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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 achieve that.

Ingredients of Penne with Chicken and Southwest Cheese Sauce

1. It's 6 tbsp of Butter.
2. Prepare 1/2 cup of Finely chopped onion.
3. You need 1 clove of Minced garlic.
4. It's 1/3 cup of All purpose flour.
5. Prepare 1 cup of Half and half.
6. Prepare 1 cup of Hot water.
7. It's 1 of Salt to taste.
8. It's 1/4 tsp of Cayenne pepper.
9. You need 1/2 tsp of Hot sauce.
10. You need 1 tbsp of Lemon juice.
11. Prepare 1/3 cup of Parmesan cheese.
12. You need 1/3 cup of Velveeta cheese.
13. It's 3/4 cup of Medium salsa.
14. It's 1/2 cup of Sour cream.
15. Prepare 5 of Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast.
16. You need 1 of Cajun Seasoning to taste.
17. Prepare 2 of Green onions chopped.
18. You need 1 box of Penne pasta.

Penne with Chicken and Southwest Cheese Sauce step by step

1. Melt butter and saute onion and garlic until onions are translucent.
2. Add flour and stir. Cook for 5minutes stirring constantly.
3. Mix half and half and water and slowly add mixture to flour mix. Stir or whisk constantly until mixture is smooth. Cook for 3minutes.
4. Add salt, cayenne, lemon juice and hot sauce. Stir well and add parmesan cheese.
5. Do NOT boil.
6. Add Velveeta cheese.
7. Once cheese is melted add salsa and stir. Add sour cream.
8. Season Chicken breasts generously with Cajun Seasoning and Broil 8-10 minutes per side or until done.
9. Cook pasta according to package directions.
10. To serve, laddle cheese sauce over some noddles (just enough to coat it), stir well, top with sliced chicken. Garnish with green onion.

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