Buffalo Chicken Mac 'n' Cheese Recipe

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Steps

1. Step 1

   Put a large pan of water on to boil ready for the macaroni.

2. Step 2

   Starting with the chicken, heat the oil in a large frying pan over a medium-high heat. When hot, add the chicken, salt, pepper, Cajun spice and Cayenne pepper. Cook for 7-8 minutes, stirring often, until the chicken is just cooked through. Remove the chicken from the pan and place in a bowl.

3. Step 3

   By now the water should be boiling. Add in the macaroni and cook as per the pack instructions. Then drain in a colander, reserving a cup of the pasta cooking water.

4. Step 4

   Meanwhile, add the butter to the frying pan that you cooked the chicken in and heat on a medium heat until melted. Add the onion and Jalapeno and cook for 5 minutes, stirring often, until the onion has softened.

5. Step 5

   Stir in the flour until it coats the onion. Cook for 1 minute, stirring often, then a splash at a time, add the milk. Stir with a whisk between each addition of milk until all the milk is used and the sauce has no floury lumps.

6. Step 6

   Continue to stir whilst heating until the sauce starts to thicken. Then add cooked chicken and the cooked and drained pasta. Cook for a further minute to heat the chicken back through. Add in splashes of the reserved pasta cooking water if you want to loosen up the sauce.

7. Step 7

   Stir in the salt and pepper, hot sauce, Worcestershire sauce, all three cheeses. Cook, while stirring, for a further 2 minutes, until the cheese melts.

8. Step 8

   Divide between bowls and top with sliced spring onions before serving.

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