BBQ Chicken Macaroni and Cheese
ORIGINAL POST:http://greedygirlcooks.blogspot.com/2015/09/bbq-chicken-macaroni-and-cheese.html
Ingredients
For the bbq chicken
2 CB chicken breast (boneless skinless)
3 pinch salt
1 ¼ teaspoon black pepper
¼ teaspoon smoked paprika
3 tablespoon oil
½ cup onion chopped
¼ cup sweet pepper
2 garlic clove minced
1 ¼ cup hickory BBQ sauce
For the cheese sauce
3 tablespoon butter
2 tablespoon flour
2 cup heavy cream or milk
8 oz pepper jack cheese
5 oz sharp cheddar cheese
1 onion (blended)
1 pinch of salt
Other
1 box elbow macaroni
For the topping
4 tablespoon butter
2 garlic cloves shredded
1 cup panko bread crumbles
Instructions
- First place a pot of salted water to boil
- Preheat your oven to 475 degrees
- Cut (washed and dried) chicken breast into strips and season with the salt black pepper, smoked paprika and 1 teaspoon of the oil
- On a hot grill cook the strips on both sides until fully cooked. Approximately 3 minutes per side.
- Remove from the heat and set aside. Chop into bite sized pieces
- In a sauté pan with 2 teaspoon of oil sauté the onions, peppers and garlic for 1 minute
- Add the grilled chicken to the mix and stir for another minute before adding the bbq sauce
- Stir to incorporate and warm the sauce, then remove it from the heat.
- By this the water should be boiling, add the pasta to the hot water
For the cheese sauce and to finish the dish
- In a clean pot melt the butter add the flour and cook for a few seconds
- Add the heavy cream to the flour mixture and whisk until the flour and butter has dissolved
- Add all the cheese and allow it to melt and the sauce to become very thick
- Shred or puree the small onion and add it to the cheese sauce along with a pinch of salt
- Once the sauce is thick stir in the BBQ chicken sauce
- Strain the elbows completely and stir the cheesy chicken BBQ sauce with the elbows
- Pour into a large baking pan
Optional garlic panko breadcrumb topping
- To make the topping, Melt the butter, stir in the shredded garlic and panko bread crumbs
- Sprinkle evenly on top of the elbows and cheese
- Bake until golden brown on top
Greedy Tips
- If you don’t have a grill you can sauté the chicken in a hot pan with a little oil
- if you don't do the panko topping you can cover it with shredded cheese
- And you may use any BBQ sauce you choose