Garlic Chicken Mac and Cheese recipe

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Ingredients

cooking spray
4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves, cut into cubes
2 tablespoons garlic powder, or to taste, divided
1 (16 ounce) package macaroni
½ cup butter, divided
¼ cup all-purpose flour
4 cups whole milk
1 pound Cheddar cheese, shredded
2 sleeves buttery round crackers (such as Ritz®), crushed

Nutrition Info

851.1 calories
carbohydrate: 69.3 g
cholesterol: 138.2 mg
fat: 44.9 g
fiber: 2.7 g
protein: 41.1 g
saturatedFat: 23.7 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 775.1 mg
sugar: 9.5 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).

  2. Prepare a large skillet with cooking spray and place over medium heat. Cook chicken in skillet until no longer pink in the center, 5 to 7 minutes, season with 1 tablespoon garlic powder and transfer to a baking dish.

  3. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook macaroni in the boiling water, stirring occasionally until cooked through but firm to the bite, 8 minutes, drain and mix with chicken in the baking dish.

  4. Melt 1/4 cup butter in a large pot over medium heat. Cook flour in melted butter until the flour is cooked and the mixture forms a roux, about 5 minutes. Stream milk into the pot while stirring to mix with the roux completely, cook until just about simmering, about 5 minutes more. Add Cheddar cheese in small amounts to the sauce and stir to melt completely before adding the next portion, cook and stir until thick and smooth, 2 to 3 minutes. Pour the sauce over the chicken and macaroni, stir to coat.

  5. Melt 1/4 cup butter in the skillet in which you cooked the chicken over medium heat. Stir remaining tablespoon garlic powder into the melted butter, cook until fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes. Remove skillet from heat and stir crushed crackers into the butter mixture to coat, spread over the chicken and macaroni mixture in the baking dish.

  6. Bake in preheated oven until the topping is crispy, 35 to 45 minutes.

Recipe Yield

8 servings

Recipe Note

A hearty macaroni and cheese dish jazzed up with garlic and chicken. I get requests for this at EVERY potluck! I experimented to get this dish after eating out at Dave and Buster's in Philadelphia, PA. This is my take on it.

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