If you are looking for a quick and cute holiday dinner idea, check these snowmen out! Semi homemade and they come together quickly.
Mini Chicken Parmesan Lasagna Snowmen
(Adapted from Hungry Happenings)
Noodles:
8 Barilla Wavy Lasagna Noodles
salt
olive oil or olive oil spray
Cheese Filling:
1 cup ricotta cheese
1/2 cup shredded mozzarella
1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1/4 teaspoon salt
Chicken Filling:
2 cups diced chicken fingers thawed*
1 cup Barilla Marinara Sauce
optional reduce the amount of chicken and add vegetable
Toppings:
8 teaspoons Barilla Alfredo Sauce
4 ounces 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
24-30 black olives
4 mini carrots
*Use fully cooked chicken fingers that are thawed so they can easily be diced.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Noodles:
Bring a pot of water to a boil. Add salt and noodles. Boil for 12 minutes until the noodles are soft. (They will crisp a bit in the oven.)
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Brush two cookie sheets with olive oil or olive oil spray.
Set noodles in a single layer on the pan.
Cut one 2 1/2 inch circle out of one noodle then cut that noodle into 2 even strips.
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Repeat with 3 more noodles.
Cut five 2 1/2 inch circles out of the remaining four noodles.
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Set the cut pieces back on the oil covered pans.
Brush olive oil or spray olive oil in the bottom and up the sides of eight 6 ounce ramekins.
Wrap a noodle strip around the inside of a ramekin allowing the noodle to overlap slightly.
Set one round noodle in the bottom of the ramekin.
Repeat lining all 8 ramekins.
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Cheese Filling:
Stir together the ricotta, mozzarella, parmesan, and salt.
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Chicken Filling:
Stir together the diced and thawed chicken fingers with the marinara sauce.
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Assemble the Lasagnas and add the Toppings:
Evenly divide the chicken filling among the 8 ramekins.
Compact the filling into an even layer.
Set another round noodle on top of the chicken filling.
Evenly divide the cheese filling among the 8 ramekins.
Spread the filling in an even layer.
Set the final round noodle on top of the cheese filling.
Spread a teaspoon of Alfredo sauce over top then sprinkle with 1/2 ounce of mozzarella cheese.
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Cut olives into small circles for the snowmen’s eyes and smile and cut carrots into noses.
Cut olives in half. Use a bubble tea straw. a small round plunger or fondant cutter, or a large round pastry tip to cut 1/4 inch round circles from the olives.
Cut the mini carrots into 3/4 inch long pieces for the snowmen noses.
Decorate snowmen lasagna using olive eyes and carrot noses.
Arrange 2 olive eyes and one carrot nose on each lasagna.
Then arrange 5 olives to form a smile under the nose.
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Bake for 22-26 minutes until the cheese is bubbly and melted and the lasagnas are heated through.
Allow to cool for a few minutes before serving.
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