Chicken with Bacon & Macaroni
One of the most delicious comfort food at its best!The addition of chicken, bacon and jalapeño pepper gives a wonderfully delicious twist totraditional Mac and Cheese.
Ingredients
- 1½ cup uncooked macaroni
- 3 tbsp butter
- 3 tbsp all purpose flour
- 1½ cups heavy whipping cream
- ½ cup 2% milk
- 1 tsp Cajun seasoning
- ¼ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp ground black pepper
- 2 cups pepper jack cheese shredded
- 2 cups cooked chicken shredded
- 6 cooked bacon strips crumbled
- 1 jalapeno pepper seeded and chopped
- 1 cup panko breadcrumbs
Instructions
- In a large pan of lightly salted boiling water, cook thepasta for about 8-10 minutes.
- Drain the pasta well and set aside.
- Preheat the broiler of oven.
- Arrange a rack about 4-inch from the heating element.
- In a 10-inch cast-iron skillet, melt butter over mediumheat.
- Stir in the flour and cook for 1-2 minutes or untillightly browned, stirring continuously.
- Stir in the cream, milk, Cajun seasoning, salt and blackpepper and bring to a boil, stirring continuously.
- Reduce the heat to low and cook for about 5 minutes,stirring continuously.
- Add the cheese and stir until melted.
- Add the pasta, chicken, bacon and jalapeño and cook forabout 2-3 minutes, stirring frequently.
- Remove from the heat and sprinkle the top withbreadcrumbs.
- Immediately transfer the skillet into the oven and broilfor about 30-60 seconds.
- Serve hot.
Notes
For extra flavor, sprinkle the top with crushed nachos in the last minute of cooking.
Nutrition
Calories: 528kcalCarbohydrates: 14gProtein: 28gFat: 40gSaturated Fat: 23gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 11gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 146mgSodium: 599mgPotassium: 310mgFiber: 1gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 1409IUVitamin C: 3mgCalcium: 379mgIron: 2mg
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