Bacon Mac & Cheese
If you happen to be bringing over a dish to share this Thanksgiving, I highly recommend this bacon mac and cheese. It’s an over-the-top baked macaroni that is perfect to indulge in this holiday. Stuffed with a variety of cheeses whipped into a béchamel, it has crunchy bacon layered throughout the dish and has a golden panko topping {with even more bacon and cheese, of course!}
https://youtu.be/ns-H-fXHS68
Bacon Mac & Cheese
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Author: The Squishy Monster
Serves: 4
Ingredients
- 6-8 oz pasta
- 6-8 bacon slices
- 4 tb reserved bacon fat
- 4 tb unbleached flour
- 4 c warm half and half
- ½ ts freshly grated nutmeg
- 2 tb unsalted butter
- S & P
- 1 beaten egg
- 1 lb grated cheese
- 2 tb reserved pasta water
- Panko, extra bacon and extra cheese for topping
Instructions
- In a skillet, fry off the bacon. Drain and crumble.
- In the same skillet, using 5 tb of the fat, sprinkle in flour and whisk/cook for about 3-5 minutes. You want the fat to absorb all the flour and cook off its raw flour taste. When this turns sandy beige, pour in the warm half and half. Whisk thoroughly to prevent any lumps.
- Keep whisking and add nutmeg, salt, pepper, and butter.
- Take the skillet off the heat and stir in the cheese, egg, and pasta water.
- Cook off the pasta in salted water. Toss in cheese mixture.
- In a buttered dish, layer in pasta with crumbled bacon. Top with panko, bacon, and cheese. Cover with tin foil for half the baking time.
- Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes (broil for about 5 to blister the cheese).
Wishing everyone a happy and delicious weekend!
Love,
Your Squishy Monster ^.~
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Bacon and cheese…oh..Angie, you sure know how to pamper yourself, don’t you. The pasta looks super!
A WONDERFUL MUST TRY RECI[E! A wonderful twist on a classic! Thanks for sharing this Angie! Happy thanksgiving! I hope you feel better.
xoxoxoxo.
Les.
Oh my, now that some comforting dish.
Great one.
Bacon and cheese is the love of the majority so this would be a massive hit
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The ultimate mac and cheese, I can hear the crunches.
What a lovely and decadent version of mac and cheese! I’d be thrilled if someone brought this to our Thanksgiving feast!
add some green+red bell peppers, pasta sauce and chicken…then u will have some very tasty hyped-up “chicken riggies”. hehe
This is one of my favourite ways to do mac and cheese
You can’t ever go wrong with mac and cheese when cooking for a crowd!
I think I’m going to triple this quantity for Thanksgiving.
It’s quickly become mine too.
That’s brilliant!
‘Tis the season to be rolly polly! =)
lol–my favorite part!
Absolutely, Uru!
Thanks, Uru!
Thanks, Ash.
Happy Thanksgiving, Les!
With food, I know no limits =)
Hi Angela, great combination. Look really inviting. You’re really good, all your ideas are simple and delightful.
Have a nice day.
I hope you have a great one!!
Bacon and Cheese *–* This is perfect combination. Another combinations very nice and simple is bacon, cheese and fried potato; classic, simple and amazing
Mmmm, that sounds divine!
Yeah! Try do
Is it okay if you don’t bake it? I don’t have an oven and I want to make this. If not do you have any suggestions or substitutes so that I don’t need to use an oven? Thank you! I love your recipes and your channel. It helps me learn to cook a lot.
Hi, Jaimie! I have a mac and cheese recipe dedicated entirely to an “easy mac” version. Here is the link: http://thesquishymonster.com/2015/02/easy-microwave-mac-and-cheese.html
So can I leave out step 7 in this bacon Mac and cheese recipe?
Hi, Jaimie. I wouldn’t recommend it as the egg is still raw and the sauce needs to set and bind the sauce with the pasta. If you’re in a pinch, you could but it won’t be the same.
I try this receipt and it came out so delicious! Thank you so much! I have daughters that are almost two years old and super picky eaters and they loved it as well. My husband even told me, “Wow, I didn’t know you could make baked Mac and Cheese!’”. Thank you again, this will defintely be made again!