Chicken Lasagna with homemade Pasta and Meat Sauce
Lasagna is a classic Italian dish containing stacked layers of wide flat pasta, a tomato sauce (usually Ragu), meat, vegetables, and cheeses. In this recipe, we make homemade pasta and a meat sauce from scratch.
The term Lasagna is a synonym for both the Italian dish and the pasta itself. The earliest reference to lasagna is in 1282 in which it was mentioned in a poem and the first published recipe was in the 14th century.
If you love Pasta or Italian cuisine, try making my easy Creamy and Cheesy White Sauce Pasta without Cheese recipe.
Ingredients
For the Pasta
- 250g of All Purpose Flour
- 2 tbsp of Olive Oil
- 1 Egg
- Salt
For the Meat Sauce
- Half an Onion
- 3 crushed Garlic Cloves
- 250g of Ground Chicken
- 1 tsp of Pepper
- 1 tsp Chili Powder
- Salt
- 1 Bay Leaf
- Oregano
- 3 diced Tomatoes
- Tomato Paste
- Coriander Leaves
- 1 tsp of Sugar
For the White Sauce
- 3 tbsp of Butter
- 3 tbsp of All Purpose Flour
- 2 cups of Milk
- 1 tsp of Pepper
- Oregano
- Salt
- Mozzarella or Parmesan Cheese (you can add either or even both)
Instructions
For the Pasta
- Start by adding 250g of All Purpose Flour into a bowl.
- Add 2 tbsp Olive Oil.
- Break open an Egg and add it.
- Add some Salt
- Now mix everything by hand thoroughly.
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Add a little bit of Water and then mix and form the dough.
- Wrap the dough in a plastic wrap and let it rest for about 30 minutes.
- After 30 minutes, unwrap the dough and split it into 2 pieces.
- Now add some Flour to a preparation board that you will use to work the dough.
- Stretch the dough piece a little by hand.
- Use a rolling pin and flatten the dough piece into a very thin sheet.
- After flattening the dough, cut off the edges so that we have a perfect rectangle shape.
- Now cut the dough into strips. It is your personal preference how wide you want each strip to be.
- Boil some Water in a pot and then Salt it.
- Now add each of the Pasta sheets.
- Boil each sheet for about 1 minute.
- Now place each of the Pasta sheets on a clean towel.
- Let each of the Pasta sheets dry. It maybe a little sticky but once dry it will not be sticky.
For the Meat Sauce
- Heat some Oil in a saucepan.
- Chop half an Onion and add it.
- Add 3 crushed Garlic Cloves.
- Stir frequently under medium heat.
- Now add the 250g of Ground Chicken.
- Add 1 tsp of Pepper.
- Add 1 tsp of Chili Powder.
- Add Salt to taste.
- Stir everything together thoroughly.
- Once the Chicken is almost cooked, add 1 Bay Leaf and some Oregano.
- Add 3 diced Tomatoes.
- Add some Tomato Paste.
- Add some Coriander Leaves.
- Add 1 tsp of Sugar.
- Cook until the Meat Sauce is slightly thickened.
For the White Sauce
- Heat up 3 tbsp of Butter in a saucepan.
- Add 3 tbsp of All Purpose Flour.
- Stir everything together thoroughly.
- Add 2 cups of Milk.
- Add 1 tsp of Pepper.
- Add some Oregano.
- Add some Salt.
- Stir everything together thoroughly under medium heat.
- Now add Mozzarella or Parmesan Cheese (you can add either or even both).
- Cook until it is slightly thickened.
Final Steps
- Add a layer of the Meat Sauce to the bottom of a Casserole Dish (any rectangular bakeware will do).
- Now add a layer of the Pasta sheets on top of the Meat sauce layer.
- Add the White Sauce layer on top.
- Now add a layer of Mozzarella or Parmesan Cheese (or both).
- Add a layer of the Meat Sauce.
- Add a layer of the Pasta sheets.
- Add some Coriander Leaves.
- Add a layer of the White Sauce as the final layer.
- Now add some Mozzarella or Parmesan Cheese (or both).
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Cover the dish with some Aluminum Foil.
- Preheat the Oven to 190 celsius.
- Bake for about 35 minutes.
- Then remove the Aluminum Foil and then bake for another 15 minutes. You can add some more Cheese at this point if you want.
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