Mac&cheese chicken taco

Serves 4
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Directions

  1. 1Place a chicken breast on a cutting board.
  2. 2Cover the chicken breast with parchment paper.
  3. 3Pound the chicken breast with a meat mallet until thin and wide.
  4. 4Repeat the process for all chicken breasts.
  5. 5Pour milk into a glass baking dish.
  6. 6Add brown spices, white spices, red food coloring, and soy sauce to the milk.
  7. 7Whisk the mixture until well combined.
  8. 8Dip the flattened chicken breasts into the marinade, ensuring they are fully coated.
  9. 9In a separate bowl, mix flour, breadcrumbs, and red spices.
  10. 10Take a marinated chicken breast and coat it thoroughly with the flour and breadcrumbs mixture.
  11. 11Heat oil in a frying pan.
  12. 12Fry the coated chicken breasts until golden brown and cooked through.
  13. 13Remove the fried chicken breasts from the pan and place them on a paper towel-lined plate to drain excess oil.
  14. 14Boil water in a pot and add macaroni.
  15. 15In another pan, heat oil and butter.
  16. 16Add oregano, turmeric, black pepper, and salt to the pan and stir.
  17. 17Pour cream into the pan and mix to create a sauce.
  18. 18Add the cooked macaroni to the sauce and stir.
  19. 19Add shredded cheese to the macaroni and stir until melted and creamy.
  20. 20Take one fried chicken breast and fill it with a generous amount of mac and cheese, folding it like a taco.
  21. 21Place the filled chicken tacos on a grill rack.
  22. 22Top each chicken taco with extra shredded cheese.
  23. 23Bake or broil until the cheese is melted and bubbly.
  24. 24Serve the mac and cheese chicken tacos on a plate.
  25. 25Cut the chicken taco in half to show the cheesy filling.

Ingredients

  • 5 chicken breasts
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 tsp brown spices
  • 1 tsp white spices
  • 0.5 tsp red food coloring
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 cup breadcrumbs
  • 1 tsp red spices
  • 1 cup macaroni
  • 0.25 cup oil
  • 1 tbsp butter
  • 1 tsp oregano
  • 0.5 tsp turmeric
  • 0.5 tsp black pepper
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 cup cream
  • 1 cup shredded cheese

Equipment

cutting boardknifemeat malletglass baking dishwhiskbowlfrying pantongspotspatulagrill rackplate