# Honey Chipotle Chicken Mac N Cheese

This is a recipe to make honey chipotle chicken mac and cheese.

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

## Ingredients

- 2 lbs chicken thighs, cubed
- 2 cups buttermilk
- 0.25 cup hot sauce
- 2 tsp garlic
- 2 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp chicken bouillon
- 1 tsp cayenne
- 2 cups flour
- 1 cup corn starch
- 2 tsp garlic powder
- 2 tsp paprika
- 2 tsp chipotle chili powder
- 4 tbsp butter
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 1.5 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 1.5 cup shredded colby jack cheese
- 1 lb cooked pasta (elbow macaroni)
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1 cup chipotle hot sauce
- 0.75 cup honey

## Instructions

1. Cube your chicken thighs and submerge them in buttermilk, hot sauce, and season with plenty of love.
2. Marinate the chicken until you lose patience.
3. In a pan, melt down some butter.
4. Add smoked paprika, chipotle chili powder, a little chicken bouillon, and garlic powder.
5. Once the spices start talking to your nose, add lots of heavy cream.
6. Bring this up to an ever-so-slight bubble.
7. Kill the heat and slowly start adding your pre-shredded cheese.
8. The pre-shredded cheese is intentional to help emulsify the sauce.
9. Once you have a creamy, dreamy cheese sauce, add your elbow macaroni.
10. Make sure every piece is coated.
11. Make one more layer of cheese.
12. Now this goes into the oven set at 400.
13. While that bakes, mix a little flour with corn starch.
14. Give it the same spices you put in the mac and cheese.
15. Grab a few pieces of chicken, dripping off all the excess moisture.
16. Throw them into your dry batter.
17. With a dry hand, give them a quick toss.
18. Drop them into oil set at 375.
19. 5 minutes later, you should have golden brown perfection.
20. For the sauce, start melting down some butter.
21. Toss in a good amount of chipotle hot sauce.
22. Kill the heat and go in with lots of honey.
23. It's time to get the chicken lost in the sauce.
24. Carefully drop it onto your beautiful mac and cheese.

## Equipment

- pan
- bowl
- colander
- spatula
- tongs
- deep fryer
- tray
- wire rack

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6DAyS9N/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/c8e472db-f67d-4550-b342-dd8a378bd5ff
- Extracted: 2025-08-02

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