If you don't like Blue Cheese, you don't have to stay away from this recipe. It's good, but I understand the blue cheese is overwhelming to those that don't like it. If this sounds good to you without the blue cheese, go ahead and substitute it for something else like Gruyere, White Cheddar, or Gouda.
Ingredients:
-1 lb chicken, cut into chunks
- salt and ground pepper
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 large eggs, beaten
- 1 cup bread crumbs
-Vegetable Oil
-1 cup Buffalo Sauce
-8 oz Bacon, diced
-8 oz blue cheese (Substitute Gruyere, White Cheddar, or Gouda), grated or crumbled apart
-1 cup Heavy Cream
Instructions:
1. Measure the flour, eggs, and bread crumbs into three separate shallow dishes. Dredge the chicken through the flour first, then the eggs, and lastly the bread crumbs, coating the breasts completely in all the ingredients on both sides and the edges. Be aware not to push the bread crumbs into the meat. Shake off the extra crumbs and be ready to fry immediately.
2. Pour vegetable oil into a large and deep skillet. Make sure you you have enough oil that the chicken will swim in it, it does not need to be submerged. Heat the oil to 300 degree F. Fry the chicken for about 1-2 minutes on both sides until it's a nice golden brown color. Put the chicken on a plate lined with paper towels to soak up extra grease.
3. When the extra grease is soaked up you will want to move the chicken to a baking pan and put them in the oven to keep the chicken warm in the oven. 170 degree F is a good temperature to keep your chicken warm.
4. In a large pot of salt boiling water, begin to cook the macaroni.
5. In the meantime, heat a large skillet to medium high heat. Cook the bacon to your liking, I like when the fat is limp and the edges are crispy.
6. Add the cooked Macaroni to the pan and stir to coat the pasta in bacon fat. Add the cheese and cream to the pan and stir until the cheese has melted. Simmer until the cream has thickened.
7. In a large bowl, add chicken and buffalo sauce. Toss to coat the chicken in sauce completely. Discard extra sauce.
8. Serve Mac and Cheese in separate bowls topped with desired amount of chicken!
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