Macaroni And Cheese Oven Baked Casserole With A Dash Of Spicy Recipes

OVEN BAKED SPICY MACARONI AND CHEESE

Steps:

• Preheat oven 350 degrees.
• Put a pot of water on for the pasta. Cook pasta according to package directions. While water is coming to a boil begin making the cheese sauce.
• Melt butter in a large pot over medium heat, add in minced onion and cook until onion is almost done.
• Stir in minced garlic and minced chipotle peppers in adobo sauce. Cook two minutes stirring constantly.
• Whisk in six tablespoons of flour. Cook two minutes whisking constantly.
• Whisk in milk a little at a time. When mixture starts to thicken, add in more milk, repeat until all the milk is added in.
• Turn down the heat a little and whisk in cheddar and Monterey jack cheeses. Stir to combine as cheese melts.
• Taste the cheese sauce for salt and black pepper.
• Turn off heat, stir in cooked drained pasta, and a drained can of corn (optional).
• Transfer spicy macaroni and cheese into a 9" x 13" pan sprayed with non-stick cooking spray.
• Tightly cover macaroni and cheese with foil.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.
• Remove cover and bake an additional 15 minutes or until mac n cheese is browned to your liking.

BAKED MACARONI AND CHEESE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 2-quart baking dish.
• In a large pot of salted water, lightly boil the macaroni for about 5 minutes until half-cooked.
• Whisk the egg and milk together in a large cup. Add butter and cheese to the egg and milk. Stir well.
• Place the lightly cooked macaroni in the prepared baking dish. Pour the egg and cheese liquid over the macaroni, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and stir well. Press the mixture evenly around the baking dish.
• Bake uncovered, for 30 to 40 minutes, or until the top is brown.

SPICY MACARONI AND CHEESE BAKE

Steps:

• Grate cheese and set aside.
• Cook macaroni following directions on package and set aside.
• For the roux Melt butter, remove from heat.
• Mix flour, seasoned stock base and seasonings.
• Slowly add mixture to butter.
• Cook over low heat. stirring, until mixture is smooth and bubbly. Do not allow to brown.
• Remove from heat and slowly stir in milk.
• Bring to a boil, stirring, and cook until sauce thinkens.
• Add 2 cups of the cheese and stir unil melted.
• Place half the macaroni in a buttered 13 x 9 x 2 inch baking dish.
• Sprinkle with half of remaining cheese.
• Pour half of sauce over all.
• Top with layer of macaroni and the rest of the cheese.
• Pour remaining cheese sauce over all. Sprinkel with paprika.
• Bake in 350 oven 30 to 40 minutes.
• Serve hot from baking dish.

SPICY BAKED MACARONI

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil over high heat. Add the pasta and cook until tender but still firm to the bite, stirring occasionally, about 8 to 10 minutes. Drain pasta.
• In a large skillet, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Add the mushrooms, onion, and garlic. Cook until the mushrooms are tender and the onion is golden, about 7 minutes. Add the tomatoes, spinach, and red pepper flakes. Stir to combine and cook until heated through, about 5 minutes.
• In a small bowl, mix together the bread crumbs, 1/4 cup Parmesan, and 1/4 cup Romano. Spread the softened butter in a 9 by 13-inch glass baking dish and sprinkle half of the bread crumb mixture inside the dish to coat.
• In a large bowl combine the vegetable mixture with the cooked macaroni, cubed mozzarella, the remaining Parmesan and Romano cheeses, and the nutmeg. Spoon into the prepared baking dish, top with the remaining bread crumb mixture, and dot the top with the remaining butter. Bake until the top is golden brown, about 30 to 40 minutes.

BAKED MACARONI AND CHEESE

Steps:

• For the macaroni: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a 2-quart casserole dish.
• Bring 4 quarts of water to a boil in a large saucepan. Add the salt and macaroni. Bring the water back to a boil and cook the macaroni until tender, about 12 minutes. Drain well.
• For the cheese sauce: Meanwhile, melt the butter in a 1-quart saucepan. Using a wire whisk, stir in the flour and salt, stirring and cooking over medium heat until the roux bubbles and the flour turns pale brown, about 3 minutes. Slowly whisk in 1 cup of the milk and then whisk in the remaining 1 cup milk. Continue to cook, stirring constantly, until the sauce thickens. Add the cheese and stir until it melts. Add the drained macaroni to the cheese sauce and mix thoroughly.
• For the topping: In a small bowl, stir the breadcrumbs with the butter until the crumbs are moistened.
• Transfer the macaroni and cheese to the prepared baking dish and top with the buttered breadcrumbs. Bake until the dish bubbles around the edges, about 15 minutes.

BAKED MACARONI AND CHEESE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a large pot of boiling, salted water cook the pasta to al dente.
• While the pasta is cooking, in a separate pot, melt the butter. Whisk in the flour and mustard and keep it moving for about five minutes. Make sure it's free of lumps. Stir in the milk, onion, bay leaf, and paprika. Simmer for ten minutes and remove the bay leaf.
• Temper in the egg. Stir in 3/4 of the cheese. Season with salt and pepper. Fold the macaroni into the mix and pour into a 2-quart casserole dish. Top with remaining cheese.
• Melt the butter in a saute pan and toss the bread crumbs to coat. Top the macaroni with the bread crumbs. Bake for 30 minutes. Remove from oven and rest for five minutes before serving.
• Remember to save leftovers for fried Macaroni and Cheese.

SPICY MACARONI AND CHEESE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Make mac and cheese according to pkg instructions.
• Then brown and crumble ground beef with onion.
• Drain.
• In a 9x13-inch dish combine all ingredients and bake at 350 for 30 minutes.

MACARONI & CHEESE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• liberally butter a 2 quart casserole dish.
• Alternate layering macaroni and cheese slices in the buttered casserole.
• Beat eggs, milk, salt and pepper.
• Pour mixture over macaroni and cheese.
• Mix cracker crumbs with melted butter.
• Add to top of casserole.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes or until a knife comes out clean when inserted.

THE EASIEST BAKED MACARONI & CHEESE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Melt butter in microwave.
• Pour macaroni in 2-3 quart casserole dish. Pour butter over macaroni. Stir well to coat.
• Add salt and pepper. Stir well.
• Add cheese. Sometimes I may use a mixture of monterey, colby and cheddar, depending on what I have at the time. Mix well.
• Add milk. Do not stir.
• Bake uncovered in oven for 60 minutes. I do think this tastes best when it is still hot from the oven.

GRANDMA'S OVEN BAKED MACARONI AND CHEESE

Steps:

• Boil 4-6 cups of water in a pot on the stove.
• Add 2 tsp salt.
• Add in 1 cup Elbow Macaroni noodles.
• Boil for 7 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 400F.
• When finished boiling, pour macaroni into a strainer basket and then add to a 9"x9"x1.5" oven safe (preferably pyrex) dish.
• Scramble the egg, then add the egg to the 1 cup of milk.
• Add in salt and pepper, mix well.
• Add to macaroni the milk, egg, salt, pepper mixture (Ensure the noodles do not float).
• mix in 6-8 oz of cheese.
• Add the remaining cheese to the top. Try to cover all the noodles on top.
• Place dish in center rack in oven and bake for 30 minutes. Top layer of cheese should be slightly golden brown on the sides.
• Remove from oven and let cool slightly and serve. May be microwaved for enjoyment again and again.