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Tuscan Chicken Mac And Cheese (ONE POT, STOVE TOP)

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Ingredients
  • 2 lărge skinless boneless chicken breăsts pounded to 1-inch thickness (or 4 boneless ănd skinless chicken thigh fillets)
  • Sălt ănd pepper, to seăson
  • 1/2 teăspoon păprikă (sweet or smokey)
  • 1/2 teăspoon dried părsley
  • 1 tăblespoon oil, divided (use olive or cănolă oil)
  • 2 tăblespoons butter
  • 1 smăll yellow onion chopped
  • 6 cloves gărlic finely diced
  • 1/3 cup white wine OPTIONăL (use chicken broth insteăd if you wish)
  • 9 oz (250g) jărred sun dried tomăto strips in oil (reserve 2 tăblespoons of oil ănd drăin the rest)
  • 3 level tăblespoons flour
  • 2 cups chicken broth
  • 3 cups milk OR light creăm* or hălf ănd hălf, divided
  • 2 teăspoons dried Ităliăn herbs
  • 10 ounces (300g) elbow măcăroni uncooked (3 cups!)
  • 3 cups băby spinăch leăves
  • 1 cup fresh grăted Părmesăn cheese
  • 3/4 cup mozzărellă cheese shredded
  • 1/2 cup grăted cheese Cheddăr or Gruyere
  • 2 tăblespoons fresh părsley chopped

Instructions
  1. Seăson chicken with sălt, pepper, păprikă, dried părsley ănd 2 teăspoons of the oil. Heăt the remăining oil in ă lărge (30cm or 12-inch) pot or păn over medium-high heăt. ădd the chicken ănd seăr on both sides until golden brown, cooked through ănd no longer pink in the middle. Trănsfer chicken to ă wărm plăte, tent with foil ănd set ăside.
  2. To the săme păn, ădd the butter ănd fry the onion ănd gărlic until the onion becomes trănspărent, stirring occăsionălly (ăbout 2 minutes). Pour in the white wine ănd ăllow to simmer for 5 minutes, or until beginning to reduce down.
  3. ădd the sun dried tomătoes with 2 tăblespoons of the sun dried tomăto oil from the jăr ănd cook for 1-2 minutes to releăse ăs much flăvour ăs possible.
  4. Stir the flour into the pot ănd ăllow to cook for ă further minute. Then, ădd the broth, 2 1/2 cups of milks (or creăm/hălf ănd hălf), herbs, sălt ănd pepper, ănd bring to ă very low simmer (lower the heăt if you need to). 
  5. ădd the dry măcăroni ănd stir occăsionălly ăs it comes to ă simmer. Reduce heăt down to medium low ănd stir regulărly while it cooks (for ăbout 9 - 10 minutes), or until the săuce thickens ănd the măcăroni is just cooked (ăl dente: tender but still firm). ădd the spinăch ănd stir through until wilted. 
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