Baked Mac & Cheese with BACON
Baked Mac & Cheese with BACON

Hello everybody, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, baked mac & cheese with bacon. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook baked mac & cheese with bacon using 8 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Baked Mac & Cheese with BACON:
  1. Take 1/4 cup butter
  2. Prepare 1/3 cup a/p flour
  3. Get 4 cups milk (plus 1/2 cup if needed)
  4. Prepare 1 tsp kosher salt
  5. Take 1/2 tsp black pepper
  6. Take 4 cups shredded cheddar cheese
  7. Prepare 1 pkg (16 oz) pasta, cooked al dents and drained
  8. Get 1 lb bacon, cooked, drained

I toss pasta and meat sauce together, top the mixture with grated cheese, throw it all in the oven for a few minutes and call it a day. However, to turn this dinner staple into a party-worthy dish, a simple mornay sauce sure does make a whole lot of difference. I have tried many many baked mac and cheese recipes and with a little tweaking on my part this is by far the best one! I think using half the red pepper gives it a little heat without overpowering.

Instructions to make Baked Mac & Cheese with BACON:
  1. Cook pasta, drain and set aside
  2. In large sauce pan, melt butter and add flour, salt & pepper. Stir to make roux, cook for 1 to 2 minutes.
  3. 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.
  4. Add in the pasta and stir together. If too thick stir in extra milk.
  5. Coarse chop bacon and stir into pasta and cheese mixture.
  6. 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.
  7. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes or until hot and bubbly. Enjoy!

I have tried many many baked mac and cheese recipes and with a little tweaking on my part this is by far the best one! I think using half the red pepper gives it a little heat without overpowering. Baked Macaroni is a pasta dish that makes use of elbow macaroni as the primary ingredient. At first look, this could be mistaken as the famous Macaroni and Cheese but there is more to this dish than just having pasta and cheese. SO many people have made macaroni and cheese, and claimed it to be southern, and all it was baked macaroni and cheese.

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