If you happen to’ve bought a hankering for mac and cheese however do not feel like standing over a sizzling stovetop or oven, recipe developer Hayley MacLean’s Slow Cooker Mac and Cheese is the dish for you. MacLean tells us that the creamy aspect dish comes collectively simply within the sluggish cooker, requiring little or no babysitting and — maybe better of all — dirtying solely the insert of the equipment versus a number of pots. “Having the ability to prepare dinner every part in a single pot, as an alternative of constructing the noodles and cheese sauce individually, is the primary large benefit,” MacLean says. “Secondly, it means that you can stroll away in between stirring, and never should be standing over a sizzling pot ensuring it doesn’t burn!”
If you happen to’ve by no means made mac and cheese in a sluggish cooker earlier than, by no means worry: MacLean’s model comes out creamy and dreamy, simply as you’d anticipate from the dish. “The sauce comes collectively so properly and thickens because of the starch within the pasta,” she explains. “It’s the good bowl of consolation meals!”
MacLean deepens the flavour of her cheese sauce with hints of mustard, onion, and garlic powders, plus successful of paprika, including “a little bit of tangy warmth that’s simply scrumptious.” She suggests going with a tried and true meat dish to accompany the tacky pasta: “A pleasant hearty protein like meatloaf or BBQ beef is ideal to serve alongside this consolation basic!”
The dish will hold for as much as 5 days in an hermetic container within the fridge or for as much as three months if frozen.
