Hey everyone, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, substantial macaroni au gratin with spinach. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Substantial Macaroni Au Gratin with Spinach is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look fantastic. Substantial Macaroni Au Gratin with Spinach is something which I have loved my whole life.
To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook substantial macaroni au gratin with spinach using 11 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Substantial Macaroni Au Gratin with Spinach:
- Prepare 50 grams Macaroni
- Get 200 grams Chicken thigh meat
- Make ready 200 grams Spinach
- Make ready 100 grams Onion
- Make ready 100 ml Tinned corn
- Get 450 ml Milk
- Get 3 tbsp Flour
- Take 3 tbsp Butter (or margarine)
- Take 2 Consome
- Make ready 1 Pepper
- Prepare 1 Pizza cheese
Steps to make Substantial Macaroni Au Gratin with Spinach:
- Hard-boil the spinach in boiling water for about 30 seconds, rinse in running water, then squeeze out the excess water. Chop into about 3cm pieces. Make sure to squeeze and drain well.
- Chop the chicken into bite-sized pieces, and slice the onion into thin wedges. Cook the macaroni.
- Heat some butter in a frying pan and sautee the onion and chicken for about 3 minutes. Turn the heat off temporarily and add flour.
- Stir while the heat is turned off until it's not floury. (About 30 seconds)
- Add milk and mix together. Make sure the heat is still off.
- Turn the heat back on and mix with a spatula over medium heat. When thick, add consome and mix thoroughly. Turn the heat off.
- Finally, add the cooked spinach, corn, and macaroni. Mix together and transfer onto a gratin dish.
- Top with pizza cheese and bake in 250℃ oven until golden brown to finish. (About 15 minutes)
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