# Hot Honey Chicken Mac and Cheese

A cheesy macaroni dish topped with hot honey popcorn chicken.

- Cuisine: American
- Category: Sauce & Condiment
- Language: en

## 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

## Instructions

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

## Equipment

- knife
- cutting board
- bowls
- pan
- spatula
- colander
- baking dish
- oven
- deep pot
- spider strainer

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1AHxdvevkc/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/37dbd52e-e4c7-484f-a89c-5a8ba8518b96
- Extracted: 2025-05-21

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