Chicken Bruschetta Lasagna
This chicken bruschetta lasagna is comfort food at its best. It’s loaded with all the flavors of bruschetta – garlic, basil, and tomatoes – and then topped off with cheese and pasta!
In October, we took our first vacation as a family of 3 to visit some friends in Florida. Camden was 8 months old, and he was starting to eat the same things we were eating for dinner.
Our friends made a fantastic lasagna one night, and Andrew and Camden just couldn’t get enough of it! I decided that I’d have to try to recreate my own version at home, because there are not a lot of meals that really get Andrew talking over and over about how good it was!
January is the perfect lasagna season – although pretty much any time of the year is good for pasta in my book. But lasagna is such hearty comfort food, and cold winters in the Midwest (is it cold where you are??) call for just this kind of thing.
The star of this lasagna is this bruschetta ground chicken by Mighty Spark. It’s seasoned with basil, garlic and sundried tomatoes. We bought this ground chicken at Publix in Florida, and here in Illinois, I can find it at Target. But, if you can’t find it anywhere, just add some fresh (or dried) basil, garlic cloves and chopped sundried tomatoes to a pound of ground chicken.
You can use any pasta sauce you like – I use either homemade or Tomato Basil Garlic (the only one I can find without onion!). And you can add in any veggies your heart desires; you could add mushrooms, green chilis, chunky tomatoes, etc.
TIP:
I don’t recommend using oven-ready noodles – I used those the first time and they just didn’t cook well in the oven. I much prefer the ones that need to be boiled first – the texture is just waaay better.
- 1 lb bruschetta ground chicken
- 9 lasagna noodles, NOT no-boil
- 1/2 red bell pepper, diced
- 1/2 orange/yellow bell pepper, diced
- 2 jars (16 oz) pasta sauce (tomato basil garlic is my favorite)
- 1 container (16 oz) part-skim ricotta
- 1 egg, beaten
- 2 c. mozzarella cheese, shredded
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Boil the lasagna noodles according to package directions.
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While noodles are boiling, saute chicken and peppers in a skillet.
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Mix ricotta, egg, and 1 c. mozzarella in a small bowl.
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In 13x9 pan, pour 3/4 c. sauce. Lay 3 noodles across. Spread 1/3 chicken mixture on noodles. Top with 1/2 ricotta mixture. Top with 1 1/2 c. marinara sauce.
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Top with 3 more noodles, 1/3 chicken mixture, remaining ricotta and 1 1/2 c. marinara.
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Layer last 3 noodles, remaining chicken mixture and remaining marinara.
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Top with 1 c. mozzarella.
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Cover pan with foil. Bake at 350 for 50 minutes. Uncover and bake for 5-10 minutes, until cheese becomes golden.
Alyazia
Yummy I just love food recipes ❤️This looks good to do
Lisa
Thanks!
Alexis H
This looks delicious! My mother amd oldest love Lasagna. Will definitely be screen shoting this and trying it out soon….
Lisa
I hope you love it! It’s so good!
nmgilb
Oh my gosh, my mouth is watering!! This sounds so good! And relatively easy. My kids will eat pretty much anything if it comes in a casserole dish, so I may have to try this one out next week.
Lisa
Haha, I love that! I think that’s a great trait for your kids – some kids can’t see what’s in the casserole and just refuse to eat it!
Jessie
I don’t like lasagna, but I will eat the heck out of this! This looks good!!! Definitely going to have to make this for dinner!
Lisa
It’s definitely a twist on the normal lasagna! Give it a try!
Kate Loves Travel
This sounds so yummy… my family all really like lasagne so I’m sure they would love this twist on it!
Lisa
I hope they all love it as much as we do!
Nicole
I feel like i can already sense how this recipe will taste. It looks soooooo good!
annerbananer1
Yessss, this sounds so tasty! I am a huge basil fan and I love that the chicken adds some protein to the meal.
crystalish1
Tomato basil garlic is my favorite too! Anything garlic really! This looks really good and seems pretty simple. We will have to try it.
Kimmy Bean (@kkupiecki)
Thank you for sharing this recipe with us. It looks amazing and I can’t wait to try it!
Stephanie
Oh how I miss shopping at Publix. I never knew I would miss a grocery store until I moved out of Florida! This looks like something my entire family would enjoy, too. And I’ve tried the “oven-ready” lasagna noodles before too and didn’t like them. It’s much better to just deal with the extra step of boiling the noodles.
marjiemare
This looks so good and makes me hungry. I am saving this to make it Sunday.
Becca Wilson
This looks like something that my family would love. We make lasagna all the time but never anything like this.
Emma McKnight
This looks delicious – A tasty twist on a classic! I might have to give this a go