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To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have simple macaroni and cheese using 16 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make simple macaroni and cheese:
- Prepare macaroni and cheese
- Get 1/2 lb elbow macaroni
- Make ready 1/2 cup yellow onion finely diced
- Prepare 1 bay leaf
- Prepare 3 tbsp flour
- Make ready 3 tbsp butter
- Take 1 tbsp powdered mustard
- Take 1/2 tsp paprika
- Make ready 3 cup milk
- Make ready 1 large egg
- Take 12 oz sharp cheddar, shredded
- Take 1 tsp kosher salt
- Prepare 1 tsp black pepper
- Make ready topping (optional)
- Prepare 3 tbsp panko bread crumbs
- Get 3 tbsp butter
A simple white sauce where you add cheese and a few other flavors with macaroni and a potato chip crust. This recipe makes a lot, I like to make two pans so I can take one to a pot luck and have the other one to keep in the fridge. A simple white sauce where you add cheese and a few other flavors with macaroni and a potato chip crust. This recipe makes a lot, I like to make two pans so I can take one to a pot luck and have the other one to keep in the fridge for later.
Instructions to make simple macaroni and cheese:
- preheat oven to 350°F.
- in a large pot of boiling, salted water cook the pasta to al dente.
- while the pasta is cooking, in a seperate pot, melt the butter. sweat onions with bay leaf.
- whisk in the flour, paprika and mustard and keep it moving for about five minutes. make sure its free of lumps. stir in the milk.
- while still stirring consistently, simmer for ten minutes then remove the bay leaf
- whisk the egg in a seperate bowl and slowly pour the egg into the milk mixture. (this process is called tempering.)do not stop stirring. make sure your eggs dont scramble. stir in 3/4 of the cheddar cheese. season with salt and pepper. fold the macaroni into the mix and pour into a 2-quart casserole dish. top with remaining cheese.
- melt the butter in a saute pan and toss the bread crumbs to coat. top the macaroni with the bread crumbs. bake for 30 minutes. remove from oven and rest for five minutes before serving.
This easy homemade macaroni and cheese recipe is ready in no time! This recipe is creamy, delicious, and takes only minutes to make! If you love macaroni, you should also try our Baked Macaroni & Cheese and Chili Macaroni recipes. If my kids had to choose a favorite food, it would definitely be macaroni and cheese! This easy mac and cheese recipe is creamy, rich and delicious, however it's also simple to make.
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