# Hot Honey Chicken Mac and Cheese

A delicious combination of mac and cheese with hot honey chicken.

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

## Ingredients

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

## Instructions

1. Cut chicken thighs into large cubes.
2. Add the chicken to buttermilk and hot sauce.
3. Season with spices and massage the chicken.
4. Marinate until you lose patience.
5. Make a 20-minute mac and cheese.
6. Add butter to a pan.
7. Add spices.
8. Heat up heavy cream.
9. Kill the heat and add pre-shredded cheese.
10. Add some Colby Jack if you'd like.
11. Drop in your elbow macaroni.
12. Make a single layer in your baking dish.
13. Make a layer out of your cheese.
14. Finish with your macaroni, and one last layer of cheese.
15. Into the oven at 375 for 15 minutes.
16. Combine cornstarch to all-purpose flour and more spices.
17. Throw in those beautifully marinated chicken chunks.
18. Drop the chicken into oil set at 350.
19. After 5–7 minutes, you should have perfectly golden popcorn chicken.
20. For the hot honey, add butter, cayenne pepper, lemon juice, and kill the heat and lots of honey.
21. Get your chicken lost in the sauce.
22. Make a healthy pile on top of our mac and cheese.

## Equipment

- bowl
- knife
- cutting board
- pan
- oven
- strainer

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJ4tTkhyufk/?igsh=Zm5qaWdvZ2h4Y3E3
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/6f6cb685-6289-4452-8665-4e8ebd72e853
- Extracted: 2025-06-06

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