This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy.
Lasagna Roll Ups are everything you’d find in a traditional lasagna dish. Except the filling and sauce is all rolled up with each individual lasagna pasta. Everything stays tucked in!
These are not your usual lasagna roll ups. Each pasta is filled with an abundance of cheeses, shredded chicken, crispy bacon sauteed with onion and garlic… and finally, topped with Parmesan Cream Sauce!
It just seems as though chicken and bacon were very much made for each other!
So, let me show you how to make these pillow-y delights! Super easy!
Start by frying 1 pound of chopped bacon. Then add the diced onions and garlic.
Saute for about 2-3 minutes more. Just to soften the onions and garlic. The aroma is amazing! Then, drain onto a plate with paper towels.
Shred 2 cups of already cooked chicken breasts. (Or use rotisserie chicken.) Set aside with the bacon.
Add 8 lasagna pasta pieces to a large pot of boiling water. Cook 2 minutes less than what the instructions on the box say. Because, it will finish cooking in the oven.
After you drain them, lay them on paper towels to get all the excess water off.
While the pasta is “draining”… start putting together the filling.
In a medium size bowl, stir together the ricotta cheese, cream cheese, sour cream and parmesan. Stir in salt, pepper, onion and garlic powder.
Now it is time to start assembling the roll ups.
Divide the cheese filling evenly onto each pasta.
Lay the shredded chicken across. Then sprinkle on the bacon, onion and garlic.
Sprinkle some grated Parmesan and start rolling up!
Have a medium size baking dish ready beside your pasta.
Spread some Parmesan Cream Sauce on the bottom of a baking dish. By doing this, it gives the pasta enough to just “sit” on and absorb from the bottom (and not just from the top). Also, prevents the pasta from sticking or burning on the bottom.
Put the lasagna roll ups with the seam side facing down towards the pan.
Add the rest of the cream sauce onto the top of the roll ups.
Sprinkle with some mozzarella and Parmesan and a few more pieces of bacon.
Bake in a preheated 350 degrees oven for 25 to 35 minutes, uncovered. Allow this dish to rest for 5 to 10 minutes before serving.
If you like chicken and pasta, try this easy one pot meal…
and another easy and delicious Lasagna Roll Up recipe…
Buffalo Chicken Lasagna Roll Ups
- 8 lasagna pasta, cooked and drained.
- 1 pound bacon, diced, cooked and drained
- 1 small red or yellow onion
- 6 cloves of garlic, crushed
- 2 boneless chicken breasts, cooked and shredded
- 2 cups of Parmesan Cream Sauce (link within the post)
- ½ cup mozzarella (to sprinkle on top)
- ½ cup grated Parmesan (to sprinkle on top)
- 1 cup ricotta cheese
- ½ cup sour cream
- 6 oz. cream cheese
- ½ cup grated Parmesan
- 1 tablespoon garlic powder
- 2 teaspoons onion powder
- salt and pepper, to taste
- Add 8 pieces of lasagna pasta to a large pot of boiling water.
- Cook pasta 2 minutes less than the directions on the package. It will finish cooking in the oven.
- Drain pasta in strainer and lay pasta onto paper towels to dry off excess water.
- Shred chicken breasts. Set aside.
- Cut and fry bacon.
- Add diced onions and crushed garlic 3 minutes prior to baking being finished.
- Drain bacon mixture onto a plate with paper towels. (It will catch the excess fat.)
- In a medium size bowl, mix together the ricotta cheese, sour cream, cream cheese, Parmesan and seasonings.
- Divide and spread the filling onto the cooked pasta evenly.
- Add the shredded chicken onto each pasta.
- Sprinkle the bacon mixture on top of the chicken and cheese mixture. (Save some for the top after you roll up the pasta.)
- Sprinkle some Parmesan on top of the bacon and chicken.
- Spread ½ cup of Parmesan Cream Sauce on the bottom of a medium baking dish.
- Roll the pasta and put seam side facing down into the sauce that is in the baking dish.
- Cover the roll ups with the rest of the cream sauce.
- Top with pieces of bacon.
- Sprinkle mozzarella and Parmesan on top.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 350 degrees for 25 to 35 minutes.
- Let it rest after taken out of oven for 5 to 10 minutes.
And of course, you’ll need some bread to dive into any sauce that you may have left on your plate!
Absolute comfort food! I love the idea of making a roll up as opposed to a full lasagna! Alfredo and chicken is a favorite! Can’t wait to try this out on my family Gloria!
Thanks, Tanya! Let me know what your family thinks when you make these! (=
We made them and the guests raved! I love good tasting food and this satisfied my palate too. It was a little labor involved in putting them together, but well worth it. Nice presentation too.
Karen, so happy you loved these! Happy holidays to you and your family! 🙂
OMG Drool!!! I have yet to make lasagna roll ups and this creamy dreamy bacon version is right up my alley!! Absolutely fabulous!!
Elizabeth @ Confessions of a Baking Queen recently posted…Caramel Cheesecake Swirled Brownies #chocolateparty
I’ve been doing it this way for years because it’s already perfectly proportioned…and nothing falls out! Thanks, Elizabeth! (=
Woah. This is comfort food to the max. YUM.
Aimee @ ShugarySweets recently posted…Pink Lemonade Fudge
Hey Gloria! I ‘ve got to make these! I do get bored of traditional lasagna! I usually make it for Christmas since we are all “turkeyed out” after Thanksgiving! I know I’ll make them sooner, but I think they may
be making their holiday debut this year too! 🙂
Amy @ Fun With Family and Fitness recently posted…What a WONDERFUL weekend!!!!!!!
What!!! These look amazing Gloria – I love lasagna roll ups but haven’t ever made unique and creative types like today’s recipe. Such comfort food – I love this recipe!
sally @ sallys baking addiction recently posted…Easy Homemade Funfetti Cake.
I love this recipe, Gloria! I’m definitely going to give this a try. Pinned and shared on my Facebook page. Thanks for sharing at Marvelous Mondays!
Julie @ This Gal Cooks recently posted…GYCO Recipe Challenge: Deep Dish Beer Crust Pizza
Saw these roll ups @ Memories by the Mile’s Tuesday Trivia.
First, I like lasagna roll ups more than lasagna.
Second, cream sauce is my weakness.
Third, BACON!
You have made my day with these!
Michelle recently posted…See Ya Later, Alligator
This looks crazy good & I have a feeling that my husband and son would go crazy over this. Yep. It is going on my menu plan soon! 🙂
Thank you so much for sharing at Marvelous Mondays this week!
Carrie @ Frugal Foodie Mama recently posted…Beer Cheese Risotto with Bacon {GYCO ~ Beer}
Ok, I am not usually a huge bacon lover, but I could totally get behind in these awesome roll ups!!! Pinning this for sure!!!
Jocelyn @BruCrew LIfe recently posted…Coconut Chocolate Chunk Muffin Tops
I love your blog! I am planning on making your chicken, bacon, lasagna roll-ups tomorrow. Gatlon spoiled me when he would always bring me your homemade goodies. So here is my question…is there any way I could get the recipe for your caramel apple cookies? Oh my! They are to die for.
Thanks so sharing. I am so inexperienced with cooking, but I love how you give detailed descriptions along with pictures. So awesome!
Shastene (AKA…Mrs. B.)
Thanks, Shastene! I’m such a visual person myself…so I’m glad you like the step by step pics. I will for sure send you the recipe next week. I’m actually going to post them on here sometime soon! Let me know how the Lasagna Roll Ups come out!
Gloria recently posted…Coconut Butter Cookies
Oh my heck! The chicken bacon lasagna turned out perfect! It was such a hit! My oh my….it was yummy! Also, I made the butter coconut cookies yesterday and they were so good that we are making our second batch right now.
Thanks for sharing.
Shastene
I’m so happy you and your family loved the lasagna roll ups! AND glad to hear you’re enjoying the Coconut Butter Cookies! Super easy, aren’t they! Hope you are enjoying your day before going back to teaching school… for a short week, that is! Thanks for letting me know how everything turned out! Talk with you soon! (=
Gloria recently posted…Lazy Sundays: Springtime
Hi Gloria!
Just stopping by to let you know that Carrie and I will be featuring these at tomorrow night’s Marvelous Mondays party! Have a fabulous weekend. 🙂
Yay!!!! I’m super excited! Thank you so much, Carrie and Julie! You girls ROCK!
(ps…everyone, go check out Julie and Carrie’s blogs: This Gal Cooks & Frugal Foodie Mama –links are up above before the listed recipe.)
Have a fun weekend!
Gloria recently posted…Coconut Butter Cookies
This looks amazing! I can’t wait to make it 🙂 I’m not a huge traditional lasagna fan, but this looks delicious!!
Stopping by from Marvelous Mondays Link Party. Have a great day!
Shel recently posted…Parties or Peace?
Found your site at midnight and have drooled over it for the past half hour. These look delicious and it’s killing me to not head into the kitchen and make them right now. Love your site!
Thank you so much, Bet! Let me know when you give the lasagna roll ups a try! (=
Gloria recently posted…Buttermilk Pound Cake with Cream Cheese Glaze
Just wondering how far in advance these can be made and if they freeze well?
Shannon, to be very honest, I have never frozen these before. (I just don’t have the room in my freezer.) But, if you’re wanting to make these ahead of time for dinner…you may assemble it all together at the most 3 days ahead of baking them. Just store them in the refrigerator before putting them in the oven.
Or you could go ahead and put them into the freezer for up to 6-8 weeks, wrapped very tightly (I use freezer wrap, it cuts out a lot of freezer burn from the air that gets in). Let them thaw before putting into the oven. Reason for that is so it warms up evenly.
Thank you for stopping by, Shannon! I hope I answered your question…anything else, feel free to ask. Have a great weekend!
Gloria recently posted…Snickers Oreo Caramel Bars
we made this for dinner tonight they came out awesome.
thanks for sharing
Michelle
This was crazy good! You can’t go wrong with bacon, right?! Thanks for the awesome recipe
Abiut how many callories are in one of these?
Gloria,
Made this dish substituted bacon with fresh spinach and the family loved it. Thanks
Made this for my daughter and son-in-law who just got back from the hospital with my new granddaughter! Doubled the recipe, one pan for them and one for my husband and myself! The are assembled, wrapped and sitting in the fridge for me to take to them. A cinch to assemble and do they look delish! I will let you know the results but I can tell you my husband (and dogs) were drooling as the aroma of the bacon mixture was wafting through the kitchen =)
Jodi, congratulations on your brand new baby granddaughter! I’m so happy for you and your family! (I simply can not even wait to become a gramma, myself.)
They are going to love this meal when they come home with it all ready for them. You are just so thoughtful to do that for them.
You know, it’s really hard to stay away from that bacon! I know exactly how your husband feels. I’m actually ready to go wake up my household with some bacon for breakfast right now! Have a great rest of your weekend…and again, congrads on the new teeny tiny new little member of your family!
xo
This recipe was fabulous Gloria! I have been asked to make this again very soon!
Thank you for sharing!
Yay! I’m so glad you and everyone enjoyed this dish. You’ve just made my whole week! Have a happy Wednesday, Jodi! And, enjoy that new little baby! (=
Gloria recently posted…Baby Ruth Fudge
Amazing! We made these tonight for dinner and I love them! 🙂 Thank you so much!
I just made this and it was delicious! I added spinach for color and additional nutrients.
Jae, I’m so happy you enjoyed this dish! Adding spinach is a great idea… and pretty, too! (=
Gloria recently posted…White Chocolate Maraschino Cherry Bugles
If I made this the night before and kept in the fridge do you think it would keep or get too mushy? Thanks!
nm I should have read ALL the other questions first! Up to 3 days ahead of time, got it!!
Sara, no chances of it getting mushy. I’m happy to see that you made this ahead of time… have to love that, right?! I hope you enjoy it! Thank you for stopping by! Have a fun and fabulous Wednesday. (=
Gloria recently posted…Triple Chocolate Applesauce Cookies
Made this for dinner tonight…….family loved it! Success!, Thank you for the recipe!
Very good article. I am facing a few of these issues as well..
weight loss exercise youtube recently posted…weight loss exercise youtube
Absolutely, wonderfully delicious!! Made this for dinner tonight!! Thanks for this new family favorite!!
Courtney, I’m so happy your family loved this! You just made my whole night for coming over to let me know you made this dish. Have a most fabulous evening! 🙂
Gloria recently posted…Root Beer Float Cookie Sandwiches
You offer an important information. I’ll be your regular visitor.
Storify.com recently posted…Storify.com
Hi, I do believe this is an excellent website.
I stumbledupon it 😉 I will return once again since I book
marked it. Money and freedom is the best way to change, may you be
rich and continue to help other people.
25000 loans recently posted…25000 loans
Was outstanding just made it for dinner.
My only problem is there wasn’t enough cream sauce leftover for the top I had to make more it was kind of frustrating and it’s quite time consuming if you have a hungry family waiting this dish is delicious but takes about 30-40 minutes prep time + 35 to como I substituted the bacon for turkey bacon and skipped the onions but it was good !
Made the chicken-bacon lasagna recipe last night. This recipe is delicious!! Huge WIN w/ my family. Thank you. 🙂
This looks fabulous and I will be making it tomorrow for my family! My question is how did you make the chicken for this recipe?
Mary, you may go the shortcut route by using a rotisserie chicken. Or what I do is, put chicken breast (about 3-5 pieces, depending on size) in a pot covered to the top with chicken broth. Boil the chicken for about 20 minutes, covered. Turn off heat and leave on stove with lid on for another 20 minutes. Drain broth and shred chicken. Comes out moist and perfect every time. I love it! This is the only way that I make my chicken for this recipe, enchiladas, etc. You are going to love the lasagna roll ups! Oh, you may make the chicken and bacon ahead of time and set in refrigerator. Have a great weekend! 🙂
This turned out incredible!!! My family and I couldn’t get enough of it! It did however take longer to make than stated on here, but it was totally worth it! Thank you so much for the GREAT recipe!!
Hi Gloria,
I am hosting a dinner for 8 which includes 4 good-sized hungry men.
Is one batch enough, or should I make two?
Can’t wait to make this!
Wendi, double this recipe for that many guests… especially feeding those (always!) hungry men. It will come out just as wonderfully. Hope you and your hungry company enjoy! (Psss, you may make this ahead of time or even the night before and cook in oven a little longer than instructed in the recipe.) 🙂
i spent hrs preparing this recipe for a pot luck tonight, was so excited to serve this then realized I forgot the main ingredient, the chicken! So mad at myself! Needless to say, I was too embarrassed to go. Guess I’ll be laughing about it later! LOL
Renee, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been distracted and forgot a main ingredient. (Like the egg in cookies… or the banana in banana bread!) But, I bet it was just as delicious without the chicken. (All the cheese and cream sauce is my favorite part anyways!) Hope you are having a most wonderful weekend… even without the chicken! LOL
These were amazing. I managed to be able to make an additional 4 roll ups and still have left over chicken and sauce. I put the extras in the freezer to use for some pasta later this week! Overall this was an amazing dish! A little labor intensive but definitely worth it. Will make again!
I’m so happy you loved this dish, Kellie!
Making tonight, looks absolutely delish
Amazing recipe, just made it and loved every bit
Oh yea! So happy you love this recipe as much as my family does!
I was so excited to see this on your blog, I have drooled over many of your very delicious and easy recipes, so I almost passed out when I saw these. I had planned to make the spinach cheese version on, yes I am hanging my head, from another site. I purchased all the basic ingredients and was ready to roll, when the heavens opened up and I found you,yes fabulous GLORIA. Couldn’t make these fast enough, my boys live for chicken and bacon, but they are very picky when it comes to sauce. I read the ingredients and saw the step by step directions and I went for it. Well I can tell you EVERYONE absolutely loved it. You can put this on a rock and people will love it. I felt happy and very accomplished after making this nectar of the gods. Thank you glorious for all your work. Regular moms like me LOVE LOVE LOVE YOU. Anyone not sure about trying this recipe, they make you look like a five star chef.
Jeannette, thank you so much!! You have truly made my day! I am so happy you and your family loved this chicken and bacon dish. This is definitely a fan favorite here at my house with all my boys. (And, always a request when I have leftover chicken… but I have to hide the bacon if I want any leftover to make this!) Thank you for stopping by with your kind words! 🙂
Liked your recipe a lot. Looking forward for some more mouth watering recipes. Keep up the good work.
Do you think the Chicken & Bacon Lasagna Roll Ups would taste ok without the garlic and onions? We aren’t big fans of either garlic/onions… do you think it would still be yummy without it?
Of course it would. 🙂 You are going to love these!
I made these today, added half a bag of chopped baby spinach and 8 oz of chopped fresh white mushrooms to them and also substituted half the parmesan with smoked provolone… it was AMAZING!!!! Definitely my new top company is coming recipe! Thank you for sharing!
I had a picture I wanted to share of them plated, but no clue how to do that… lol
I love your site!
You are so sweet! Thank you so much for stopping by to share… it sounds absolutely amazing with the spinach and mushrooms. Definitely making it like that next time! 🙂
You are the Mvp for this recipe ! Omg I loved and so did my little boys who are four and three ..it is hard to get them to eat anything besides norm of pizza! They kicked the plate ! Thanks for this recipe !!
You made my whole day! I know what it’s like to have little ones eat something else… so excited they loved it!! 🙂
Hello Gloria,
I made this tonight and it was good, but I think I messed up on the cream, was I supposed to mix it with the mixer? Sorry I am still new at cooking. But it was still good.
You could mix the cream sauce with a whisk as it heats up. This prevents any lumps and turns into creamy deliciousness. Thank you for stopping by and letting us know how this turned out for you! 🙂 (I bet you are a great cook!)
Oh I’m so glad I found your recipe! I just watched a Yahoo Now Yummy video on Facebook that shows what appears to be your recipe, but they don’t show the actual recipe/tell you amounts of the ingredients you need! As soon as I saw it I was on the hunt to find the actual recipe. Thanks, can’t wait to try it out! 🙂