Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, cheesy chicken mac and cheese with veggies. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
This is from Kraft Foods for the most part – I have altered it quite a bit – the original called for boxed mac-n-cheese and while both DH love the boxed dinner stuff, we When done cooking, drain noodle and veggie mixture. Return noodles and veggies to pot, add chicken and, over medium heat, stir in. Homemade mac and cheese with grilled steak or chicken is the ultimate comfort food. Add some grill vegetables to the dish and you have one amazing dinner!
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To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have cheesy chicken mac and cheese with veggies using 14 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Cheesy chicken mac and cheese with veggies:
- Make ready 2 chicken breasts
- Get 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Get 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- Prepare 1/2 cup water
- Take 8 ounces dried elbow macaroni
- Get 2 carrots, thinly sliced
- Take 1 small onion, chopped
- Take 3 cloves garlic, minced
- Prepare 1 tablespoon butter
- Prepare 3 cups water
- Make ready 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese (8 ounces)
- Take 4 ounces cream cheese, cut into cubes
- Prepare 3/4 cup half-and-half
- Make ready 2 cups coarsely torn fresh spinach (optional)
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Instructions to make Cheesy chicken mac and cheese with veggies:
- Cook the chicken on the stove, sprinkle with 1/4 salt and pepper
- In a different pot, boil water for the elbow macaroni. After water comes to a complete boil. Put the noodles in the pot and let them boil for 10-15 minutes or until tender
- Mix in the thinly sliced carrots, chopped onion, minced garlic, butter and the remaining 1/4 teaspoon of salt to the elbow macaroni. Pour the 3 cups of water over all in the pot. Cook on high for 2 minutes. DO NOT DRAIN THE LIQUID.
- Add cheddar cheese, cream cheese, and half-and-half to macaroni mixure in the pot. Cook and stir for 2-3 minutes or until the cheese is melted and mixture is well combined.
- Chop up the chicken. Stir into the hot macaroni and cheese. If desired, stir in spinach just before serving.
Top with crispy breadcrumbs for the My kiddos like it right out of the pot—it's so creamy and cheesy! Meanwhile, my wife and I usually like it dressed up a bit, either by adding a handful of crispy. For a baked mac and cheese, top it with breadcrumbs and finish it in the oven. Left out the chicken sausage this time and instead added a bag of spinach. I love how creamy the pumpkin puree makes the sauce.
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