Best Slow Cooker Macaroni & Cheese
Best Slow Cooker Macaroni & Cheese
This is excellent mac & cheese, and the can of cheese soup is the key ingredient, and you can make that from a Shortcut on the site! Keep in mind, use block cheese you shred yourself, as packaged shredded cheese will not melt as well due to packaging to keep the shred separated. I made this on On 21 Mar 2021 and the entire family loved this! I used a variant and the steps/photos will reflect that. Link to the shortcut is listed in the Recipe Notes section.
Equipment
- Slow Cooker
Ingredients
- 1 can condensed Cheddar cheese soup, (10½ oz / 298 g), Shortcut
- 2¾ cup half and half, or evaporated milk
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- ½ teaspoon paprika
- 500 grams uncooked elbow macaroni, (1 lb)
- 2 cups Sharp Cheddar cheese, shredded, (8 oz / 226 g)
- 1 cup Colby or Edam cheese, shredded, (4 oz / 113 g)
- 3 tablespoons butter, melted
Instructions
- To your slow cooker, add the half and half (or evaporated milk), cheddar cheese soup, paprika, and black pepper, and whisk mix until the mixture is smooth.
- Into your slow cooker, add the uncooked macaroni, half of the shredded cheeses, and butter. Stir together.
- I added a variant and added 1 can of smoked spam that I diced, and I had some leftover cocktail sausages so I chopped those and added them as well.
- Mix the meats or other variants into the mixture.
- Top the mixture with the rest of the shredded cheeses. Put the lid on and cook on Low setting for 3 hours.
- At the 3 hour mark, turn slow cooker off, remove lid and give the mac and cheese a stir. If the mixture is too thick, stir in a spoon or two milk.
- Serve and enjoy.
Notes
The Cheddar cheese would run about 180 Baht, the Colby or Edam, another 90 Baht, the condensed soup about 90 Baht, same for making yourself but you will know what is in it. For 10 servings, this is about $1.06 per serving.
Shortcut: Condensed Cheddar Cheese Soup.
Variants: 1. Add chopped broccoli, chopped ham, chopped smoked sausage, chopped hot dogs, chopped smoked cocktail sausages (Little Smokies), cooked cubed chicken, diced Spam.
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