Buffalo Chicken Mac & Cheese Garlic Bread
Creamy, spicy buffalo chicken mac and cheese stuffed inside a golden garlic bread bowl.
Equipment
Ingredients
Chicken
chicken (raw)
500 g
hot sauce
120 ml
lemon pepper seasoning
10 g
honey
30 ml
Pasta
cavatappi pasta (dry)
400 g
Cheese Sauce
roasted garlic butter
60 g
flour
30 g
whole milk
240 ml
evaporated milk
180 ml
heavy cream
120 ml
hot sauce
60 ml
black pepper
2 g
chili powder
5 g
cheddar (shredded)
150 g
gouda (shredded)
100 g
gruyère (shredded)
100 g
oaxaca (shredded)
100 g
mozzarella (shredded)
100 g
Garlic Bread
sourdough loaf
1 piece
roasted garlic butter
60 g
cheddar (shredded)
100 g
paprika
3 g
Instructions
Marinate the chicken
Season chicken with hot sauce and lemon pepper.
Cook and prepare chicken
Grill chicken until cooked through, then chop and toss with hot sauce and honey.
Cook the pasta
Boil cavatappi pasta in salted water until al dente.
Make the cheese sauce
Melt roasted garlic butter, whisk in flour, then add milks and cream to make a thick sauce.
Season and melt cheeses
Add hot sauce, black pepper, and chili powder, then melt in all the cheeses.
Combine pasta and chicken
Stir cooked pasta and most of the buffalo chicken into the cheese sauce.
Prepare the sourdough bread
Cut top off sourdough loaf, hollow out center, and coat inside with roasted garlic butter.
Toast the bread bowl
Bake the buttered bread bowl until lightly toasted.
Layer the filling
Layer cheese, mac & cheese, cheese, more mac & cheese, then cheddar and remaining chicken.
Final bake
Sprinkle with paprika and bake until golden and bubbly.
Original recipe
Storage
Reheat in oven to keep bread crisp. Do not microwave the assembled bread bowl.
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