Ultra Creamy Mac & Cheese (Slow Cooker)

Ultra Creamy Mac & Cheese (Slow Cooker)

Inspired by Spend With Pennies and the link to this recipe is here, United States.
This is by far the best Mac & Cheese I have ever made, and actually, a low cost meal as well. This is a slow cooker recipe. Link to the shortcuts are listed in the Recipe Notes section.
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 3 hours
Total Time 3 hours 10 minutes
Course Main Dish
Cuisine American
Servings 6 servings

Equipment

  • Slow Cooker

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups dry macaroni, any bite size pasta works here
  • 1 teaspoon onion powder
  • ½ teaspoon mustard powder
  • 1 can condensed cream of chicken soup, Shortcut
  • ½ cup sour cream, Shortcut
  • ½ cup mayo
  • ½ teaspoon course ground black pepper
  • 4 cups Cheddar cheese, shredded, (500 g / 1 lb)

Instructions
 

  • In a pot of boiling water, cook the macaroni until just near tender, do not over cook, basically under cook it by a minute or so. Drain and rinse under cold water, the cold water will stop the cooking process. Add the pasta to your slow cooker.
  • Add the onion powder, mustard, soup, sour cream, mayo, and black pepper to the slow cooker.
  • Give the slow cooker a stir to mix everything together.
  • Add the cheese and mix that in.
  • For a Variant, I added to the slow cooker about 500 grams (1 lb) of cheese stuffed smoked sausage that I had sliced.
  • Mix the sausage in. Cook on Low setting for 3 hours.
  • Stir once or twice during the cooking but quickly so not all the heat is let out of the cooker.
  • Serve and enjoy.

Notes

High cost per serving, but well worth it. The cheese is the costly part here, 180 Baht/250 gram block, two blocks are needed at 360 Baht. For 6 servings, this is about 1.88 cents per serving.
Shortcuts: Condensed Cream of Chicken Soup, Sour Cream.
Variant: 1. Add cubed ham or smoked sausage, highly recommended!
  1. 5 stars
    I made this on 30 Dec 2016 and I must say wow, this is good! Easily the best mac and cheese I have ever made, hands down! I did not have sour cream so went with the cream cheese. This is my Go-To recipe from now on. My wife, who is not a big fan of dishes with cheese, loved it, she gave me two thumbs up after just one bite!

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