Chicken With Pasta Baked In Sauce

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 whole chicken breasts
• 10 -12 lasagna noodles
• 1 1/2 teaspoons crushed garlic
• 1 1/2 teaspoons crushed ginger
• 1 liter water
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 1/4 liter milk
• 1 tablespoon butter
• fresh ground black pepper, to taste
• 300 g mozzarella cheese, grated
• 1 packet maggie bechamel mix, for the sauce (optional)
• salt

Recipe

• 1 place the chicken in a dish with the crushed ginger and garlic, salt, pepper and water.
• 2 boil till the chicken is tender and cooked.
• 3 remove chicken.
• 4 keep stock aside.
• 5 remove the bones and cut the chicken into thin strips and keep aside.
• 6 now, proceed with preparing the sauce.
• 7 if your using maggie bechamel mix, make the sauce according to the recipe.
• 8 add little water to the stock to make 1 litre.
• 9 put it on flame.
• 10 add little flour at a time, making sure it doesn't form any lumps.
• 11 slowly, pour in the milk.
• 12 stir until the sauce is smooth.
• 13 mix 1 tbsp.
• 14 of butter and allow the sauce to simmer for a few more minutes till it thickens.
• 15 remove from heat.
• 16 set aside.
• 17 in a baking dish, place some chicken at the base.
• 18 sprinkle some pepper and top with some of the sauce and a little grated cheese.
• 19 cover it with 3-4 lasagne strips.
• 20 continue layering the same way until all the chicken and the sauce is over.
• 21 cover with aluminium foil.
• 22 preheat oven to 180c for 15 minutes.
• 23 bake the chicken for 30-45 minutes until the pasta is done.
• 24 remove the foil.
• 25 top the dish with the remaining cheese.
• 26 return to the oven until it turns brown.
• 27 serve hot!