Loaded Chicken Mac and Cheese

Ingredients

• Olive oil

  Salad or cooking

  2 tbsp or 27g

• Chicken breast

  Broilers or fryers, meat only, raw

  1 lb or 454g

• Onions

  Raw

  1 medium or 110g

• Garlic

  Raw

  2 cloves, minced or 6g

• Salt

  Table

  ¼ tsp or 2g

• Pepper

  Spices, white

  ¼ tsp, ground or 0.6g

• Wheat flour

  Whole-grain

  3 tbsp or 23g

• Reduced fat milk

  Fluid, 2% milkfat, with added vitamin a and vitamin d

  2 cup or 488g

• Mustard

  Prepared, yellow

  1 tsp or 1 packet or 5g

• Mozzarella cheese

  Whole milk

  1 cup, shredded or 112g

• Cheddar cheese

  2 cup, shredded or 226g

• Parmesan cheese

  Low sodium

  ¼ cup, grated or 25g

• Macaroni

  Dry, enriched

  8 oz or 227g

Directions

1. Cook pasta according to package instructions. Drain and rinse with cold water to keep the pasta from sticking together. Set aside.
2. Heat the olive oil in a large skillet. Add the chicken and cook for 5 to 7 minutes until no longer pink and cooked through. Transfer the chicken to a plate.
3. In the same skillet add the onions and cook for 3 to 5 minutes until softened and translucent. Add the garlic and cook for 30 seconds until aromatic. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
4. Sprinkle the flour over the onion mixture and stir. Cook for another minute. Whisk in the milk and dried mustard. Add the mozzarella, cheddar cheese and stir it in. Continue to cook until the cheese has melted.
5. Add the chicken and pasta to the skillet and stir everything together. Taste for seasoning and adjust as necessary with salt and pepper if needed.
6. Serve garnished with freshly grated Parmesan cheese.
7. Optional
8. Melt 2 tbsp of butter in a skillet then add 3/4 cup of breadcrumbs to it. Stir it all together and cook for 3 to 4 minutes. Sprinkle crispy breadcrumbs over mac and cheese.
9. Recipe by: Jo Cooks (source: https://www.jocooks.com/recipes/loaded-chicken-mac-cheese/)

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