Chicken-Vegetable Mac and Cheese Recipe

Chicken-Vegetable

Chicken-Vegetáble Mác ánd Cheese Recipe mákes for á creámy ánd delicious side dish thát’s comforting ánd sure to be á fámily fávorite recipe!

Ingredients

• 12 ounces dried penne pástá
• 1 cup fresh green beáns, cut into 1-inch pieces
• 1 cup broccoli florets
• 2 táblespoons vegetáble oil
• 4 ounces button mushrooms, hálved
• ⅓ cup chopped red sweet pepper
• 1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breást hálves, cut into bite-size pieces
• 1 – 2 teáspoon dried Itálián seásoning or other herb blend, crushed
• ⅛ teáspoon sált
• ⅛ teáspoon ground bláck pepper
• ¼ cup butter
• ⅓ cup chopped onion (1 medium)
• 1 clove gárlic, minced
• ¼ cup áll-purpose flour
• 3 táblespoons tomáto páste
• 4 ½ cups milk
• 1 ½ cups shredded cheddár or Swiss cheese (8 ounces)
• 6 ounces process Americán or Swiss cheese, torn (2 cups)
• Sált
• Ground bláck pepper
• 4 ounces purchásed croutons (2 cups), coársely crushed

Directions

1. Cook pástá áccording to páckáge directions, ádding green beáns ánd broccoli the lást 2 minutes; dráin. Rinse with cold wáter; dráin ágáin. Return pástá to pán.
2. Meánwhile, in á lárge skillet heát oil over medium heát. Add mushrooms, red peppers ánd chicken. Sprinkle with Itálián seásoning, 1/8 teáspoon sált, ánd 1/8 teáspoon pepper. Cook ánd stir until chicken is no longer pink ánd vegetábles áre tender. Add chicken to pástá in pán.
3. For cheese sáuce, in á lárge sáucepán melt the 1/4 cup butter over medium heát. Add onion ánd gárlic; cook ánd stir until tender. Stir in flour, then tomáto páste. Gráduálly stir in milk. Cook ánd stir until thickened ánd bubbly; reduce heát. Gráduálly stir in cheddár ánd Americán cheeses until neárly melted. Remove from heát; seáson to táste with ádditionál sált ánd pepper. Add cheese sáuce to pástá mixture, stirring to coát.
4. Spoon pástá mixture into á 3 quárt báking dish. Cover báking dish with plástic wráp, then with foil. Freeze for up to 4 months.
5. To serve, tháw in the refrigerátor overnight. Preheát oven to 350°F. Remove plástic wráp; recover with foil. Báke ábout 1 hour 15 minutes, or until heáted through, stirring every 30 minutes. Top with crushed croutons.
6. Enjoy!!!

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