Macaroni Schotel
Macaroni Schotel literally means macaroni dish. It's a baked-cheesy dish made of macaroni and cheese. It's a savoury that is delicious to enjoy as an afternoon snack or as a starter.
- Prep time
- 20 min
- Cook time
- 45 min
- Yield
- 12 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 5 ounces macaroni pasta.
- 7 ounces boneless-chicken breast.
- 2 cups milk.
- 8 ½ ounces Cheddar cheese (grated.)
- 1 medium onion.
- 2 cloves garlic.
- 6 Eggs (beaten lightly.)
- Pinch of ground nutmeg.
- ½ teaspoon ground white pepper (preferably, or ground black pepper.)
- ½ teaspoon salt.
- 1 tablespoon butter (and more to grease the dish.)
Instructions
- 1
Get a large oval dish ready. Grease it with butter. Set aside.
- 2
Clean the chicken and cut in big chunks. Then put hot boiling water in a pot and add in the chicken. Boil the poultry until it’s thoroughly cooked. Drain it, and when it’s a bit cooled down, shred the meat into slivers. Set aside.
- 3
Boil and cook the macaroni until al dente, drain and set aside.
- 4
Preheat the oven at Gas 4/ 180℃/ 350℉.
- 5
Peel and chop the onion.
- 6
Peel and crush the garlic until it becomes a paste.
- 7
Heat and melt the butter on a frying pan, and put your chopped onion in and fry until the onion becomes translucent and smells fragrant.
- 8
Add in the garlic, and fry until the garlic is nicely fragrant.
- 9
In a mixing bowl, put the cooked macaroni in, add the shredded chicken, onion and garlic, beaten eggs, milk, cheese, nutmeg, salt and pepper.
- 10
Mix and stir the macaroni mixture until all well blended and mixed.
- 11
Pour the mixture into the dish. Spread it nicely and evenly.
- 12
Bake the dish in the oven for about 45 minutes or until it’s fully cooked.
- 13
Enjoy.