, stir well to combine.
- Add the spinach to the mix and stir through until wilted and mixed evenly.
- Add the crème fraiche, stir well to combine and set aside to rest.
- Method: For the Bechamel Sauce:
- Add all the bechamel ingredients to a bowl and whisk well to combine and set aside.
- Bringing it all together.
- Pre-heat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius
- Spoon some of the bechamel sauce into the bottom of an oven dish (Just enough to stop the lasagne sheets from sticking to the bottom of the dish)
- Place a layer of lasagne sheets into the baking dish and cover with a layer of the filling mix. Repeat this a further two times finishing with a layer of lasagne sheets.
- Spoon the remaining bechamel sauce over the top layer of lasagne sheets and evenly cover with the reduced-fat grated cheddar cheese.
- Bake in the oven for 35-45 minutes (depending on the oven), when cooked, remove and garnish with freshly chopped parsley.
- Enjoy with a fresh crisp salad, jacket potato or homemade slimming world chips.