Monday, May 10, 2010

Chicken and cheese broc noodle stuff.

So I'm just going to type out my process and at the bottom write an ingredient list. Here we go!

Today's meal came together out of necessity. I had half a roast chicken left and it was mostly dark meat. I don't like dark meat. It makes me sad. So anyway. I pulled the chicken off the bones and thought about what I was going to do with this chicken...and this is what I came up with.

Step 1 - Make a roux (I used butter and tapioca starch, you can use flour)
Step 2 - Slowly add 1/2 a container of chicken stock while whisking. (I used what was left over from homemade gravy yesterday, it was a 32oz container and I used a little less than half yesterday.)
Step 3 - 3 tablespoons of cream cheese while whisking
Step 4 - Salt and pepper to taste
Step 5 - Taste the sauce. It will be kind of sticky. This is okay.
Step 6 - A few handfuls of shredded cheese
Step 7 - Whisk in the cheese.
Step 8 - Thin with a few splashes of milk.
Step 9 - Frozen broccoli (2 or 4 handfuls. We like broccoli.) Stir. Let cook for awhile.
Step 10 - Stir in the chicken and let simmer.
Step 11 - Boil some pasta (I used Farmo- corn and rice penne) and cook it to al' dente (This is important. I did not do this and when I combined all the stuff, the hot cheese sauce cooked the pasta further resulted in delicious but ugly pasta.) Drain.
Step 12 - Combine sauce goodness with pasta-y goodness.
Step 13 - Nom. :)

Ingredients:
  1. 2 tablespoons butter
  2. 1 tablespoon floury substance
  3. 12oz Chicken stock
  4. 3 tablespoons cream cheese
  5. 3 cups shredded cheese
  6. 1/2-3/4 cup milk
  7. 3-4 cups frozen broccoli
  8. 2 cups cooked chicken
  9. salt and pepper to taste
  10. 12oz uncooked penne
FIN. This may not be a refined recipe but it sure is tasty!! :)

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