Tuscan Chicken Mac-n-Cheese.
You can cook Tuscan Chicken Mac-n-Cheese using 22 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Tuscan Chicken Mac-n-Cheese
- Prepare 8-10 of boneless chicken thighs.
- It's 2 tsp of salt.
- You need 2 tsp of pepper.
- It's 3 tsp of paprika.
- You need 3 tsp of chili powder.
- You need 3 tsp of cayenne pepper.
- Prepare of I honestly do not measure the spices and just know...
- You need 2 tbs of olive oil.
- Prepare 3 tbs of butter.
- It's 1 of large red onion diced.
- Prepare 3 of garlic cloves minced.
- It's 1.5 cups of white wine (any).
- It's 9-12 oz of jar sun dried tomatoes in oil.
- It's 4 tbs of flour.
- It's 2 cups of chicken broth.
- Prepare 3 cups of non fat milk (refular milk is ok).
- Prepare 3 tbs of italian herbs.
- Prepare 4 cups of macaroni cooked.
- It's 3 cups of spinach.
- It's 1 cup of Parmsean cheese.
- It's 1 cup of mozz cheese.
- Prepare 1 cup of sharp cheddar cheese.
Tuscan Chicken Mac-n-Cheese step by step
- Season the heck out of the chicken thighs with salt, pepper, paprika, chili powder and cayenne powder. Let it sit for a couple of minutes..
- Heat the olive oil in a cast iron skillet (any skillet will be ok), then add/cook the chicken..
- When chicken is done, remove from pan and set aside on a plate..
- Add butter to the pan and melt..
- Add onion and garlic, stir for about 2 minutes until transparency..
- Add the wine and simmer for about 3 minutes..
- Stir in the entire jar of sun dried tomatoes with oil..
- Simmer for about a minute, then add flour and stir for another minute..
- Stir in the chicken broth, milk and Italian herbs and simmer again for, yup, another minute..
- Stir in cooked macaroni and simmer until the sauce thickens. About 5 minutes..
- Once sauce thickens, add spinach and stir until the spinach wilts..
- Mix in the cheese and been very well..
- Add the chicken and top with some more Parmsean cheese..
- Enjoy!.
