Buffalo Chicken Lasagna Recipe 435 Food

BUFFALO CHICKEN LASAGNA (AKA BUFFALO "DEW-SAGNA")

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• For the buffalo sauce: In a large mixing bowl, combine the tomato sauce, melted butter, brown sugar, hot sauce, paprika, cayenne and vinegar. Stir to combine and add salt to taste. Set aside while prepping the rest of the ingredients.
• To make the cheese filling: In a large mixing bowl, combine the ricotta, blue cheese crumbles, barbeque rub seasoning, green chile seasoning and eggs. Stir until well blended.
• For the lasagna: Build the layers of the lasagna in a large baking pan approximately 21- by 13-inch. Start with a thin layer of sauce on the bottom of the pan. Cover with a layer of no-boil lasagna. Spoon some of the ricotta cheese mixture onto the noodles and spread it out into an even layer. Layer on the shredded chicken. Repeat layers, starting with the sauce and finish with a covering of the three-cheese mix. You should get two layers. The last or top layer should be a layer of noodles, then sauce and the shredded cheese.
• Bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour. Let rest for 10 minutes. Slice and serve immediately.

BUFFALO CHICKEN LASAGNA

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large dutch oven and saute the garlic, onion, celery and carrot until softened.
• Stir in the shredded turkey breast (or set the veggies aside and cook the ground chicken then return the veggies).
• Add in the tomatoes, wing sauce, water, Italian seasoning, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil then cover and simmer for an hour.
• Meanwhile, mix together the ricotta, egg, parsley and half of the crumbled blue cheese.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Spread 1.5 cups of sauce in the bottom of a deep 13x9. Layer with noodles, sauce, ricotta mixture, mozzarella, cheddar and blue cheese. Repeat layers twice.
• Bake for 30-40 minutes or until bubbly and cheese has browned. let stand for 10 minutes before serving.

BUFFALO CHICKEN LASAGNA

Steps:

• Place chicken in a single layer in a large pot and add enough chicken stock to cover; season with paprika, 1 teaspoon salt, and cayenne pepper. Bring stock to a boil, reduce heat to medium, and simmer until chicken is no longer pink in the center, 15 to 20 minutes. Shred chicken.
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook lasagna noodles in the boiling water, stirring occasionally until tender yet firm to the bite, about 8 minutes. Drain. Arrange noodles on a sheet of aluminum foil or parchment paper and spray with cooking spray to prevent sticking.
• Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir celery and onion until just starting to soften, about 5 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Combine onion mixture and shredded chicken in a bowl; add about 1/3 the buffalo wing sauce and blue cheese and mix well.
• Mix ricotta cheese, blue cheese dressing, and remaining buffalo wing sauce in a separate bowl; season with salt and cayenne pepper to taste. Stir egg into mixture.
• Spread a layer of ricotta mixture in the bottom of a 9x13-inch baking dish; top with a layer of 3 noodles. Spread 1/4 of the remaining ricotta mixture over noodle layer; top with 1/3 the chicken mixture, and 1/4 the mozzarella cheese. Layer 3 lasagna noodles over cheese layer and repeat layering 2 times more ending with a layer of ricotta mixture and mozzarella cheese.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cooked through and top is lightly browned, about 45 minutes. Cool lasagna at least 20 minutes before cutting.

BUFFALO CHEESY CHICKEN LASAGNA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a lasagna pan.
• In a large bowl combine the chicken, spaghetti sauce, hot sauce, vinegar, water, garlic powder, onion, bell pepper and mushrooms; mix well and set aside. In a medium bowl, mix together the egg beat and ricotta cheese.
• Spread 1 cup of the chicken/spaghetti mixture in the bottom of the prepared pan. Layer with lasagna noodles, then another 1 1/2 cups of the chicken mixture. Spread 1/2 of the ricotta/egg mixture over all, then top with 1/2 of the mozzarella cheese. Add another layer of noodles, 1 1/2 cups chicken mixture, remaining ricotta mixture and remaining mozzarella. Top with one last layer of noodles and remaining chicken mixture.
• Cover pan and bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 70 minutes. Remove cover, sprinkle with crumbled blue cheese and bake uncovered for another 5 minutes.
• Remove from oven, cover and let stand for about 15 to 20 minutes before serving.

EASY BUFFALO CHICKEN LASAGNA

Steps:

• Boil noodles, preheat oven to 350.
• In one bowl, mix together chicken and Franks, allowing chicken to shred a little.
• In a separate bowl, mix butter, cream cheese, sour cream and dry ranch dressing.
• Spray a large baking pan with cooking spray. Layer noodles, chicken, cream cheese mixture. Repeat until ingredients are gone. Top with shredded cheddar, cover with foil and bake on 350 for 30-40 minutes.
• Quicker option that tastes the same? Skip the lasagna noodles, use penne or rotini. Dump the cooked noodles in the sprayed pan, layer chicken on it, then the cream cheese mixture, the ingredients will get slightly blended in this step, which is perfect. Top with shredded cheese, cover with foil and bake. Tastes exactly like the lasagna and saves about 15 minutes of prep time.

BUFFALO CHICKEN LASAGNA

Steps:

• Heat oil in large nonstick skillet on medium heat. Add chicken, onions, carrots and celery; cook 5 min. or until chicken is done and vegetables are tender, stirring frequently. Stir in pasta sauce, 1/2 cup wing sauce, water and vinegar. Bring to boil; cover. Simmer on low heat 30 min.
• Meanwhile cook noodles as directed on package, omitting salt; drain. Combine ricotta, 3/4 cup each shredded cheese and blue cheese, parsley, Italian seasoning, pepper and egg. Heat oven to 350°F.
• Spread 1/3 of the sauce mixture on bottom of 13x9-inch baking dish sprayed with cooking spray. Top with 3 noodles; sprinkle with 1/2 cup each of the remaining shredded cheese and blue cheese. Repeat layers twice; cover.
• Bake 30 min. Uncover; sprinkle with remaining cheeses and drizzle with remaining wing sauce. Bake 15 to 20 min. or until bubbly and heated through. Let stand 10 min. before cutting to serve.