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To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have baked mac & cheese with bacon using 8 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Baked Mac & Cheese with BACON:
- Make ready 1/4 cup butter
- Prepare 1/3 cup a/p flour
- Prepare 4 cups milk (plus 1/2 cup if needed)
- Prepare 1 tsp kosher salt
- Make ready 1/2 tsp black pepper
- Prepare 4 cups shredded cheddar cheese
- Get 1 pkg (16 oz) pasta, cooked al dents and drained
- 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. 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.
Steps 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!
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