Name: Chicken Pastel Lasagna
Prep time: 1 h 20 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients: lasagna sheets; 4 tbsp butter/margarine; 2 tbsp oil; 1 white onion; 4 garlic cloves; ½ kg chicken fillet; 2 tbsp fish sauce; 2 bay leaves; 4 tbsp flour; 12 cups milk; salt; ground black pepper; 1 hotdog or Vienna sausage; 1 bell pepper; 1 cup mushroom; 1 potato; 1 carrot; 1 ½ cups Grated cheese; 1 cup Parmesan cheese

Blanch pasta

1

In a pot over medium heat, bring salted water to a boil and quickly boil lasagna sheets until just softened. Strain.

Sauté ingredients

2

In a pan over medium heat, saute the onion and garlic until aromatic. Add chicken, Vienna sausage, bell peppers, mushrooms, bay leaf, and fish sauce. Continue sautéing until chicken is browned. Season with ground black pepper. Remove the sauté, leaving the oil in the pan.

Make roux

3

Place flour into the same pot with oil and whisk, allowing the flour to lightly cook and mix with the oil to make a roux.

Make sauce

4

Whisk in milk until a smooth slightly thick sauce forms. Season with salt, to taste.

Layering

5

Spoon over the white sauce to cover the base of a baking tray. Place an even layer of the lasagna sheets, making sure not to let the sheets overlap each other. Place another layer of the sauce, followed by a layer of sautéed mixture, grated cheese, and Parmesan cheese. Repeat the layers until the baking dish is full.

Add toppings and bake

6

Place a layer of sliced potatoes and sliced carrots than a final layer of cheese on top. Bake in the oven at 180 degrees Celsius for 20 minutes. Allow to cool for 10 minutes before cutting.