This mac and bacon cheese are the grown version of that comfort food you know and loves of your childhood. It’s easy to do and tasty to eat! You cannot make a mistake with a quantity full of bacon added to your Mac and your cheese!
Mac and homemade cheese with bacon
Do you remember how much did you love Mac and the cheese as a child? Well, this adult version will rekindle your joy, satisfying the cravings of your adults. The canned stuff has no possibility against this homemade version that combines creamy cheese sauce with crispy and salty bacon in every bite.
What makes this recipe special is the way in which it balances nostalgia with new layers of flavor and consistency. The rich cheese sauce perfectly covers each piece of pasta, while the bacon adds both a smoky taste and a crushing so much necessary. Each ingredient has enough familiarity to make this dish for children, but the added elements make it something that the whole family will like.
If you are ready to fall in love with this classic of comfort again, while nourishing the people you love at the same time, let me teach you how to do this Mac and bacon cheese.
3 chese cheese sauce ingredients
The perfectly cooked macaroni and crispy pieces of the bacon make every bite impressive, but the true secret of this recipe is the cheese sauce. Here’s what you want at hand so you can do your own:
- 6 tablespoons Flour for all uses
- 4 tablespoons butter (divided use)
- 4 cups milk
- 1 cup Heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon broken black pepper
- ¼ teaspoon pepper bows
- 2 cups Colby Jack Cheese (chopped)
- 2 cups Cheddar cheese sharpened (chopped)
- ½ cup Mozzarella Cheese (chopped)
How to prepare the mac and bacon cheese
After several interpretations in recent years, I love what this Mac and cheese have become. It is rich, it is creamy and has the most surprising melted cheese that drips from every bite. He also has those beautiful pieces of golden crispy cheese around the edges and has bacon! Those small pork love morsels are mixed in the Mac and sprayed at the top so that every single bite has a small boom-boom.
Here is the 411 to make this tasty surprise:
- Preheat the grid. Set yours Favorite grill And take it to 425 degrees F. You can also do it in the oven if you don’t have access to a grid.
- Cook the noodles. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil and cook the noodles of macaroni according to the instructions on the package. I recommend al dente for your cooked pasta, so it didn’t cooked too much during cooking.
- Make the bacon. Cook the sliced bacon in a 12 -inch cast iron pan Until it is beautiful and crunchy. Remove the bacon using loose wooden spoon So you can book the fat to start your Roux.
- Prepare the cheese sauce. Prepare the cheese sauce by making a Roux, adding condiments and dissolving the cheese.
- Street the Mac and the cheese. Add the cooked noodles and half the bacon to a pan or pan, then pour the cheese sauce. Cross with the remaining bacon and a little extra cheese, then transfer to the grill or in the oven.
- Baking. Cook the mac of bacon and cheese in the oven or grilled until the cheese is beautiful and melty. Make sure to serve this Mac and cheese immediately while the cheese is still hot and so sticky.
Archiving and heating
This Mac and bacon cheese are super folding, so it plans leftovers. Hey, it is not health food, it is comfort food. The good news is that it is easily archived and heats up magnificently. Let the remaining Mac and cheese cool at room temperature, then put in an airtight container to keep in the refrigerator. The flavors and plots will remain fun for a maximum of another 3 days.
If you need help to decide how to use leftovers, I suggest you use it to give a kiss of bacon goodness to my Mac chilli pepper.
Mac recipes and better bramose cheeses
Mac and cheese are a comforting food that has a good taste in a rainy day as in the middle of summer. Because it is so popular among children, it is a staple at our house. I have many more easy and delicious options that you can do at home in the Hey Grill Hey app. For now, take a look at these famous recipes of Mac and cheeses:
Easy Bacon Mac and Cheese recipe
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Preheat the oven or grid. Preheat the oven or grid at 425 degrees F.
Cook the macaroni. In a large pot holder 4 liters of boiling salted water over high heat. Add the noodles of macaroni to the water and mix to prevent the noodles from sticking. Cook according to the indications on the package, then download.
4 liters of water, Noodles macaroni on the 1 pound elbow, 1 tablespoon of salt
Cook the bacon. In a large pan, cook the bacon until it is crunchy. Remove the bacon with a perforated spoon and drain on a paper napkin. Don’t drain the bacon fat.
1 pound bacon
Make the roux. Add 2 tablespoons of butter the hot bacon fat and mix until it melts. Add the 6 tablespoons of flour and cook over medium heat for 5-6 minutes or until the flour began to brown.
6 tablespoons of flour for all uses, 4 tablespoons of butter
Finish to prepare the cheese sauce. Add the milk and heavy whipping cream to the roux and returns to a boil. Turn off the heat and mix the salt, broken black pepper and red pepper flakes.
4 cups of milk, 1 cup of heavy cream, 1 teaspoon of salt, 1 teaspoon of broken black pepper, ¼ teaspoon of chili pepper
Add the cheese to the sauce. Book 1/2 cup of each of the cheeses of Jack and Cheddar and set aside with mozzarella. Mix the rest of Martine and Cheddar cheese in the sauce and beat until the cheese melts.
2 cups of Colby Jack cheese, 2 cups of sharpened cherdar cheese, ½ cup of grated mozzarella
Add the noodles and cheese sauce. After emptying the cooked noodles, shown in the large pot. Pour the cheese sauce to the noodles and mix in the middle of the cooked bacon.
Transfer the Mac and the cheese to a pan. Use the remaining 2 tablespoons of butter to cover the sides and the bottom of a 9 × 13 pan. You can also cook this in a 12 “cast iron pan. Pour the Mac and the cheese with a large pot in the pan. It crosses with the remaining Martinetto, Cheddar and Mozzarella and sprinkle on the remaining bacon.
Cook the mac bacon and cheese. Place the bacon mac and the cheese in the oven or grilled for 20 minutes or until the Gorgogliano sides and the cheese is dissolved and start to brown.
Serve immediately. Remove from the heat, serve immediately and have fun!
Calories: 1280Kcal | Carbohydrates: 74G | Protein: 48G | Fat: 87G | Saturated fat: 45G | Cholesterol: 229mg | Sodium: 1604mg | Potassium: 671mg | Fiber: 3G | Sugar: 11G | Vitamin A: 2010Iu | Vitamin C: 1mg | Soccer: 852mg | Iron: 2mg
Nutritional information is calculated automatically, so they should be used only as approximation.
** I originally published this post in April 2015, but recently I updated it with more information and useful suggestions. However, the recipe remains the same.
