Baked Buffalo Mac and Cheese
TikTok user @thehungerdiaries
Notes
The recipe calls for elbow macaroni, but you can also use rotini (or spiral) noodles.
Remove any clear, excess liquid trapped beneath the cooked pasta before mixing everything together.
Ingredients
- 1 8-ounce square feta cheese
1 8-ounce block cream cheese
1 pound elbow macaroni
2-3 cups shredded cheddar cheese
6 cups milk
3 tablespoons minced garlic
A lot of salt (a few really good pinches)
1/2 cup hot sauce
Fresh-cracked black pepper
1 rotisserie chicken, shredded
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Add a block of feta and a block of cream cheese to the center of a deep baking dish.
- Pour raw macaroni, cheese, and milk around the cheese in the center, along the perimeter of the dish.
- Add garlic and a generous portion of salt.
- Gently stir along the perimeter of the dish to mix the pasta, milk, and shredded cheese.
- Pour hot sauce evenly throughout the dish.
- Sprinkle with pepper.
- Place in the oven, and bake for 50 minutes.
- Remove from the oven, and stir to combine until the cheeses from the center are evenly incorporated throughout the mac and cheese. Season to taste.
- Add shredded chicken, and stir.
- Serve and garnish with additional shredded cheese and a drizzle of hot sauce.
Information
- Category
- Main Dishes, Pasta
- Yield
- 6 servings