Penne with Chicken and Southwest Cheese Sauce.
You can cook Penne with Chicken and Southwest Cheese Sauce using 18 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Penne with Chicken and Southwest Cheese Sauce
- It's of Butter.
- It's of Finely chopped onion.
- Prepare of Minced garlic.
- Prepare of All purpose flour.
- Prepare of Half and half.
- You need of Hot water.
- You need of Salt to taste.
- It's of Cayenne pepper.
- Prepare of Hot sauce.
- You need of Lemon juice.
- Prepare of Parmesan cheese.
- It's of Velveeta cheese.
- You need of Medium salsa.
- Prepare of Sour cream.
- Prepare of Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast.
- You need of Cajun Seasoning to taste.
- Prepare of Green onions chopped.
- Prepare of Penne pasta.
Penne with Chicken and Southwest Cheese Sauce step by step
- Melt butter and saute onion and garlic until onions are translucent.
- Add flour and stir. Cook for 5minutes stirring constantly.
- Mix half and half and water and slowly add mixture to flour mix. Stir or whisk constantly until mixture is smooth. Cook for 3minutes.
- Add salt, cayenne, lemon juice and hot sauce. Stir well and add parmesan cheese.
- Do NOT boil.
- Add Velveeta cheese.
- Once cheese is melted add salsa and stir. Add sour cream.
- Season Chicken breasts generously with Cajun Seasoning and Broil 8-10 minutes per side or until done.
- Cook pasta according to package directions.
- To serve, laddle cheese sauce over some noddles (just enough to coat it), stir well, top with sliced chicken. Garnish with green onion.