# Hot Honey Chicken Mac and Cheese

Hot honey chicken mac and cheese is made by marinating chicken thighs, making a rich cheese sauce, and topping mac and cheese with crispy fried chicken.

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

## Ingredients

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

## Instructions

1. Cut the chicken thighs into large cubes.
2. Add buttermilk, hot sauce, and spices to the chicken.
3. Massage to distribute the flavor and marinate.
4. Add butter to a pan.
5. Introduce the same spices as earlier.
6. Heat up heavy cream.
7. Kill the heat and add pre-shredded cheese.
8. Add Colby Jack if you'd like.
9. Drop in the elbow macaroni.
10. In a baking dish, make a layer of mac and cheese.
11. Make a quick layer of cheese.
12. Finish with your macaroni, then one last layer of cheese.
13. Put into the oven at 375 degrees for 15 minutes.
14. Combine cornstarch to all-purpose flour and spices.
15. Throw in the marinated chicken chunks.
16. Drop into oil set at 350 degrees.
17. After 5-7 minutes you should have perfectly golden popcorn chicken.
18. Hot honey sauce calls for butter, cayenne pepper, lemon juice, kill the heat and lots of honey.
19. Get our chicken lost in the sauce.
20. Make a healthy pile of chicken on top of our mac and cheese.

## Equipment

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

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8MF89yr/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/4c2e52d1-7960-4c36-b9be-bec64b0e602a
- Extracted: 2025-05-26

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