Three Cheese Chicken Bake

Ingredients

• 8 ounces lasagna noodles, cooked and drained
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 1/2 cup chopped green pepper
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1 teaspoon basil
• 16 ounces cottage cheese
• 1 can cream of chicken soup
• 1 (6 ounce) can sliced mushrooms, drained
• 1/2 cup milk
• 2 cups cooked, diced chicken
• 2 cups shredded American cheese
• 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese

Instructions

1. Sauté onion and green pepper in butter until tender.
2. Stir in soup, mushrooms, milk and basil. Heat through.
3. Arrange 1/2 of the noodles in a 9 x 13 inch pan.
4. Top with 1/2 of each of the sauce, cottage cheese, American and Parmesan cheese.
5. Repeat noodles, sauce, cottage cheese and chicken.
6. Bake at 350 degrees F for 60 minutes.
7. Top with remaining American and Parmesan cheeses and bake for 3 minutes longer or until cheese on top melts.
8. Let stand for 15 minutes before serving.

Notes

I believe when I first got this recipe it also called for a small jar of chopped pimiento to be added to the sauce part, but I never have them on hand and can live with them or without them, so I just deleted them from the recipe when I recopied it to a new cookbook a few years ago.

Attribution

Posted by kccaid at Recipe Goldmine April 2001.