Name: Baked Macaroni Cheese with Chicken & BROCCOLI
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 tbsp olive oil; 1 lb / 500g skinless chicken breast or thigh fillets , cut into bite size pieces; Mac N Cheese:; 3 tbsp butter; 2 garlic cloves , minced; 1 small onion , finely chopped; 4 tbsp plain flour; 2 1/2 cups milk , low fat; 1 cup water; 1 tsp salt; Black pepper; 2 cups macaroni / elbow pasta (Note 1); 1 large head of broccoli , broken into florets (or 1 1/2 smaller ones); 1 1/2 - 2 cups grated cheese (cheddar, tasty or gruyere); Topping:; 1/4 cup panko (or ordinary breadcrumbs); 2 tbsp parmesan cheese

1. Don't use the teeny tiny macaroni, use the macaroni that is about 1.2cm/1/2" long. In Australia, the pasta used in Mac and Cheese is called "Elbows". The pasta labelled as "macaroni" is tiny - almost the size of jasmine rice - and it will cook far too quickly in this recipe.

2. Don't worry if you have brown bits on the bottom of your pan. It might mix into the sauce but it shouldn't make the sauce brown. You can see in the video that I have quite a bit of brown bits on the base of the pan but my sauce still ends up being nice and white.

3. When you take it out of the oven, there should still be plenty of liquid, quite watery. The pasta will be almost cooked, but not quite. It finishes cooking in the next step, and the sauce thickens too (especially when resting).

4. As with all pastas, this becomes less saucy the longer it sits out. So eat it while it's hot and fresh! Leftovers are brilliant to use for Leftover Pasta Fritters.

5.Nutrition per serving, assuming this is made using chicken breast and serves 5.

Baked Macaroni Cheese with Chicken & BROCCOLI

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Mac N Cheese

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