Cajun Mac and cheese
Cajun Mac and cheese

Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, cajun mac and cheese. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Cajun Mac and cheese is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Cajun Mac and cheese is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

This creamy macaroni and cheese has a nice kick thanks to andouille sausage, pepper Jack cheese, and Cajun seasoning. For milder palates, substitute Monterey Jack cheese and use smoked sausage instead of andouille. However you choose to make it, this easy recipe serves a crowd and will be devoured.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have cajun mac and cheese using 14 ingredients and 17 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Cajun Mac and cheese:
  1. Get Sauce
  2. Take Milk
  3. Take Flour
  4. Take Butter
  5. Make ready 1 White onion
  6. Take Half a Red onion
  7. Get Cayenne pepper
  8. Prepare Salt
  9. Make ready Meat (optional)
  10. Get 1 chicken fillet
  11. Make ready 3 rashers bacon
  12. Prepare Cajun spices
  13. Take Pasta
  14. Prepare Macaroni

A co-worker made this today and it knocked me off my low carb diet. It has a certain zip to it not found in most macaroni and cheese recipes. In a large saucepan, cook the beef, onion, green pepper and celery over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. While the pasta is cooking, make the sauce.

Instructions to make Cajun Mac and cheese:
  1. Place the macaroni in a pan of boiling water and add a little salt over a high heat
  2. Chop the onion and red onion
  3. Melt butter in a saucepan then add the onions over a medium heat and add cayenne pepper
  4. Chop the chicken fillet into small chunks and the bacon rashers in lardon type sizes
  5. Add a little butter to a frying pan and cook the chicken until sealed (All sides are white)
  6. Add the bacon to the pan with chicken and sprinkle Cajun spices across all the meat
  7. Once cooked, drain the macaroni and run cold water through it
  8. Once the onions become slightly see through, add more butter to the pan
  9. Change to a lower heat and add flour gradually to the pan of onions and butter and continuously stir
  10. Add milk to the pan to make onions in a sauce
  11. Once the meat is cooked, you can add it to the sauce pan
  12. Set the oven to preheat at 200 C
  13. Begin adding cheese to taste while continuously stir the sauce
  14. Transfer the Mac and cheese to a cooking dish
  15. Lightly cover the top of the Mac and cheese with grated cheese
  16. Cook in the oven until the cheese is melted and bubbling
  17. Take out the oven and serve up

In a large saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat. Turn on a multi-functional pressure cooker (such as Instant Pot®) and select Saute function. Cajun Shrimp and Crab Mac and Cheese. I made this mac and cheese for Christmas dinner last year, and it was a HIT! The fact that my entire family enjoyed it was such a big deal, because black folks don't play when it comes to mac and cheese.

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