Hey everyone, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, baked mac & cheese with bacon. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have baked mac & cheese with bacon using 8 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Baked Mac & Cheese with BACON:
- Make ready 1/4 cup butter
- Get 1/3 cup a/p flour
- Get 4 cups milk (plus 1/2 cup if needed)
- Get 1 tsp kosher salt
- Get 1/2 tsp black pepper
- Make ready 4 cups shredded cheddar cheese
- Get 1 pkg (16 oz) pasta, cooked al dents and drained
- Make ready 1 lb bacon, cooked, drained
This dish makes for a great side dish that the family will love, or a fun casserole to bring to your next potluck dinner. Can't wait to have the others. Baked Mac and Cheese Even people who have had their own homemade baked macaroni and cheese recipe for years ask for mine when they taste this crumb-topped version. For the best baked mac and cheese, use extra-sharp white cheddar cheese for more flavor.
Instructions to make Baked Mac & Cheese with BACON:
- Cook pasta, drain and set aside
- In large sauce pan, melt butter and add flour, salt & pepper. Stir to make roux, cook for 1 to 2 minutes.
- Slowly add in milk, whisk together, cooking over medium heat until starts to thicken. Remove from heat and stir in 3 cups of shredded cheese.
- Add in the pasta and stir together. If too thick stir in extra milk.
- Coarse chop bacon and stir into pasta and cheese mixture.
- Prepare a 13x9 pan with Pam. Pour half of Mac & Cheese in and spread evenly. Then sprinkle 1/2 cup shredded cheese over top. Pour remainder Mac & Cheese and spread over top. Sprinkle last 1/2 cup shredded cheese on top.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes or until hot and bubbly. Enjoy!
The reason is that this is baked mac and cheese so the pasta will continue to cook in the homemade cheese sauce in the oven. I used elbow pasta but really, any tubular past will work. This mac and cheese recipe starts with a roux. The roux is super important to getting the creamiest cheese sauce of your life. The ultimate classic Baked Mac and Cheese, with an insane cheesy sauce and topped with an irresistible golden, buttery breadcrumb topping.
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