How to make Mexican Lasagna with Pulled Chicken
This recipe is by 'Chef-Vikas-Seth'
Main Ingredients : Tortilla chips (तौरतिया चिप्स ), Mozzarella cheese (मोज़ारेला चीज़)
Cuisine : Fusion
Course : Main Course Chicken
Mexican Lasagna with Pulled Chicken Recipe Card
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Prep Time : 3.30-4 hour
Cook time : 51-60 minutes
Serve : 4
Level Of Cooking : Moderate
Taste : Tangy
Ingredients for Mexican Lasagna with Pulled Chicken Recipe
Tortilla chips /nachos as required
Mozzarella cheese grated 100 grams
Fresh coriander sprigs for garnish
Roasted tomato salsa
Tomatoes 3-4 medium
Whole onion with peel 1/2 medium
Green chillies stems removed 4-5
Whole garlic cloves with peel
Oil 1 tablespoon
Salt to taste
Spicy cheese sauce
Paprika 1/2 teaspoon
Cheddar cheese grated 50 grams
Fresh cream 50 millilitres
Salt to taste
Sour cream
Lemon juice 1 teaspoon
Fresh cream (3-4 tablespoons) 50 millilitres
Salt a pinch
Pulled chicken
Boneless chicken 200 grams
Garlic cloves chopped 5-6
Tabasco sauce 1 teaspoon
Paprika 1 teaspoon
Cumin powder 1 teaspoon
Onion powder 1 teaspoon
Garlic Powder 1 teaspoon
Oil 1 teaspoon + for searing
Salt to taste
Method
Step 1
Preheat oven at 180ºC.
Step 2
To make roasted tomato salsa, heat a non-stick pan. Add tomatoes, onion, green chillies, garlic cloves and oil and roast on low heat for 20 minutes. Remove from heat, peel onion and garlic and blend alongwith tomatoes, chillies and salt into a coarse mixture. Transfer the salsa into a bowl.
Step 3
To make spicy cheese sauce, heat cream, cheese, salt and paprika in a deep non-stick pan. Mix well and simmer till the cheese melts and the sauce thickens, stirring once a while. Remove from heat and set aside.
Step 4
To make sour cream, combine cream, lemon juice and salt in a bowl and mix well. Refrigerate for 20 minutes. Whisk well till thick.
Step 5
To make pulled chicken, cut chicken into small pieces and put in a bowl. Add garlic, Tabasco sauce, paprika, cumin powder, onion powder, garlic powder, 1 teaspoon oil and salt and mix well. Refrigerate to marinate for 2-3 hours.
Step 6
Heat some oil in a non-stick pan. Add marinated chicken pieces and sear till fully cooked from both sides. Remove from heat and pull the chicken into smaller pieces with the help of a fork.
Step 7
Spread a generous portion of salsa in an oven proof dish. Spread some cheese sauce on top. Place some tortilla chips/nachos on top and add some of the pulled chicken on it. Spread some more salsa and cheese sauce on top. Top with another layer of tortilla chips/nachos, press a little and spread some more pulled chicken on top. Top with some more salsa, cheese sauce and mozzarella cheese.
Step 8
Put the dish on a baking tray, place the tray in the preheated oven and bake till the cheese melts.
Step 9
Garnish with coriander sprig and sour cream and serve immediately.
