This makes enough to feed a couple of people as a main dish. If you want to serve your whole family, double the recipe. You can also use it as a side dish as it compliments many main courses very well. Aside from a boxed version of macaroni and cheese, you aren’t going to get a meal like this in under a half hour. If your tired of the flavor of those processed types, this is the perfect recipe for you and your family.
Check out what they are saying about this recipe over at Recipe Lion:
“For busy parents and working professionals, this recipe for 15 Minute Stove Top Mac Cheese is a lifesaver.”
Give this one a try and let us know how it turned out for you!
Ingredients
8 oz. Barilla elbow macaroni noodles
3/4 cup milk (I’d recommend 1% or 2%, whole was too rich)
1 Tbsp Land O’ Lakes butter
1/4 tsp onion powder
1/8 tsp garlic powder
6 drops hickory smoke flavor, such as Liquid Smoke
1/2 tsp Dijon mustard (or 1 tsp if you like more mustard flavor)
1/4 tsp salt, or to taste
2 large egg yolks
1/2 cup Carnation evaporated milk
4 oz. Kraft Medium or Sharp Cheddar cheese, grated
3 oz. Kraft Monterrey Jack cheese, grated
Freshly cracked black pepper or cayenne, for garnish (optional)
Instructions
Cook pasta according to directions listed on package until cooked through (just past al dente), and drain.
Meanwhile (in order to make this a 15 minute recipe I made the sauce as the noodles were cooking), in a medium saucepan combine 1% milk, butter, onion powder, garlic powder, liquid smoke, Dijon mustard and salt then scald mixture over medium heat. In a mixing bowl, whisk together egg yolks with 1/2 cup evaporated milk. Add 1/4 cup scalded milk mixture to egg yolk mixture and whisk, then pour and whisk mixture into saucepan. Cook mixture over medium low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture coats the back of a wooden spoon, about 3 minutes. Add cheese and drained pasta to sauce mixture and gently toss mixture with a rubber spatula until cheese has melted. Serve immediately sprinkled with optional black pepper or cayenne pepper.
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Quick Tip: You can leave out the hickory smoke flavor if you don’t like the taste.
Thanks again to Recipe Lion for this simple and delicious recipe.