---------- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.02
 
      Title: Chicken Lasagne
 Categories: Casseroles, Poultry
      Yield: 6 Servings
 
    1/2 c  Butter
    1/2 c  Flour
    1/2 ts Salt
    1/2 ts Dried basil
      3 c  Chicken broth;
           - from simmered chicken
  2 1/2 c  Chicken;
           - from simmered chicken
      1    Egg; lightly beaten
      2 c  Cottage cheese; creamed
    1/2 lb Lasagne noodles;
           - cooked, drained
      1    Pkg spinach;
           - thawed, drained
    1/4 lb Mozzarella cheese;
           - thin sliced
    1/4 c  Parmesan cheese; grated

---------------------SIMMERED CHICKEN---------------------
      1    Chicken; broiler-fryer
  2 1/2 c  Water
      1 sm Onion; sliced
      2    Celery tops
      1    Bay leaf
      1 ts Salt
    1/4 ts Pepper
 
  Melt butter in a large; blend in flour, salt, and basil.
  
  Stir in chicken broth; cook, stirring constantly, until mixture
  thickens and comes to a boil.
  
  Remove from heat; add chicken.
  
  Mix beaten egg into cottage cheese.
  
  Lightly grease a 13x9x2" baking dish.
  
  Place 1/3rd of the chicken mixture in the bottom of the dish; top
  with half the noodles, half the cottage cheese mixture, half the
  spinach and half the mozzarella cheese.
  
  Repeat the layering; end with the last 3rd of the chicken mixture.
  
  Top with Parmesan cheese.
  
  Bake in preheated 375°F oven 45 minutes.
  
  Remove from oven; let stand 10 minutes before cutting into
  squares.
  
  Simmered Chicken:
  
  Put chicken in a kettle; add water and remaining ingredients.
  
  Bring to a boil.
  
  Cover tightly; reduce heat and simmer 1 hour, or until tender.
  
  Remove from heat; strain broth.
  
  Refrigerate chicken and broth at once.
  
  When chicken is cool, remove meat from bones; cut into small
  cubes.
 
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