Instant Pot Butter Chicken Mac n Cheese
Serves 1
Directions
- 1Put your Instant Pot on high sauté mode.
- 2Add a little bit of oil and your cut up chicken breast.
- 3Add one can of tomato paste and sauté that down just to get rid of the raw taste.
- 4Add your spices (Fadwa Masala butter chicken masala, salt, red chili, and optionally red chili flakes).
- 5Sauté the spices down.
- 6Add one box of cavatappi pasta (or your preferred pasta shape).
- 7Add enough water to barely cover the pasta, making sure it is evenly distributed and under the water.
- 8Add the lid to the Instant Pot.
- 9Pressure cook on high for 3 minutes (adjust time based on pasta shape, reference caption instructions).
- 10Release the pressure once cooking is done.
- 11Add some heavy cream.
- 12Add a generous amount of cheese, using a blend of cheddar and mozzarella.
- 13Mix it all up.
Ingredients
- 1 box pasta shape of your choice
- 1 chicken breast cut into small cubes
- 1 can tomato paste
- Neutral oil
- 0.5 cup heavy cream
- 8 oz cheddar cheese
- 8 oz mozzarella cheese
- 3 tsp Fadwa Masala Butter Chicken masala
- 1.5 tsp salt
- 0.25 tsp red chili powder or flakes
- 1.5 tbsp packet butter chicken masala (do not add extra salt or red chili)
- 1.5 tsp coriander powder
- 1 tsp cumin powder
- 0.5 tsp turmeric
- 0.5 tsp garam masala
- 0.5 tsp ginger powder
- 0.5 tsp garlic powder
- 0.25 tsp cinnamon
- 0.25 tsp black pepper
Equipment
Instant Pot
Tips
- Mozzarella gives that cheese pull that everybody loves.
- The mac and cheese will thicken as it cools and as the cheese melts in.
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