Description
A simple and fast chicken Cordon Bleu in lasagna form. Creamy, delicious, and satisfying.
Ingredients
- 1 (8 ounce) package lasagna noodles
- ½ cup butter
- 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 ½ cups shredded Swiss cheese
- 1 ¾ cups warm milk
- 2 ½ cups cooked chicken, chopped
- 8 ounces deli ham, chopped
- ½ cup shredded Swiss cheese
- ½ cup bread crumbs
- 1 pinch Italian seasoning, or to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook lasagna in the boiling water
- stirring occasionally until cooked through but firm to the bite
- about 8 minutes. Drain.
- Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat; stir cream cheese into hot butter until it begins to melt
- about 5 minutes. Season with salt
- onion powder
- and black pepper. Whisk warm milk gradually into cream cheese until smooth; stir in 1 1/2 cup Swiss cheese. Bring sauce to a simmer
- stirring constantly
- until cheese has melted and sauce has thickened
- 5 to 10 minutes. Remove from heat.
- Spread 3/4 cup of cheese sauce into bottom of a 9×9-inch baking dish. Arrange 1/3 of the lasagna noodles over the sauce and spread half the cooked chicken and half the ham over the noodles. Pour 1 cup sauce over chicken and ham. Repeat layers starting with half the remaining lasagna noodles
- remaining chicken
- remaining ham
- and 1 more cup of cheese sauce. Finish by layering remaining lasagna noodles
- remaining sauce
- 1/2 cup Swiss cheese
- and bread crumbs; sprinkle top with Italian seasoning. Cover dish with aluminum foil.
- Bake in the preheated oven until casserole is bubbling
- about 25 minutes. Remove foil and continue to bake until crumbs are browned
- about 10 more minutes. Let casserole stand 5 to 10 minutes before serving.
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 45 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins
Servings: 6