Hot Honey Chicken Mac and Cheese

Directions

  1. 1Cube chicken thighs.
  2. 2Add buttermilk, hot sauce, and spices to the chicken.
  3. 3Marinate chicken.
  4. 4Melt butter in a pan and add the same spices as earlier.
  5. 5Heat heavy cream.
  6. 6Once the cream is bubbling, kill the heat and add pre-shredded cheese and Colby Jack, if desired.
  7. 7Drop in elbow macaroni.
  8. 8In a baking dish, make a layer of mac and cheese.
  9. 9Add a layer of cheese, then mac and cheese, then cheese.
  10. 10Bake at 375 for 15 minutes.
  11. 11Combine corn starch to all-purpose flour and spices.
  12. 12Add marinated chicken chunks into the flour.
  13. 13Deep fry chicken at 350.
  14. 14In a pan, melt butter, cayenne pepper, lemon juice and honey.
  15. 15Add the hot honey sauce to the fried chicken.
  16. 16Make a pile of chicken on top of the mac and cheese.

Ingredients

  • chicken thighs
  • buttermilk
  • hot sauce
  • spices
  • butter
  • spices
  • heavy cream
  • pre-shredded cheese
  • Colby Jack cheese
  • elbow macaroni
  • corn starch
  • all-purpose flour
  • spices
  • butter
  • cayenne pepper
  • lemon juice
  • honey

Equipment

knifecutting boardbowlspanspatulacolanderbaking dishovendeep potspider strainer