Bacon Mac N Cheese
cheesy bacony goodness
Equipment
- Skillet
- Baking Pan
- Small Sauce Pan
- Knife
- Bowl
- Collander or Strainer
- Large Pot for noodle boiling
Ingredients
- 1 box of elbow noodles
- 5 Strips of Bacon
- 2 teaspoons of salt
- 4 oz of cream cheese
- 2 cups of shredded cheddar cheese
- 1 teaspoon of paprika
- 1/3 cup heavy cream
Instructions
- Cook the elbow noodles according to package directions on the noodle box
- Drain the noodles when done cooking in the collander, then rinse them in cold water, then drain them again
- Turn burner on stove to medium heat
- Place skillet on burner and let it warm up
- Place 5 pieces of bacon on skillet
- Cook bacon until crispy on one side, which takes only a few minutes
- Flip bacon
- Cook until crispy on the other side
- Remove bacon from pan
- Place bacon on plate with paper towel on top of it
- Using knife chop bacon into small pieces
- Put small sauce pan on burner on medium heat.
- Add 4 oz of cream cheese to pan
- Add 1/3 cup of heavy cream to pan
- Add a pinch of salt to pan
- Add 1 teaspoon of paprika to sauce pan
- Stir all ingredients together
- Let ingredient simmer for 4 minutes or until smooth and thick
- Turn burner off.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Get a baking pan and spray with cooking spray
- Get a large bowl
- Pour noodles in large bowl
- Add cooked bacon to bowl
- Add cheese sauce to bowl
- Mix all ingredients together until noodles are completely covered in sauce and bacon
- Pour ingredients from bowl into baking pan
- Place baking pan in oven
- Cook for 30 minutes or until golden brown
- Turn the oven off