Humble chicken lasagne

Name: Humble chicken lasagne
Cook time: 140 min
Total time: 140 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 1 leftover free-range chicken carcass, plus up to 300g leftover cooked chicken; 4 rashers of higher-welfare smoked streaky bacon; olive oil; 2 onions; 3 large carrots; 2 potatoes or 250g celeriac; a few sprigs of fresh thyme; 2 fresh bay leaves; 200g button mushrooms; 50g plain flour, plus 1 heaped tablespoon; 50g unsalted butter; 700ml semi-skimmed milk; 250g fresh lasagne sheets; mature Cheddar cheese

2 hrs 20 mins

Not Too Tricky

serves 4

About the recipe

For this recipe, you will need 1 leftover chicken carcass, plus up to 300g leftover cooked chicken. A simple delicious chicken stew done one of my favourite ways – baked into a gorgeous lasagne. Enjoy!

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nutrition per serving

Calories

34%

Fat

39%

Saturates

67%

Sugars

22%

Salt

15%

Protein

78%

Carbs

27%

Fibre

of an adult’s reference intake

Recipe From

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By Jamie Oliver

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Ingredients

1 leftover free-range chicken carcass, plus up to 300g leftover cooked chicken

4 rashers of higher-welfare smoked streaky bacon

olive oil

2 onions

3 large carrots

2 potatoes or 250g celeriac

a few sprigs of fresh thyme

2 fresh bay leaves

200g button mushrooms

50g plain flour, plus 1 heaped tablespoon

50g unsalted butter

700ml semi-skimmed milk

250g fresh lasagne sheets

mature Cheddar cheese

Method

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