Favorite homecooked meal

alixzafiris

Buffalo Chicken Mac 'n Cheese

Ingredients:
- two chicken breasts (boneless, skinless), roughly diced
- 400g whole grain elbow macaroni pasta
- one small onion, finely diced
- two garlic cloves, minced
- 3/4C hot sauce (Franks works well)
- 200g Fontina cheese, grated
- 250g Pecorino Romano cheese, grated
- 200g Mascarpone cheese, softened
- 1-2tsp dried thyme
- 1-2tsp ground nutmeg
- salt and pepper to taste

Prep:
*Preheat oven to 375F

1. Heat a non-coated pan on med-high heat, adding olive oil once heated.
2. Season diced chicken with salt and pepper, add to pan with onion. Cook about 5-6min.
3. Once chicken begins to brown and onions soften, add minced garlic, stirring frequently for 2 min.
4. Add hot sauce and a small knob of butter. Simmer until slightly thickened. Set aside.
Meanwhile...
5. In a large pasta pot, boil water and cook elbow pasta al dente, about six to seven minutes (for dried pasta).
6. Drain pasta, reserving about 1/2 cup pasta water.
7. While pasta is draining, use the pasta pot and melt a knob of butter in it, adding the thyme once melted.
8. Pour the pasta and 1/2 cup pasta water back into the pot with the thyme, stirring to coat.
9. Keeping the pot on a medium-heat light, slowly stir in the Fontina and Mascarpone, and HALF of the Pecorino Romano.
10. Stir until melted, seasoning with salt, pepper and nutmeg.
11. In an oven-proof casserole dish (spray with nonstick cooking spray), spread half the macaroni mixture across the bottom. Top with chicken/hot sauce mix, then add a final layer of the remaining half of the macaroni.
12. Top the macaroni and chicken with the leftover Pecorino Romano and grate a bit more nutmeg over the top.
13. Bake for 15 minutes. Serve hot.

btrflykate1230

Alix, you are a goddess. Thank you!

wadingmoose

Oh, yum.  That looks fantastic. 

mandysmear

Moosey do you eat your stroganoff w/ rice or pasta?  And also do you use ground meat or steak pieces?  Do you have a recipe.  I make mine from scratch out of the top of my head so it never tastes the same.

mags0607

Alix- I am making that recipe tomorrow after I go buy everything for it, that sounds delicious.

alixzafiris

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_favorite-homecooked-meal?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:b22a294c-009d-489d-8085-53b2e98f0844Post:b6bf774e-187e-4f18-b7e9-446da5bde9f7">Re: Favorite homecooked meal</a>:
[QUOTE]Alix- I am making that recipe tomorrow after I go buy everything for it, that sounds delicious.
Posted by mags0607[/QUOTE]

Let me know how it turns out!

wadingmoose

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_favorite-homecooked-meal?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:b22a294c-009d-489d-8085-53b2e98f0844Post:800d13c4-0080-4098-9c44-e1722d5076cb">Re: Favorite homecooked meal</a>:
[QUOTE]Moosey do you eat your stroganoff w/ rice or pasta?  And also do you use ground meat or steak pieces?  Do you have a recipe.  I make mine from scratch out of the top of my head so it never tastes the same.
Posted by mandysmear[/QUOTE]

I don't use ground meat and I eat it with egg noodles.

I find various recipes online so mine never tastes the same either.  But it MUST use real, fresh mushrooms and sour cream.

danieliza1127

Now I'm craving beef stroganoff.  Guess I know what we're having for dinner one night this week! 

mandysmear

Mmmm.  Egg noodles!  I usually do mine with linguine or sometimes mashed potatoes.  As a kid my mom would use ground beef, but I always do ground turkey meat balls.  Now I am craving it.  I was afraid I wouldn't be able to make a decision.  Haha.