These Buffalo Chicken Mac and Cheese Muffins are a perfectly portioned comfort food mashup!
Yield: 12muffins
Ingredients
1tablespoonbutter
1tablespoonflour
1cupskim milk
¼teaspoongarlic powder
1cupshredded sharp cheddar cheese
1/3cuplight blue cheese dressing, I used Marie’s
3-4tablespoonsBuffalo Wing sauce, I used Anchor Bar brand
2large eggs
1large egg white
1cupcooked shredded boneless skinless chicken breast
1medium celery stalk, chopped small
4cupscooked whole wheat macaroni, about 8 oz uncooked
Instructions
Pre-heat the oven to 400. Lightly mist a 12-cup muffin tin with cooking spray and set aside.
In a large sauté pan, melt the butter over medium heat. Add the flour, mixing it into the butter until thick. Stir in the milk and garlic powder and raise the temp to bring the mixture to just under a boil. Add the cheddar cheese and whisk mixture together until thoroughly combined into a cheese sauce.
Remove the cheese sauce from heat and then mix in the blue cheese dressing and Buffalo wing sauce. Beat together the eggs and egg white and then stir into the cheese sauce until combined.
Add the chicken and celery to the cheese sauce and stir together. Add the macaroni and continue to stir until coated. Spoon the macaroni mixture evenly into the prepared muffin tin.
Bake for 15 minutes or until the tops slightly brown. Let cool at least 15 minutes before removing from muffin tin. Letting the “muffins” cool before removing them from the pan is crucial if you want them to stay together.
Notes
To view your WW PersonalPoints for this recipe and track it in the WW app or site, click here!Nutrition Information:163 calories, 15 g carbs, 1 g sugars, 7 g fat, 3 g saturated fat, 11 g protein, 1 g fiber (from myfitnesspal.com)MyWW SmartPoints per (1 muffin) serving: (SP calculated using the recipe builder on weightwatchers.com)Green: 5 SmartPoints/ Blue: 4 SmartPoints/ Purple: 3 SmartPointsWeight Watchers Points Plus: 4 per muffin (P+ calculated using the recipe builder on weightwatchers.com)
Author: Emily Bites
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Comfort Food, Mini Meals, Muffin Tin Meals, Weight Watchers, WW Recipes