Meat Lite: Mac & Cheese with Chicken and Broccoli

Name: Meat Lite: Mac & Cheese with Chicken and Broccoli
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 473 milliliters shredded chicken, from a home roasted or rotisserie bird; 59 milliliters plain bread crumbs; 170 grams broccoli crowns , broken down into florets and chopped; 3 Tbsps butter, plus more for preparing the baking dish; 0 teaspoons cayenne; 85 grams cup grated cheddar cheese; 3 Tbsps flour; 118 milliliters mascarpone cheese; 591 milliliters milk; 79 milliliters grated Parmesan or Romano cheese; 1 teaspoons salt; 1 shallot, minced; 170 grams a short, curved pasta shape, like elbows

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Meat Lite: Mac & Cheese with Chicken and Broccoli a try. One serving contains 420 calories, 16g of protein, and 32g of fat. This recipe covers 19% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 6. A mixture of rotisserie bird, shallot, short, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so delicious. To use up the butter you could follow this main course with the Cinnamon Butter Cake as a dessert.

Instructions

Butter a 9-by-13-inch baking dish and set aside. Bring a pot of salted water to a boil and par-cook the broccoli for three minutes. Plunge into an ice bath, and reserve.

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Broccoli

Butter

Water

Ice

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Baking Pan

Pot

Preheat the oven to 400°F; bring a large pot of salted water to the boil. Cook the pasta for 75 percent as long as the package instructions describe, then drain and reserve the pasta. (The pasta will finish cooking as the casserole bakes.)

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Pasta

Water

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Oven

Pot

While the pasta is cooking, make the cheese sauce by melting the butter in a saucepan over medium heat. When the butter is melted, add the shallot, salt, and cayenne, and cook, stirring often, for 5 minutes.

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Cheese Sauce

Ground Cayenne Pepper

Shallot

Butter

Pasta

Salt

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Sauce Pan

Add the flour, and cook another minute. Slowly pour in the milk, whisking constantly, until the mixture is smooth. Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer, and cook for another few minutes, until it is thick enough to coat the back of a spoon. Off the heat, stir in the cheddar and mascarpone, whisking until smooth.

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Mascarpone