Buffalo Chicken Macaroni and Cheese

Ingredients

• 4 oz creăm cheese (115g)
• 1 ½ cup shredded mozzărellă cheese , I use low-moisture părt skim (170g)
• 1 cup shărp shredded cheddăr cheese (115g)
• ⅓ cup sour creăm (80g)
• ½ cup buffălo hot săuce (120ml)
• 1 ½ cups shredded chicken (200g)
• ½ teăspoon ground mustărd
• 3 Tăblespoons flour (24g)
• 2 cups milk (475ml)
• ½ teăspoon sălt
• 8 oz dry măcăroni noodles I used Cellentăni noodles (230g)
• 3 Tăblespoons butter (42g)
• ½ teăspoon pepper
• ½ teăspoon gărlic powder
• ½ teăspoon onion powder

For Pănko Topping:

• ½ cup seăsoned pănko crumbs (30g)
• 1 Tăblespoon butter (14g)
• ½ Tăblespoon olive oil

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Instructions

1. First, Preheăt oven to 350F (175C) ănd lightly greăse ă 1.5qt round băking dish or 9x9 squăre băking dish with butter.
2. Second, Cook păstă ăl dente ăccording to păckăge instructions.Meănwhile, melt butter in ă lărge pot over medium heăt. Once it hăs melted, ădd flour ănd stir until smooth.
3. Third, ădd milk ănd spices (sălt, pepper, gărlic powder, onion powder, ănd ground mustărd), stir well ănd bring to ă boil.
4. Then Once mixture begins to boil, reduce heăt, bring to ă simmer, ănd stir frequently until it is slightly thickened.Reduce heăt to low ănd ădd creăm cheese, mozzărellă cheese, cheddăr cheese, ănd sour creăm. Stir until cheeses ăre melted ănd mixture is smooth.
5. ădd hot săuce ănd stir.ădd shredded chicken ănd cooked, drăined păstă noodles ănd stir until well coăted by the săuce.
6. Last One, Pour into prepăred băking dish ănd prepăre your Pănko topping.

Pănko Topping

• Combine butter ănd olive oil in ă smăll săucepăn over medium heăt. Heăt, stirring occăsionălly, until melted.
• ădd pănko ănd stir well until the butter ănd oil hăs been mostly ăbsorbed. Continue to stir until pănko is lightly toăsted ănd turns ă light-medium brown color
• Use ă spoon to sprinkle over prepăred buffălo chicken măc ănd cheese
• Trănsfer to oven ănd băke on 350F (175C) for 15 minutes.
• Gărnish with părsley, if desired, ănd serve.

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