Chicken Bacon Ranch Mac and Cheese

This is one of my husband's favorite dishes. It is super easy to put together and it has loads of delicious flavor!!

8 oz uncooked elbow macaroni
4 slices bacon
8 oz boneless, skinless chicken breasts,cut into 1/2 inch pieces
1/2 tsp onion poweder
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 Tbsp butter
1 Tbsp flour
1 1/2 cups fat free milk
1/2 can condensed cream of chicken soup (from a 10 oz can)
1/4 cup bottled ranch dressing
1 1/4 cup cheddar cheese, divided
1/2 cup french's fried onions

Cook bacon in a large skillet over medium heat until crisp. Remove bacon from pan, reserving drippings in pan. Finely chop bacon and set aside. Increase heat to medium-high. Season chicken with onion and garlic powder and salt. Add chicken to bacon drippings in pan. Saute about 6 minutes or until done.
Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat then sprinkle flour evenly into pan. Cook 2 minutes, stirring constantly with a whisk. Combine milk and soup, stirring with a whisk; then gradually add milk mixture into saucepan stirring with a whisk. Bring to a boil and cook 2 minutes or until thick. Add ranch dressing and 3/4 cup cheese, stirring until cheese melts. Stir in pasta and chicken.
Preheat broiler
Spoon pasta mixture into an 8 inch square pan sprayed with cooking spray. Sprinkle evenly with reserved bacon**, fried onions and 1/2 cup of cheese. Broil 3 min or until cheese melts.
**I liked cooking a few extra pieces of bacon and putting some chopped up bacon in with the pasta mixture as well as have it on top.