Thermomix Chicken Lasagne

This Thermomix Chicken Lasagne Recipe has a rich chicken ragu, paired with a creamy cheese sauce for a delicious lasagne everyone will love.

This rich and cheesy chicken lasagne is always a hit with the family and makes a nice change from a traditional beef lasagne.

Making a lasagne can traditionally be quite time-consuming and hard work having to make both a ragu and a cheese sauce and then assemble and bake it.

The great thing about the Thermomix is it reduces some of this workload. I don't know about you, but making a cheese sauce in the Thermomix was life changing!

This lasagne is perfect for making ahead of time and then reheating when the family are ready to eat. It also re-heats really well for school lunches or lazy dinner days and can be frozen for later.

I also love that you can make the shredded chicken or the ragu sauce ahead of time and then keep it in the fridge until needed to make preparing it quicker later.

Ingredients

For the ragu

Exact quantities can be found in the recipe card at the bottom of the post.

• Chicken - boneless skinless chicken breasts are the easiest to make shredded chicken with.
• Olive oil
• Onions
• Garlic
• Diced tomatoes
• Tomato paste
• Dried Italian herbs
• Chicken Stock - I make this up from stock paste. You can find my Thermomix chicken stock here. I often use Thermomix vegetable stock too if that's all I have in the fridge.

For the cheese sauce

• Cheese - I usually use cheddar. You want something that has a good flavour but nothing too overpowering.
• Butter
• Plain flour
• Milk

For the lasgana

• Lasagna sheets - make sure you buy lasagna sheets that do not need to be pre-cooked. They are usually labelled 'Instant' on the packet. This way you can just layer them on the lasagna straight from the packet.
• Cheese - again I use cheddar, or a mix of mozzarella and parmesan. Shop-bought pizza cheese works well too here as it has the right balance of flavour and stringiness.

How to make Thermomix Chicken Lasagna

Full step-by-step instructions can be found in the recipe card at the bottom of the post.

There are four stages to making this lasgna:

1. Make the shredded chicken
2. Make the chicken ragu
3. Make the cheese sauce
4. Assemble the lasagna
5. Bake the lasagna

Step 1: Make the shredded chicken

It's very easy to make shredded chicken in the Thermomix - no more pulling apart with two forks. The Thermomix does it for you in just 3 seconds!

First, you need to steam the chicken in the Varoma.

Prepare the chicken breast by slicing it lengthways to create two long, thin halves. This will help it to cook evenly. Then place it into the Varoma dish.

Add 500g of water to the Thermomix bowl, place the Varoma in position and cook for 15-20 minutes / Varoma / speed 1.

Top Tip: you can add extra flavour to the chicken by adding some aromatics to the water. I often add ½ onion, a clove of garlic, a bay leaf and a sprig of thyme or oregano.

Check it after 15 minutes, and if necessary, turn it over and continue to steam it for a further 5 minutes.

Carefully remove the chicken and cut each half in half again. Set aside to cool for 5 minutes.

Empty the water from the bowl and place the chicken inside the bowl.

Now, to shred the chicken, all you need to do is to shred it at 3 seconds / REVERSE / speed 4.

Step 2: Make the Chicken Ragu

Start by chopping the onion and garlic. Then saute until soft.

Next stir in the tomatoes, stock and Italian herbs.

This all gets cooked for 20 minutes - be sure to put the simmering basket on top of the bowl when doing this.

Next, blend the mixture to create a smoother sauce.

Make sure you put the measuring cup back into the lid before blending, or you will end up with tomato ragu all over your kitchen!

Now set the chicken ragu aside and clean and dry your bowl ready to make the cheese sauce.

Step 3: Make the cheese sauce

Firstly: Grate the Cheese and set aside.

Then: Melt the butter for 2 minutes.

Next: Add flour and milk and cook for 13 minutes.

Finally: Add the grated cheese and cook for 2 minutes.

Assemble the lasagna

Once you have both sauces ready, it's time to assemble the lasagna. How many layers you make will depend on the size of your dish and how much sauce you add to each layer.

I like to aim for at least three layers of the lasagna sheets.

Start by adding a thin layer of the ragu on the bottom of the lasagna dish. Then place the lasagna sheets on top.

Next pour over the cheese sauce.

And then repeat the layers: ragu, lasagna, cheese sauce, ragu, lasagna, cheese sauce - until you have used up all of your sauces.

It doesn't really matter if you end up with ragu or cheese sauce on top.

Once you have finished layering, sprinkle grated cheese over the top of the lasagna and it is ready to go in the oven.

Bake the lasagna

The lasagna will take around 30 minutes in a pre-heated oven. The cheese should be nicely browned and bubbling when you take it out of the oven.

What to serve with Lasagna

The lasagna is quite rich and so doesn't need anything too complex to go with it.

Personally, I think this is best served with a leafy green salad and perhaps some Thermomix garlic bread on the side.

You could also serve some steamed vegetables such as asparagus or broccoli.

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