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Home » Creative Recipes » Cuisine » Cajun » Creamy Cajun Chicken Lasagna

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Creamy Cajun Chicken Lasagna

BY: Michele
PUBLISHED: Oct 9, 2013
UPDATED: Aug 7, 2019
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In my quest for quick, easy, creamy, cheesy comfort food, I searched the food blog world and found two favorites:  Skillet Lasagna From Valerie’s Kitchen and Cajun Chicken Pasta On The Lighter Side from SkinnyTaste.com.  If these two recipes got married, this Creamy Cajun Chicken Lasagna would be their love child.  It is a skillet lasagna with cajun-spiced chicken, vegetables and lasagna noodles in a rich and creamy white sauce smothered in melted mozzarella cheese.

Next time you want comfort food, and don’t want to spend 2 hours cooking, nor go to the grocery store or spend all evening doing dishes and scrubbing a bunch of pots and pans, make this recipe!

Cajun-Chicken-Skillet-Lasagna

I love this creamy, cajun chicken skillet lasagna because:

  • It uses common ingredients found in your fridge or pantry.  Likely no trip to the store is required.
  • It is quick and easy to make so dinner is on the table in less than an hour.
  • It is a one-pot meal so after dinner you can spend time with your family instead of washing dishes.
  • It is spicy, creamy, cheesy, and has chicken and pasta.  What more can you ask?

Let’s get started.

Chop your boneless, skinless chicken breasts and sprinkle both sides with cajun seasoning. Use your favorite brand or make my homemade version.  I don’t add additional salt because often cajun seasonings have a lot of salt.  My version has no salt.  If you use that, you may want to add a little salt.

Add a tablespoon of oil to a large skillet over medium-high heat.  Add the chicken and cook for about 5 minutes.  Remove and set aside.

Shortcut tip:  To make this even faster, use shredded cooked chicken (such as leftover rotisserie chicken) sprinkle with cajun seasoning and heat in a skillet with oil for a few minutes until heated through.

Use the vegetables you have on hand.  I used red, green, and yellow bell peppers.  However, this recipe would work great with fresh spinach.

Shortcut tip:  Chop vegetables as soon as you get home from the store so you have them quickly available to use in recipes.  Or for more convenience, buy the pre-chopped peppers from your store.

chopped-peppers

Sautee onions and vegetables in oil for about 5 minutes.

Sauteed onions n peppers

Add the chicken back in with the vegetables.  Then top with broken pieces of lasagna noodles. No need to boil first.

Broken-Lasagna-Noodles

For the sauce, in most recipes it would call for heavy cream.  However, I adapted my sauce from Gina’s “slurry” in her Cajun Chicken Pasta recipe.   In a food processor or blender, add 2/3 cup milk, 1 (8-oz) package of light cream cheese, 3 tablespoons of flour, and 1 teaspoon minced garlic (or 1 clove garlic).  Blend until smooth.

Reduce heat to low, then pour the white sauce over the chicken, vegetables, and lasagna noodles.

white-sauce-lasagna

Be sure to cover all the lasagna noodles with the sauce.  Cover and cook on low for about 10 minutes.
Skillet lasagna-white sauce-cooking

Sprinkle mozzarella on top, cover, and let cook for about 5 minutes or until these cheese has melted.

Stove-top-shot-lasagna

Look at this skillet of luscious lasagna.

Cajun-Chicken-Skillet-Lasagna

MMM!  Can’t wait to dig in.

Chicken-skillet-lasagna-serve

Yes.  It’s just the way I like it:  messy, oohy, gooey, creamy and cheesy.

Cajun-Chicken-skillet-lasagna-plate

Now you know what’s for dinner tonight.

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Creamy Cajun Chicken Lasagna

Creamy Cajun Chicken Lasagna ia a quick, easy, creamy, cheesy comfort food that combines Cajun and Italian flavors for an awesome chicken dinner.
Course Main Dish
Cuisine Cajun, Italian
Keyword Cajun Chicken Lasagna, Chicken Lasagna, Creamy Cajun Chicken Lasagna, White Chicken Lasagna
Prep Time 15 minutes minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes minutes
Total Time 45 minutes minutes
Servings 6
Calories 368kcal
Author Michele @ Flavor Mosaic

Ingredients

  • 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts (cut into 1" pieces)
  • 2 teaspoons cajun seasoning (can use store bought or homemade)
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1/2 sweet onion (chopped)
  • 1/2 each green red, and yellow bell peppers (chopped)
  • 6 no boil lasagna noodles (each broken into about 6 pieces)
  • 2/3 cup skim milk
  • 8 ounces light cream cheese
  • 3 tablespoons flour
  • 1 teaspoon minced garlic
  • 1 cup part-skim shredded mozzarella
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Instructions 

  • Sprinkle 1 teaspoon cajun seasoning on both sides of the chicken.
  • Add oil to a 10" skillet over medium-high heat and brown chicken for about 3 minutes on each side.
  • Add vegetables and sprinkle them with other half of cajun seasoning.
  • Cook chicken and vegetables until vegetables are soft, about 5 minutes.
  • Place broken pieces of lasagna noodles on top of the chicken and vegetables.
  • Reduce heat to low and pour the white sauce on top making sure to cover all the lasagna noodles.
  • Cover and simmer on low for about 10 minutes or until the noodles are soft.
  • Sprinkle mozzarella cheese on top, cover for another 5 to 7 minutes until cheese is melted. For an optional garnish, top with chopped basil, green onions, or chopped cilantro.

Nutrition

Calories: 368kcal | Carbohydrates: 31g | Protein: 29g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 81mg | Sodium: 397mg | Potassium: 542mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 705IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 250mg | Iron: 1mg

 

Filed Under: Cajun, Chicken, Italian, Lunch, Mardi Gras, Pasta, Quick and Easy, Skillet, Stove Top, Sunday Supper, Weeknight Tagged With: cheese, chicken, lasagna, pasta

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Comments

  1. Valerie | From Valerie's Kitchen says

    October 10, 2013 at 1:59 pm

    Michele, this looks absolutely delish! I’m obsessed with one pot, quick meals these days and I’m all over the cajun flavors. Wonderful job 🙂

    Reply
    • Occasional Cooker says

      October 10, 2013 at 2:13 pm

      Thanks Valerie! I love one-pot meals. Actually I think my husband loves them more since I cook and he does the dishes!

      Reply
  2. Jazmin @ Frugality Gal says

    October 11, 2013 at 6:06 am

    This looks divine! My dishwasher will definitely appreciate not having to wash all of the dishes that usually go along with making lasagna.

    Reply
    • Occasional Cooker says

      October 11, 2013 at 6:54 am

      Thanks. Yes. My dishwasher, Dave, loves one-pot meals!

      Reply
  3. Jenn @ We Do Fun Here says

    October 11, 2013 at 11:09 am

    WOW! What a perfect dish for the Fall, pinning to my Fall Party Main Dish Board! 🙂

    ~ Jenn @ We Do FUN Here

    Reply
    • Occasional Cooker says

      October 11, 2013 at 10:31 pm

      Hi Jenn! Yes. This is a great dish for fall. Thanks for stopping by. I’ll have to go check our your Fall Party pins!

      Reply
  4. Shauna {The Best Blog Recipes} says

    October 11, 2013 at 11:25 am

    This looks so delicious and simple to make! Pinned to my pasta board while I was here 🙂

    Shauna @ The Best Blog Recipes

    Reply
  5. Jenny.U says

    October 11, 2013 at 9:55 pm

    Yum, yum, yum!

    Reply
    • Occasional Cooker says

      October 11, 2013 at 10:32 pm

      Hi Jenny,

      I wholeheartedly agree. Have a great day!

      Michele

      Reply
  6. Cathy@LemonTreeDwelling says

    October 23, 2013 at 3:07 pm

    What a great recipe! Pinning and featuring this tonight on Thursday’s Treasures!

    Reply
    • Occasional Cooker says

      October 23, 2013 at 3:09 pm

      Thank you so much!

      Reply
  7. Cara @ Craftdictator says

    November 2, 2013 at 7:28 am

    These looks so yummy! Going to pin it right now! Thanks for posting on the DBB!

    Reply
    • Occasional Cooker says

      November 2, 2013 at 12:37 pm

      Hi Cara,

      Thanks for sharing this recipe.

      Reply
  8. Kristy says

    February 28, 2014 at 8:05 pm

    I really liked this meal. The combination of Cajun plus cream was delicious. I don’t like mozzerella cheese so I will exchange it for cheddar next time. I also added 1/2 cup of sour cream to the sauce. Really yummy, thanks for posting.

    Reply

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