# Hot Honey Chicken Mac and Cheese

A recipe for incredible hot honey chicken mac and cheese that you might get addicted to.

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

## Ingredients

- chicken thigh
- buttermilk
- hot sauce
- spice
- butter
- spice
- heavy cream
- pre-shredded cheese
- Colby Jack
- elbow macaroni
- cornstarch
- all-purpose flour
- spice
- butter
- cayenne pepper
- lemon juice
- honey

## Instructions

1. Make some large chicken thigh cubes.
2. Add the chicken to a bowl, and let them talk to some buttermilk and hot sauce until you're satisfied.
3. Season this with love, then give a quick massage to distribute all those flavors.
4. Marinate this until we lose patience.
5. To make mac and cheese, start with some butter and introduce the same spices as earlier.
6. Start heating up your heavy cream and once it comes to an ever so slight bubble, kill the heat and add in some pre-shredded cheese.
7. Add some Colby Jack if you'd like.
8. Drop in your elbow macaroni.
9. In your baking dish make a single layer, then make a quick layer out of your cheese.
10. Finish with your macaroni, and one last layer of cheese.
11. Into the oven at 375 for 15 minutes.
12. While that bakes, combine cornstarch to all-purpose flour and more spices.
13. Throw in those beautifully marinated chicken chunks.
14. Drop into oil set at 350.
15. After 5-7 minutes, you should have perfectly golden popcorn chicken.
16. Hot honey calls for some butter, cayenne pepper, lemon juice, kill the heat and lots of honey.
17. Get our chicken lost in the sauce.
18. Make a healthy pile on top of our mac and cheese.

## Equipment

- knife
- cutting board
- bowl
- frying pan
- baking dish

## Tips

- Use pre-shredded cheese in your cheese sauce for convenience.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/p/DJ4tTkhyufk/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/f1845b0c-d5ae-477e-b220-8ee9d7a165fd
- Extracted: 2025-06-11

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