Buffalo Chicken Mac&Cheese Bites With Cashew Fruit Meat

Cajulove buffalo chicken

• 1 pack Caju Love
• 3 tbsp buffalo sauce (preferably franks hot sauce)
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 1 tsp onion powder

Mac and cheese

• 4 oz Macaroni (gf if needed)
• 1/2 cup Cheese sauce (recipe below)
• 1 tablespoon buffalo sauce

Breadcrumb coating

• 1/2 Chickpea flour
• 1/3 cup non dairy milk
• 1 tbsp buffalo sauce
• 1/2 cup Breadcrumbs

Cheese sauce

• 1 cup cubed Potatoes
• 1 chopped Carrot
• 1/4 cup Cashews
• Half a Jalapeño
• 1 tsp Miso paste
• 2 tsp Lemon juice
• 1/4 Water or non dairy milk
• 1 1/2 tsp Arrowroot flour
• 2 tbsp Pickled jalapeño brine
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 1 tsp onion powder
• 1/2 tsp sea salt
• 1 tbsp Tomato paste

● Bring a pot of water to a boil and pour in your pasta, following the cook time on the package.
● Once pasta is cooked strain and set aside in a medium sized bowl
● In a small bowl combine all the ingredients for the buffalo chicken except the cajulove.
● Begin preparing your buffalo chicken by crumbling up one pack of cajulove into the buffalo sauce
mixture, mix together and set aside.
● Prepare the cheese sauce by chopping one carrot and cutting one russet potato into cubes.
● Bring a pot of water to a boil and toss in potatoes and carrots along with the cashews and cook
until fork tender.
● Once cooked, strain the vegetables and pour into the blender along with the rest of the
ingredients for the cheese sauce Blend until smooth
● Pour cheese sauce over your pasta and mix to combine
● Toss in your buffalo chicken and mix
● In a muffin tin lined with plastic wrap fill each mold with about a tablespoon of the mixture
● Freeze Mac and cheese bites for 2 hours or more
● In the meantime begin assembling the coating
● In one small bowl combine chickpea flour, buffalo sauce, and non dairy milk. Mix to combine
● Pour breadcrumbs in a separate bowl
● Preheat oven to 400F
● Line a baking sheet with parchment paper
● Once frozen gently remove bites from the tin
● Dip bites in wet mixture and then the dry. Place on baking sheet
● Once all coated cook for 20 minutes or until golden brown
● Dip in vegan ranch, aioli, or for extra heat more buffalo sauce
● Enjoy