Four Cheese Mac & Honey Pepper Chicken
Hellthy JunkFood • December 14, 2014
1100 Calories Per Plate
Four Cheese Mac & Honey Pepper Chicken
The name is long because it takes forever to make. There's a ton of components to this recipe, but they all come together like a boss. I for one find this to be one of the best mac & cheese recipes along with the sauce for the chicken. I advise you to try this out and let me know what you think!
Prep
Time:
3
0 mins
Cook Time:
30
mins
Total Time: 1 hour
Author: HellthyJunkFood
Recipe Type: Entree
Cuisine: American
Serves: 1
Ingredients:
- Cellentani Pasta
- Chicken Tender Meat
- Seasoned Flour
- Buttermilk
- Fresh Parsley
- Four Cheese Sauce
- Honey Pepper Sauce
- Bacon
- 1 Breadstick
Honey Pepper Sauce:
- ¾ Cup Honey
- ⅓ Cup Soy Sauce
- ¼ Cup Brown Sugar
- ¼ Cup Pineapple Juice
- 1 Lemon Juiced
- 1 Tbsp Vinegar
- 1 Tsp Black Pepper
- Dash of Cayenne Pepper
Four Cheese Sauce:
- ½ Cup Parmesan Cheese
- ¾ Cup Mozzarella
- ½ Cup Romano
- ½ Cup Asiago
- ½ Stick of Butter
- 2 Cups Cream
- Dash of Basil
- 3 Cloves Minced Garlic
Instructions:
- For the Honey Pepper Sauce, simply combine the ingredients above and
bring the mixture to a boil and then let simmer for about 15 minutes
or until the sauce thickens.
- For the Cheese Sauce, melt the butter and cream together and then add
in the other ingredients. Keep the mixture at a low simmer until
ready to use.
- Cut chicken breast into strips, or buy them pre-cut and let them
thoroughly soak in the buttermilk then toss them into a seasoned
flour mixture and coat liberally.
- Once fully coated, deep fry for 365°F for about 5 minutes or until
golden brown and cooked all the way through.
- For this recipe if you boil the entire box of Cellentani Pasta that
should be enough for all of the cheese sauce.
- Toss the cooked pasta into the cheese sauce and toss the chicken into
the honey pepper sauce.
- Plate with the pasta, three chicken strips in honey pepper sauce,
bacon pieces, fresh parsley and a single breadstick.
- Now you have recreated the famous and delicious Applebee's Four
Cheese Mac & Honey Pepper Chicken Tenders!
Nutritional Information:
Serving Size: 1 Calories: 1,100 Fat: 35g Saturated Fat: 4g Trans Fat: 0g Carbohydrates: 150g Sugar: 20g Sodium: 3,000mg Fiber: 20g Protein: 50g Cholesterol: 65mg