Buffalo Chicken Mac N Cheese

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Buffalo Chicken Mac N Cheese

Buffalo chicken mac N cheese is the perfect combination of your favorite bar snack and dinner. Perfect for any time, full of gooey cheese and topped with panko-black truffle salted bread crumbs.

Course Casseroles

Cuisine American

Keyword bread crumbs, buffalo chicken, buffalo chicken mac and cheese, butter, casserole, cheese, chicken, cooking, dinner, mac and cheese

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 25

Total Time 35

Servings

Calories 348kcal

Author Kelly Pugliano

Ingredients

Chicken:
2 Tbsp olive oil
3 chicken breasts sliced thin for fast cooking
salt & pepper
5 oz. Franks Red Hot Wing Sauce
Mac N Cheese:
1 cup Gruyere cheese shredded
1 lb. box curly pasta- elbows or cavatappi
2 1/2 cups whole milk
1/3 cup all-purpose flour plus 2 Tbsp
1 stick butter melted
Topping:
2 Tbsp butter melted
3/4 cup panko bread crumbs
1 tsp black truffle salt

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Instructions

Over medium-high heat, add 2 Tbsp olive oil to pan and let it get hot.
Add Chicken pieces and season with salt & pepper. Cook for 5-8 minutes until golden brown.
Turn and season again and cook an additional 5 minutes.
Remove chicken and set aside. Repeat with remaining chicken pieces until cooked.
Dice or shred your chicken and place in a bowl.
Pour Franks Hot Sauce over chicken and toss with fork. Cover with saran wrap and refrigerate for at least an hour.
TO MAKE MAC N CHEESE
Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
Cook pasta according to package directions.
CHEESE SAUCE
In heavy bottom pan or Dutch Oven, melt 1 stick butter. Add flour and stir constantly, until butter and flour are smooth.
Slowly add milk and stir until creamy and thick enough to coat the bottom of your spoon- should take about 10-12 minutes.
Add cheese and stir gently to incorporate and allow to melt. Add salt & pepper. Turn off heat and add buffalo chicken. Stir completely.
Add cooked pasta and fold in to chicken mixture.
Pour cheese mixture into 10-inch skillet.
Mix 2 Tablespoons melted butter into panko bread crumbs, then add 2 tsp. black truffle salt.
Top Mac N Cheese with bread crumb mixture. Bake for 20-25 minutes until top is golden brown and bubbly.

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