Ultra Creamy Mac & Cheese (Slow Cooker)
Ultra Creamy Mac & Cheese (Slow Cooker)
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.
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!
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!