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