Ingredients: |
Ingredients: Chicken Breast (not thin sliced, 2-3 pieces)
1 box of pasta noodles (I used Cellentani, found at Walmart)
1 12oz size of heavy cream (Milk section of grocery stores)
Shredded cheeses (I used cheddar, colby jack and velveeta chunks)
2 tablespoons of butter
Cajun seasoning, (seasoned salt, garlic powder, cayenne pepper are the seasonings I used.) Season to taste, I don't use specific measurements with seasoning. Cajun seasoning is in its own bottle at any grocery store.
1 seasoning pack of Grill Mates Mesquite (found in Walmart close to where the seasonings/gravy packets are) I used this to marinade the chicken in plus the other seasonings.
You'll need vegetable oil + water to make it a marinade
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Directions: |
Directions:1. Marinade each breast with the mesquite packet. Use about 3/4 of the marinade and set aside the rest. Top with seasonings listed (Don't be extra generous with the salt)
2. I cooked the chicken on an iron cast skillet that has ridges in it (creates lines so I can slice the chicken afterwards) but you can either bake or cook the chicken on the stove. (You'll want to let the chicken cook before starting the noodles or sauce. The other components take shorter time than the chicken)
3. Boil pasta till cooked, strain, and set aside.
4. Once the chicken is done let it rest about 5-10 minutes and slice into 6/7 pieces. Keep them together though.
5. Sauce is important. Keep the heat at a medium setting. Melt butter onto a large pan (all ingredients will go into this pan for the finished look so make sure its a decent size) Pour entire heavy cream into pan as well. Mix in with the butter. A whisk would work best.
6. Continuously stir and add in shredded cheese till the sauce thickens. If you add too much cheese, add milk to even it out. Once complete, add cajun seasoning (add amounts at a time and see how you like the taste) and add the rest of the mesquite seasoning as well.
7. Place the noodles into the frying pan and mix with sauce. Add the chicken slices on top as pictured
I then added extra cajun on top (light) + parsley because everything looks better with some parsley on top |
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