![]() ![]() The amount of protein is definitely great, but you end up eating 91% of your daily recommended amount of sodium with this thing. The only thing that made me a little nervous was seeing these nutrition facts. ![]() I was genuinely pretty excited to be trying this. Their marketing team knows what they’re doing. Looks crispy on the outside, moist and juicy on the inside. The buffalo chicken mac ‘n cheese looks like it’s coming out of the kitchen at a gourmet restaurant. The picture of this thing is what really gets your attention, though. In very large font we get to see “MEGA” underneath “Banquet” and above “Bowls.” In the top right corner, 31 grams of protein is proudly stamped there. The front of the box for this does look incredibly appetizing. Their website touts that these have significantly more protein. It wasn’t until 2017 that they released foods like the Buffalo Chicken Mac & Cheese when their Mega Bowl line was started. Banquet – the food company, was purchased by RCA – the electronics company. In an odd turn of events that we would probably never see today, RCA bought Banquet to try and sell more TV’s. Banquet’s frozen meals started being sold in the mid-1950’s. Let’s have a banquet! Seriously, that’s the name of this historical American food company. The recipe I made used canned chicken, so I figured this may be somewhat similar coming out of the freezer aisle. ![]() I’ve made some buffalo chicken cheese dip before, so I was excited to see if this would be similar to that at all in spiciness or taste. Yea, I know there’s more to it than that, but I like to pretend it’s that easy. All you need is some cheese and macaroni and you’re pretty much set. It’s hard to mess up mac & cheese, I mean think about it. Some of them have tasted awesome and some not incredible. Lately, we have been on a tear of reviewing different mac & cheese from a handful of companies. To learn more about this frozen meal’s ingredients and nutritional content, check out our package scans below.Buffalo Chicken Mac & Cheese from Banquet is on the table tonight. While you’ll want to savor every bite, it’s so delicious that you’ll probably find yourself scooping it into your mouth like a cartoon character. It’s also pretty spicy, so keep a glass of milk handy while you scarf this meal down.Īnd you’ll definitely be scarfing it down. The texture is a little bit odd, as you can see in our picture above, but it tastes incredible. ![]() Devour gets the noodles just right.Īll of this comes doused in a buffalo cheddar cheese sauce. Too many of the pasta dishes we try get the noodles wrong either they’re too soggy or they have a weird aftertaste. The noodles strike a good balance between soft and firm. It has that melt-in-your-mouth consistency, making it the perfect chicken for a macaroni dish. The chicken tastes wonderful - it’s a high-quality meat with a wonderful breading. Of course, that might be due to the chicken content - the chicken chunks are surprisingly large here, and eating under-cooked chicken has the potential to be unsafe.Īfter all that cooking and stirring, this meal doesn’t come out looking anything like the creamy, delicious dish pictured on the box it’s actually a curdled mess.īut don’t let aesthetic stop you from trying this it’s actually the best-tasting mac and cheese dish we’ve tried so far. That’s a total of six minutes of heating time, which is pretty high for a macaroni dish. The directions say to heat it in the microwave for three and a half minutes, stir, then heat for two and a half more. This dish does require a bit of time to heat up. Either way, when we spotted Devour’s Buffalo Chicken Mac & Cheese at our local Target, we knew we had to try it. Devour’s frozen food line recently caught our eye - perhaps because every dish looks incredible, or maybe it’s just because the packaging tends to be so well designed and we’re easily drawn in by good marketing. ![]()
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