japanese-style macaroni gratin with chicken

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• u.s.

ingredients:

• 150 g boneless chicken breast
• 100 g spinach
• 60 g shredded mozzarella cheese
• 1 tablespoon red miso
• a little salt
• 20 g butter
• 300 ml milk
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 100 g macaroni
• 1 liter water for boiling macaroni

step 1:

Cut off the stems of the spinach and cut into about 5 cm. wide pieces. Cut the chicken into bite-size pieces.

step 2:

Pour the 1 liter of water into a pan. Bring to a boil and add the macaroni. After boiling, drain the macaroni in a colander.

step 3:

Put the butter in a frying pan and sear the chicken for about 2 minutes on medium heat. After it changes color, sear the opposite side for about 2 minutes. Add the spinach and sear.

step 4:

Preheat the oven to 250°C. Add one fourth of the flour and mix. Add the remaining flour gradually into the mixture in fourths and mix in the same manner each time.

step 5:

Add one fourth of the milk and mix. Add the remaining milk gradually into the mixture in fourths and mix in the same manner each time.

step 6:

After boiling, put some sauce into a spoon. Add the red miso and stir with chopsticks until it is dissolved. Stir into the soup.

step 7:

Add the macaroni and salt and mix.

step 8:

Place in a fireproof dish. Spread the shredded mozzarella cheese over it. Bake in the oven at 250°C for 12 minutes.