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'!
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 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 oil (dbl for 4 ppl) 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 pasta water (dbl for 4 ppl). 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 butter (dbl for 4 ppl) to the pot with rigatoni. Stir until cheese melts, 1 min. Divide rigatoni between bowls.Sprinkle chives and chili flakes over top, to taste.