Ranch And Bacon Cheesy Chicken Mac Rsc Recipes

CHEESY CHICKEN BACON RANCH CASSEROLE #RSC

Steps:

• Combine milk, greek yogurt, and hidden valley ranch seasoning and salt and pepper until smooth.
• Stir in diced chicken, noodles, cheese and cauliflower.
• Spread evenly in 13x9 baking dish and top with bacon bits and breadcrumbs.
• Bake at 350 for 35 minutes, or until breadcrumbs are golden brown and casserole is bubbly. Serve and enjoy!

CHIPOTLE CHICKEN MAC AND CHEESE WITH BACON BREAD CRUMBS #RSC

Steps:

• Preheat oven 350.
• Melt the butter in a pot over medium heat. Add the onions and sweat for 2 minutes. Add the garlic and sweat for 1 minute or until the onions are translucent. Using a wooden spoon stir in the flour until fully incorporated. Slowly add the chicken stock, stirring constantly to avoid lumps. Bring to a simmer and reduce heat to almost low and simmer for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• While the mixture is simmering heat a sauté pan with 1 tablespoon olive oil over medium-high heat until it is almost smoking. Add chicken, season with salt and cook until browned on all sides and cooked through. Add chipotle peppers with 2 tbsp adobo and toss to coat. Toss the chicken with the cooked macaroni and put in a 9x13 inch baking dish and set aside.
• To finish the cheese sauce bring half and half to a gentle simmer and slowly mix in to roux. Add the ranch, cheddar, and 2 tbsp adobo and mix to combine. Season with salt to taste. Add cheese sauce to the baking dish and mix to combine with macaroni and chicken. Sprinkle with bacon bread crumbs and bake for 20 minutes or until golden brown and bubbly. (If desired after baking use the broiler to achieve a more brown and crisp top).
• For bacon bread crumbs cook bacon till crispy, allow to cool, and then finely mince. Combine all ingredients in a small bowl and toss to mix. Bacon bread crumbs can be made ahead of time and stored in an airtight container for up to 2 days.

CHICKEN RANCH MAC & CHEESE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a 6-qt. stockpot, cook macaroni according to package directions for al dente; drain and return to pot., Meanwhile, in a medium saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Stir in flour, salt and pepper until smooth; gradually whisk in milk. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly; cook and stir until thickened, 1-2 minutes. Stir in cheeses until blended. Stir in dressing., Add chicken and sauce to macaroni, tossing to combine. Transfer to a greased 13x9-in. baking dish., Toss bread crumbs with melted butter; sprinkle over macaroni. Top with bacon. Bake, uncovered, 30-35 minutes or until topping is golden brown. Sprinkle with parsley. Freeze option: Prepare recipe as directed, increasing milk to 1-1/3 cups. Cool unbaked casserole; cover and freeze. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Remove from refrigerator 30 minutes before baking. Preheat oven to 350°. Cover casserole with foil; bake 30 minutes. Uncover; continue baking as directed or until heated through and a thermometer inserted in center reads 165°.

RANCH AND BLUE MAC AND CHEESE CUPCAKES #RSC

Steps:

• Preheat the over to 375°F Line 18 muffin cups with foil liners. Spray with cooking spay.
• Cook pasta al dente, according to instructions on the package. Drain well, transfer to a large bowl and set aside.
• Melt butter in a medium size saucepan. Add flour and let it cook at medium heat for about a minute and a half, stirring constantly.
• Slowly pour in the milk, whisking constantly to break up any lumps. Add Hidden Valley Ranch Seasoning Mix. Cook at medium low heat until it starts to thicken. Add shredded cheese, stir well and cook until the cheese is completely melted.
• Pour cheese sauce into drained pasta and mix well. Add beaten eggs, crumbled blue cheese and diced jalapeno peppers and stir until well incorporated. Set aside.
• To prepare the breadcrumb topping, combine breadcrumbs, salt, lemon zest and smoked paprika in a small bowl.
• Spoon about ¼ cup pasta into each cupcake liner. Top each one with approximately 1 ½ teaspoons of seasoned breadcrumbs and 1 ½ teaspoons grated parmesan cheese.
• Bake at 375F for about 25 minutes until golden brown.

CHEESY MAC-N-SHRIMP BALLS #RSC

Steps:

• Cook macaroni as per the directions on the box.
• Take about 1 cup of cooked macaroni and pulse in the food processor once and keep it aside.
• Take a heavy bottomed nonstick pan and cook the bacon until crisp.
• Retain the fat in the pan and take the bacon and transfer onto a kitchen towel, once the bacon cools finely chop it.
• Add the cleaned shrimp to the pan and cook for 3 minutes in the bacon fat. Season with salt.
• Transfer the cooked shrimp to cutting board and give them a rough chop.
• Add oil to the pan and stir in the finely chopped shallots and garlic and sauté for 5 minutes.
• Take it off the heat and transfer it to a bowl.
• Mix in ranch, parmesan cheese, cooked macaroni (both chopped and whole), chopped shrimp, black pepper, lemon zest, nutmeg and chopped bacon and cheese.
• Cover and refrigerate the macaroni mixture for 1 hour.
• Preheat the oven to 450°F.
• Take 2 slices of bread and pulse them in the food processor until they look like bread crumbs.
• Add the fresh bread crumbs to the macaroni mixture and form golf ball sized balls out of the mixture.
• Take 2 bowls, one a beaten egg and other with breadcrumbs.
• Dip the macaroni balls in egg and then coat them with the breadcrumbs.
• Arrange the balls on a baking tray and spray oil on them and bake for 25 minutes turning then every 10 minutes.
• Serve hot.

BUFFALO RANCH MAC AND CHEESE #RSC

Steps:

• Cook pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water until al dente.
• Drain pasta.
• While pasta is draining, return pot to stove top, melt butter, and sautee minced shallots for 2 minutes over medium-low heat.
• Add hot sauce and stir.
• Toss the cooked pasta back in and evenly coat with butter, hot sauce, and shallots.
• Remove from heat and let cool.
• While the pasta is cooling, whisk together eggs, milk, salt, pepper, and Hidden Valley Original Ranch.
• Pour the mixture over the cooled pasta and add the shredded sharp cheddar cheese.
• Stir and combine everything evenly.
• Pour into a buttered 8x8 baking dish.
• Mix the grated parmesan and breadcrumbs together.
• Sprinkle an even layer over the top of the pasta.
• Garnish with a few splashes of hot sauce.
• Bake in a 350 degree oven for 20-25 min or until top is golden brown.
• Enjoy!