This White Gator Lasagna should be a staple in everyone’s home.
Gator tastes like chicken, so when I was trying to think of unique recipes I wanted to make with it, my mind immediately went to white chicken lasagna. I love white chicken lasagna. I even like white veggie lasagna. Being well versed in the white lasagna department, I knew exactly what I wanted to do for this recipe.
Honestly, I love all of my recipes, but this one is top tier. It is amazing. I truly believe I outdid myself here. I would make this every week if I had an unlimited supply of gator. This recipe is truly what dreams are made of. It lives rent free in my brain. BECAUSE WOW. I am not trying to play it up, but this recipe really is that good. My swamp friends in Louisiana should add this to their menus if they have a restaurant.
I hope you give this recipe a try. It is SOOO worth it. You will NOT regret it. Enjoy!
White Gator Lasagna
Equipment
- 9x13 extra deep casserole dish
Ingredients
- 1 box Lasagna Noodles*
Gator Filling
- 2 lbs gator ground
- 1 tsp Italian seasoning
- 1/4 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
- 2 T extra virgin olive oil
Spinach-Ricotta Filling
- 5 T butter
- 1/4 C all purpose flour
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 3/4 C half and half
- 8 oz cream cheese
- 5 T minced onion
- 2 T minced garlic
- 16 oz frozen spinach thawed; drained
- 1/4 C water
- 1 C ricotta whole
White Sauce
- 1 C heavy cream
- 1 C parmesan cheese grated
- 1 T butter
- 1 clove garlic minced
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp pepper
Toppings
- 4 C mozzarella
- 1/2 C shredded parmesan
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 °F.
- Grease a 9x13 extra deep casserole dish (~3 inches).
Meat
- In a pan over medium-high heat, heat olive oil.
- Add you meat and seasonings. Mix well.
- Cook until done, approximately 8-10 minutes.
Spinach-Ricotta Filling
- In a pan over medium-high heat, melt butter.
- Add flour and mix well. This should be thick. Cook until slightly browned
- Add onion and garlic. Mix.
- Add remaining ingredients and mix until smooth and completely incorporated.
Sauce
- In a pan over medium-high heat, melt butter.
- Add garlic and cook until fragrant.
- Add remaining ingredients and cook until sauce thickens.
Assembly
- If you do not have oven ready lasagna noodles (it would say on the box), cook and drain them now.
- In the bottom of your greased pan, spoon 1/2 of the sauce on the bottom and sprinkle 1/3 of the meat on top.
- Add a layer of noodles. I cut mine in order to fully cover the dish.
- Spread 1/2 the spinach ricotta filling and 1/3 of the meat over the lasagna noodles.
- Add another layer of noodles.
- Spread remaining spinach ricotta filling and meat over the lasagna noodles.
- Add remaining noodles or enough to cover the filling.
- Spread remaining sauce on top.
- Sprinkle mozzarella and parmesan on top.
- It is all cooked, so bake to desired cheese crispiness. I baked mine for 30 minutes.
I love white lasagna! I don’t have any gator, but I might try this with pheasant!
I can’t wait to try this my cousin sent me some gator a while ago and I had no idea what to do with it!
Top site ,.. amazaing post ! Just keep the work on !
Thank you!