Recipe: Perfect Creamy Bacon Mac And Cheese

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Recipe: Perfect Creamy Bacon Mac And Cheese Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Creamy Bacon Mac And Cheese. Stir the bread crumbs and butter in a small bowl. Stir in the cheese, chives and macaroni. There are few dishes more comforting and indulgent than mac and cheese, and this Baked Mac and Cheese with Bacon will become your new go-to.

In a pot of boiling salted water, cook the pasta until al dente; drain.

Set an extra-large skillet, or a large heavy saucepan, over medium-low heat and cook the bacon until crispy and the fat.

The bacon adds a definite kick of smokiness, crispiness, and flavor to the creamy, saucy mac and cheese.

You can have Creamy Bacon Mac And Cheese using 14 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Creamy Bacon Mac And Cheese

  1. It’s of Sauce.

  2. Prepare 3 of Whole Eggs.

  3. It’s 2 of Egg Yolks.

  4. You need 8 oz of Sharp Cheddar Cheese.

  5. It’s 1/4 cup of Whole Milk.

  6. It’s 1/4 tsp of Garlic Powder.

  7. You need 1/2 tsp of Mustard Powder.

  8. You need 1/2 tsp of Paprika.

  9. It’s 1/2 tsp of Ground Black Pepper.

  10. It’s 1 dash of White Pepper.

  11. Prepare 1 of Kosher Salt.

  12. It’s of Pasta and Bacon.

  13. Prepare 16 oz of Large Elbow Macaroni Noodles.

  14. It’s 8 slice of Bacon.

This is a definite one-pot meal, including the macaroni.

I have found that cooking the macaroni in chicken stock or broth REALLY enhances the flavors.

This is the ultimate comfort food.

This Easy Bacon Mac and Cheese is simple to make, rich, creamy, cheesy, and absolutely loaded with flavor.

Creamy Bacon Mac And Cheese instructions

  1. In a large mixing bowl, combine all the ingredients for the sauce. Ensure you freshly grate the cheddar cheese as fine as you can, a micro plane grater is recommended. Thoroughly whisk the sauce to form a paste like mixture..

  2. Cook bacon in large skillet over low to medium heat until crispy. Turn off the heat and reserve the bacon fat in pan..

  3. While the bacon is cooking, boil pasta in accordance with directions on the package until al dente..

  4. Drain the pasta and toss in the skillet pan with the reserved bacon fat..

  5. After completely coating the pasta in the bacon fat, add the pasta to the sauce mix and thoroughly stir to combine. Ensure the pasta is warm when adding it to the sauce..

  6. Serve in a bowl and top with crumbled bacon..

If you love a nice and easy mac and cheese recipe, you're going to love it even more when you get to add BACON.

Add the cream cheese and cook, stirring constantly, until just melted.

Remove from the heat and stir in the cheddar cheese, a handful at a time, until smooth.

Add the cheese sauce to the pasta and stir until combined; season with salt and pepper.

Line a large baking sheet with foil and lay each slice of bacon down with at least an inch of space between each slice.