Roast Chicken with Mac ‘n’ Cheese
This roast chicken with mac 'n' cheese is the ultimate comfort food!
Ingredients
- 1 x 2kg corn-fed chicken
- 12 strips pancetta
- 25g softened butter
- Salt and pepper
- 25g butter
- 15g plain flour
- 500ml milk
- 400g grated cheddar cheese
- 200g macaroni
- 200g broccoli, sliced.
- 25ml oil
Method
Pre-heat the oven to 200C.
Place the chicken into a roasting tray, smother in butter, season and cover in pancetta. Roast for 1 ¼ hours.
For the ‘mac n cheese’, melt the butter in a pan, whisk in the flour and then add the milk gradually followed by the cream. Whisk until a thick sauce forms.
Cook the pasta as per the packet instructions.
Fry the broccoli in olive oil for 2 minutes.
Add ½ the cheese to the sauce then add the bayleaf and remove from the heat.
Drain the pasta into an ovenproof dish, season the sauce, then pour onto the pasta. Add the broccoli and mix together. Top with the remaining cheese. Pop under the grill for 2 minutes.
Carve the chicken and serve with the mac ‘n’ cheese.
Ingredients
- 1 x 2kg corn-fed chicken
- 12 strips pancetta
- 25g softened butter
- Salt and pepper
- 25g butter
- 15g plain flour
- 500ml milk
- 400g grated cheddar cheese
- 200g macaroni
- 200g broccoli, sliced.
- 25ml oil
Method
Pre-heat the oven to 200C.
Place the chicken into a roasting tray, smother in butter, season and cover in pancetta. Roast for 1 ¼ hours.
For the ‘mac n cheese’, melt the butter in a pan, whisk in the flour and then add the milk gradually followed by the cream. Whisk until a thick sauce forms.
Cook the pasta as per the packet instructions.
Fry the broccoli in olive oil for 2 minutes.
Add ½ the cheese to the sauce then add the bayleaf and remove from the heat.
Drain the pasta into an ovenproof dish, season the sauce, then pour onto the pasta. Add the broccoli and mix together. Top with the remaining cheese. Pop under the grill for 2 minutes.
Carve the chicken and serve with the mac ‘n’ cheese.
