Bacon Mac & Cheese
Bacon Mac & Cheese

Hey everyone, hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, bacon mac & cheese. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

This bacon mac and cheese is a one pot dish featuring pasta in a creamy cheese sauce with plenty of bacon. An easy dinner option that's packed with smoky bacon flavor! This is the perfect bacon mac and cheese for those of you who like to enjoy a big bowl for dinner and I left the bacon out of the actual mac n cheese mixture because I wanted it to stay crispy, and.

Bacon Mac & Cheese is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They are nice and they look fantastic. Bacon Mac & Cheese is something which I have loved my entire life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook bacon mac & cheese using 11 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Bacon Mac & Cheese:
  1. Get 1 pound elbow macaroni
  2. Take 4 cups milk
  3. Take 2-3 sprigs thyme & some thyme leaves
  4. Get 4 cloves garlic, finely chopped, divided
  5. Take 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
  6. Make ready 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  7. Take 5 1/2 cups shredded sharp cheddar cheese
  8. Prepare Salt & pepper
  9. Get 1/4 cup chopped parsley
  10. Take 1 pound bacon, diced
  11. Take 1 large onion, diced

Heat a large skillet over medium heat. Sprinkle the bacon into the skillet. PreparationLesson Plan Cook the pasta in salted boiling water until a little less than al dente. Drain, rinse with cold water, and drain the pasta again.

Steps to make Bacon Mac & Cheese:
  1. Bring a pot of salted water to a boil over high heat. Add the macaroni and cook 8-9 minutes, drain and set aside.
  2. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
  3. In a saucepan heat the milk with the thyme springs and 2 garlic cloves - do not boil you are just infusing the milk with the thyme and garlic flavor.
  4. In a large deep skillet melt the butter over med-high heat. Whisk in the flour and cook for about 1 minute, stirring constantly, to keep lumps from forming.
  5. Remove the thyme sprigs from the milk and gently whisk it into the butter flour mixture.
  6. Continue to whisk vigorously and cook until the mixture is smooth.
  7. Stir in 4 cups of the cheese and continue to cook and stir to melt the cheese.
  8. Season with salt and pepper.
  9. Add the cooked macaroni and parsley, fold together until all the macaroni is coated in cheese.
  10. Add to a greased baking dish and top with remaining cheese.
  11. Bake for about 30 minutes.
  12. While that is baking - in a medium sauté pan, cook the bacon until just getting crispy.
  13. Remove most of the fat, leave a little for oil.
  14. Add the onion to the bacon and cook for 5 minutes to soften them.
  15. Add remaining garlic and thyme leaves and cook for another 5 minutes, set aside.
  16. To serve top Mac and cheese with bacon mixture and enjoy.

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