Mac and cheese, please!! We've jazzed up this easy mac 'n' cheese with chicken, sweet peppers and spinach. Dinner will be done before you can say 'onomatopoeia'!
The quantities provided above are averages only.
Produced in a facility that processes milk, sesame, eggs, fish, shellfish, crustaceans, mustard, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, soybean and sulphites.
310 g
Chicken Breast Tenders
227 g
Fresh Rigatoni
(Contains Egg, Wheat)
237 mL
Cream
(Contains Milk)
160 g
Sweet Bell Pepper
56 g
Onion, chopped
1 cup
White Cheddar Cheese, shredded
(Contains Milk)
113 g
Baby Spinach
1 tsp
Chili Flakes
1 tsp
Garlic Salt
1 tbsp
All-Purpose Flour
(Contains Wheat)
7 g
Chives
2 tbsp
Unsalted Butter*
(Contains Milk)
0.13 tsp
Salt*
0.13 tsp
Pepper*
1 tbsp
Oil*
Before starting, preheat the broiler to high. Add 10 cups warm water and 2 tsp salt (use same for 4 ppl) to a large pot. Cover and bring to a boil over high heat. Wash and dry all produce. Thinly slice chives.Roughly chop spinach.Core, then cut pepper into 1/2-inch pieces. Add peppers and 1 tbsp (2 tbsp) oil to a foil-lined baking sheet. Season with salt and pepper, then toss to combine. Broil in the middle of the oven until golden-brown and tender, 5-8 min.
Meanwhile, pat chicken dry with paper towels, then cut each tender in half crosswise. Season with garlic salt and pepper.
Heat a large non-stick pan over medium-high heat. When hot, add 1 tbsp butter, then chicken. (NOTE: Don't overcrowd the pan; cook in 2 batches if needed, using 1 tbsp butter per batch.) Cook, flipping occasionally, until cooked through, 5-6 min.**
Meanwhile, add rigatoni to the boiling water. Cook uncovered, stirring occasionally, until tender, 1-2 min. Reserve 1/2 cup (1 cup) pasta water. Drain and return rigatoni to the same pot, off heat.
Add onions to the pan with chicken. Cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, 1-2 min. Sprinkle flour over onions and chicken. Cook, stirring often, until coated, 1 min. Add cream, then bring to a boil. Cook, stirring often, until sauce thickens, 1 min.
Add chicken and cream sauce, cheese, reserved pasta water, spinach, roasted peppers and 1 tbsp (2 tbsp) butter to the pot with rigatoni. Stir until cheese melts, 1 min. Divide rigatoni between bowls.Sprinkle chives and chili flakes over top, to taste.