Applebee’s Four Cheese Mac & Cheese with Honey Pepper Chicken Recipe

Applebee’s Four Cheese Mac & Cheese with Honey Pepper Chicken features creamy macaroni and cheese blended with four cheeses, topped with honey pepper chicken tenders.

Make our Applebee’s Four Cheese Mac & Cheese with Honey Pepper Chicken Recipe at home. With our Secret Restaurant Recipe your Four Cheese Mac & Cheese with Honey Pepper Chicken will taste just like Applebee’s.

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Applebee's Four Cheese Mac & Cheese with Honey Pepper Chicken Recipe

Make our Applebee's Four Cheese Mac & Cheese with Honey Pepper Chicken Recipe at home. With our Secret Restaurant Recipe your Four Cheese Mac & Cheese with Honey Pepper Chicken will taste just like Applebee's.

Prep Time45 minutes mins

Active Time25 minutes mins

Total Time1 hour hr 10 minutes mins

Course: Dinner, Kid Favorite, Lunch, Main Course

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Applebee's, Cheese, Chicken Recipe, Mac and Cheese, Pasta Dish

Yield: 4 Servings

Ingredients

• Applebee's Honey Pepper Sauce (See Box Below for this Recipe)
• One 16-ounce box Cellentani Pasta
• 1 pound boneless, skinless Chicken Breasts or Chicken Thighs, whole or precut into strips
• 2 cups Buttermilk
• 2 cups All-Purpose Flour, seasoned with Salt and freshly ground Black Pepper, to taste
• Oil to deep fry
• Bacon, fried crisp and broke into large pieces (1 slice per serving of pasta)
• Fresh Parsley minced

Cheese Sauce

• 1/2 stick Butter
• 2 cups Cream
• 1/2 cup Parmesan Cheese
• 3/4 cup Mozzarella Cheese
• 1/2 cup Romano Cheese
• 1/2 cup Asiago Cheese
• 1 dash Basil
• 3 cloves Garlic peeled and minced

Instructions

• Prepare Applebee's Honey Pepper Sauce according to the recipe linked to in the Box below. Set aside.
• Prepare entire box of pasta according to package directions. Drain. Set aside.
• Cut chicken breast or thighs into strips (if you did not buy them pre-cut).
• Pour butter milk into a large bowl.
• Place chicken strips into buttermilk. Turn to make sure they are fully covered. Set aside and soak chicken while you make cheese sauce.
• Add butter to a large sauce pan. Place over medium low heat.
• As butter starts to melt, add cream. Heat until butter is fully melted and stir to combine.
• Add Parmesan cheese, mozzarella cheese, Romano cheese, Asiago cheese, basil and garlic. Heat and stir until cheese is melted and sauce is smooth.
• Reduce heat and keep mixture at a low simmer until ready to use.
• Heat oil in a pot, Dutch oven or deep fryer to 365°F.
• Place seasoned flour into a large shallow bowl.
• Remove chicken strips 2 or 3 at a time, from the buttermilk, allowing excess to drip off, and place in flour. Turn to fully coat. Place on a plate and continue until all strips are coated.
• Once all strips are fully coated, carefully place them into hot oil, a few at a time, do not crowd. Fry for about 5 minutes or until golden brown and cooked all the way through.
• Toss prepared pasta into prepared cheese sauce. Mix well.
• Toss prepared chicken into prepared honey pepper sauce. Turn to fully coat.
• Spoon an appropriate-sized portion pasta into each serving bowl.
• Place three chicken strips on top.
• Arrange bacon pieces on top.
• Sprinkle with fresh parsley
• Serve hot with breadsticks.

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