Recipe // White Chicken Lasagna (Probably The Best EVER)

I found this recipe a while ago here and recently decided to make it.  Holy canoli, it was good.  Like lick-the-plate-clean kind of good.  So I thought I would share the recipe.

I doubled it, since we're basically feeding an army, and I couldn't find butternut squash so I left that out this time (like seriously, where they heck do they hide that stuff?!  I went to three stores...).

Next time, I'll have to remember to take pictures of it cause if you saw how good it just looked, you'd go and make it right now.  But since I didn't take any, you can drool over the picture from where I found the recipe :)

White Chicken Lasagna

You Will Need:

• no-bake lasagna noodles - I used two boxes
• 1/2 c. butter
• 1 onion, minced
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1/2 c. flour
• 1/2 tsp salt
• ground black pepper to taste
• 2 c. chicken broth
• 2 c. milk
• 4 c. mozzarella cheese (except I just used what looked good to me)
• 4 c. shredded Parmesan cheese
• 1 tsp basil
• 1 tsp oregano
• 1 c. ricotta cheese
• cooked and shredded chicken (I just went and bought a cooked chicken in the deli section at Wal Mart and shredded it and just used all the chicken)
• 1 box of frozen spinach, thawed and drained
• 1 box of frozen butternut squash puree, thawed

Melt butter in a large saucepot.  Add onions and garlic and cook over medium heat until translucent.  Add flour, salt, and pepper.  Cook flour mixture 1-2 minutes.  Add chicken broth and milk.  Bring to a boil; cook and stir 1 minute.  Turn off heat and add 2 cups of mozzarella cheese and 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese.  Stir in dried spices.

Lightly spray a 9x13" baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.  Ladle some cheese sauce onto the bottom of the pan, just enough to cover thinly.  Add a layer of lasagna noodles.  Layer with more cheese sauce, the chicken, and the ricotta cheese.  Add another layer of noodles.  Top with cheese sauce, spinach, and mozzarella cheese.  Add another layer of noodles.  Top with cheese sauce.  Spread the butternut squash puree with a spoon over the cheese sauce.  Top with the rest of the mozzarella cheese and some Parmesan.  Add one last layer of noodles.  Finish it off with the rest of the cheese sauce and sprinkle with the rest of the Parmesan cheese.

Cover with foil and bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.  Remove foil and cook until bubbly.  If cheese doesn't brown on top, turn on the broiler for the last few minutes.  Let the lasagna sit for about 15 minutes before serving for easier slicing.

Enjoy!