Chicken Mac & Cheese With Buffalo Sauce

Purpose
Mildly spicy chicken mac & cheese with a kick
Yield
8 portions
Prep time
15 minutes
Cook time
30 minutes

Equipment

Ingredients

Proteins

  • 900 g - 1 kg popcorn chicken (Kirkland Signature brand has package of 1.8 kg, so half of that)

Produce

  • 2 onions, diced
  • 4 garlic cloves, diced

Dairy

  • 3⁄4 cup 35% cooking cream
  • 3 1⁄2 cups milk
  • 500 g grated Mozzarella cheese
  • 2 tablespoons butter

Liquids

  • 1⁄3 cup Frank's Red Hot Buffalo sauce
  • 3 tablespoons South-West buttermilk ranch dipping sauce (that's the kick!)

Dry ingredients

  • 500 g macaroni pasta
  • 4 tablespoons all-purpose flour (more depending on need)

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven for popcorn chicken.
  2. Cook pasta and set aside in strainer; while cooking, prepare grated cheese (bowl), Frank's Red Hot Buffalo sauce (measuring cup), cooking cream (measuring cup), milk (measuring cup), onion + garlic (diced on cutting board) separately.
  3. Put chicken in the oven; cook them according to given instructions all throughout cooking the rest.
  4. On medium heat with a large cooking pot, caramelize onions and garlic in butter.
  5. Sprinkle flour to make a roux; add flour if necessary to cover every bit of onion and garlic.
  6. Add and mix milk and cream and boil a bit to thicken; if mix doesn't thicken, add slightly more flour.
  7. Lower heat and add cheese one handful at a time; whisk to melt between each handful.
  8. Add in and mix sauce and dipping sauce.
  9. Add and mix chicken and pasta; heat everything until ready to serve.

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