High Protein Korean Fried Chicken Mac & Cheese

Directions

  1. 1Grab your diced chicken breast.
  2. 2Add an egg, garlic, ginger, pepper, salt, and mix it together.
  3. 3Add potato starch into a separate bowl.
  4. 4Coat all of the chicken evenly with potato starch.
  5. 5Spray the chicken generously with cooking oil.
  6. 6Air fry or oven bake the chicken with the settings on screen until golden brown and crispy.
  7. 7For the Korean glaze, to a pan on medium heat, add equal parts soy sauce and water.
  8. 8Follow with natural sweetener, more garlic, ginger, chili paste.
  9. 9Add some potato starch mixed with water to help the sauce thicken.
  10. 10Add some chili flakes with the cooked crispy chicken and mix well until the chicken is fully coated.
  11. 11Now to a pan, add fat-free evaporated milk with some paprika, chicken stock powder, light cream cheese, light cheddar cheese.
  12. 12Mix and let it melt while you cook your pasta.
  13. 13Once the sauce is smooth and creamy, add your cooked and drained pasta.
  14. 14Mix it together.
  15. 15Divide everything into four equal servings and enjoy.

Ingredients

  • 700 g Diced Skinless & Boneless Chicken Breast
  • 1 Egg
  • 10 g Minced Garlic
  • 10 g Minced Ginger
  • 0.5 Tsp White Pepper
  • 1 Tsp Salt
  • 150 g Potato Starch (not all of this gets used - approximately 40g sticks to the chicken in total)
  • Light Cooking Oil Spray (FryLight)
  • 90 ml Salt Reduced Soy Sauce
  • 90 ml Water
  • 20 g Natural Sweetener (Natvia Natural Brown Sweetener)
  • 10 g Minced Garlic
  • 10 g Minced Ginger
  • 2 Tsp Gochujang Chilli Paste
  • 3 Tsp Gochujang Chilli Paste
  • 1 Tsp Potato Starch or Corn Starch Mixed With Water
  • 1 Tsp Chilli Flakes
  • 340 ml Fat Free Evaporated Milk (Carnation Light & Creamy)
  • 1 Tsp Smoked Paprika
  • 1 Tsp Chicken Stock Powder (Vegeta Salt Reduced Chicken Stock Powder)
  • 80 g Light Cream Cheese
  • 100 g Light Grated Cheddar Cheese (Dairyworks Natural Cheddar Cheese)
  • 320 g Macaroni/Elbow Pasta (dry weight)

Equipment

bowlair fryerovenpan

Tips

  • When reheating add a drop of milk in the mac & cheese beforehand, this will make it creamy again.
  • Reheat the chicken with the mac & cheese or preferably separately in the air fryer / oven for a few minutes for maximum crispiness.