this literally came together in 10 min. from things I pulled out of the refrigerator and freezer, instant DELICIOUSNESS! serve with crusty bread, pasta, or as a yummy messy sandwich.
- 8-10 pieces oven-fried chicken cooked, possibly frozen but defrosted
- 2 cups Mom's homemade tomato sauce
- ricotta cheese
- spinach
- mozzerella/parmesean cheese any combination of cheeses works
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Layer thin layer of sauce in casserole dish
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Layer chicken in a single layer over tomato sauce
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Top with approximately 1-2 TBSP. per piece of chicken, or to your liking
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Top all this with julienned spinach, also as much or as little as you like
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Then add tomato sauce over all that goodness and top with the mozzerella cheese mixture.
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Cover with foil and bake for about 20 min.
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Remove foil, continue to bake for 10-15 min. until top is lightly browned until the cheese is melted.
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Serve with crusty bread, a side of pasta, as a sandwich, or as a small place with a nice side salad. Can also work well for an appetizer.
- Get creative with this, think of it as you would layering a lasagna.
- You could add more veggies to the layers such as mushrooms, red peppers, green peppers, zucchini.....
- You can use other cheeses such as fresh mozzarella, fontina, parmesean, romano, asiago, anything melty......
- You could even use a sauce other than a red sauce such as a pesto, a creamy tomato, alfredo.........
- You could use a different type of protein such as pork, fish, veal........
- You get the drift, it is so versatile but for this recipe for me today it was about using what I had in my refrigerator and freezer to put together a dinner with real ingredients, no preservatives, that was fast, easy and delicious.