![]() ![]() You are welcome to add the recommended amount of cheese – then add more! More Cheese: this recipe is nice and cheesy but because it is ‘light” it has less cheese than other recipes.TIPS TO MAKE BUFFALO CHICKEN MACARONI AND CHEESE Add chicken, bacon and pasta and stir until evenly coated, adding additional milk if needed to reach desired consistency.Stir until cream cheese is melted, then stir in cheddar cheese and mozzarella cheese until melted.Turn heat down to medium and stir in creamed corn, cream cheese, ½ cup milk, 2-5 tablespoons buffalo hot sauce and spices.Saute onions for 5 minutes or until softened and slightly golden. Heat one tablespoon olive oil over medium high heat in a large nonstick skillet.This Buffalo Chicken Mac and Cheese is super simple to make, so everyone wins when its buffalo mac and cheese night! Here’s how to make it: How to Make Buffalo Chicken Mac and Cheese You can use a different brand of Hot Wings Sauce, but try and use Buffalo Wings Sauce and not just hot sauce or it won’t taste the same or as intended. The Buffalo Wings Sauce boasts a more rounded flavor and less of pure cayenne punch. ![]() This is different than just Franks traditional hot sauce – look for the “Wings” on the lable. ![]() What Hot Sauce is best for Buffalo Chicken Mac and Cheese?įor this Buffalo Chicken Mac and Cheese, I recommend Franks Buffalo Hot WINGS Sauce. It is smoother, richer and should be a pantry staple. It is essentially hot sauce with the addition of melted butter, vinegar, Worcestershire sauce and garlic. The Sauce is different than just regular hot sauce. It dates back to 1963 when Teressa Bellissimo served a plate of wings in her family-owned restaurant smothered in her own special sauce. If you want an even lighter Buffalo Chicken Mac and Cheese, you can add less cheese – and you will still have creamy deliciousness just not as cheesy.īuffalo Sauce is is the spicy hot sauce served with hot wings. Our Buffalo Mac and Cheese Sauce is creamified further with lightened cream cheese, sharp cheddar cheese and mozzarella – because every macaroni and cheese needs the depth of flavor of at least two cheeses. Instead of making a roux with butter/flour or using heavy cream, I use creamed corn! Its natural creaminess adds the perfect body to the sauce without adding any fat (okay, well 1 gram) – seriously life changing and soooo good! I use this secret in my Mexican Chicken Corn Chowder as well and it is epic. This Buffalo Chicken Mac and Cheese is so outrageously delicious, you’ll want to claim the entire skillet – and that’s okay because it is lightened up! This mac n’ cheese recipe has a secret ingredient in its creamy, cheesy buffalo sauce that helps make it lighter – it will blow your mind. Add in the bacon and chicken and you have one irresistible cheesy buffalo bite after bite.īuffalo Chicken Mac and Cheese with LESS FAT! It is an outrageously delicious combo of Buffalo Hot Wings Sauce, a rainbow of spices, my secret ingredient, light cream cheese, sharp cheddar and mozzarella for a flavor packed creamy, cheesy sauce with completely customizable heat. The star of this Buffalo Chicken Mac and Cheese is the sauce. ![]() Now you have a reason – the reason – to be excited to devour all those turkey leftovers – now creamy cheesy leftovers – with bacon! I have been meaning to share this Buffalo Macaroni and Cheese recipe for a while now, but today (just after Turkey Day) seemed perfect because not only is it quick and easy to make for guest and/or family but you can swap the chicken out for turkey. BUT this Buffalo Chicken Macaroni and Cheese is lightened up! It’s creamy, cheesy, loaded with flavor and is intoxicatingly delicious without all the guilt! From Million Dollar Macaroni and Cheese, Salsa Verde Mac and Cheese, Chili Mac, and now this Buffalo Chicken Mac and Cheese – they have my heart, and usually my waistline. Macaroni and cheese has to be the most comforting foods on the planet. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |