Hey everyone, it is John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, cajun mac and cheese. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
This creamy Cajun Mac and Cheese has a nice kick thanks to andouille sausage, pepper Jack cheese, and Cajun seasoning. Gently stir in cooked pasta and sausage mixture. Regular baked mac and cheese is already great (if it's done right), but the addition of fresh crab and spicy Cajun shrimp makes it so much more special.
Cajun Mac and cheese is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look wonderful. Cajun Mac and cheese is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have cajun mac and cheese using 14 ingredients and 17 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Cajun Mac and cheese:
- Get Sauce
- Take Milk
- Prepare Flour
- Prepare Butter
- Make ready White onion
- Get a Red onion
- Take Cayenne pepper
- Get Salt
- Prepare Meat (optional)
- Prepare chicken fillet
- Get bacon
- Prepare Cajun spices
- Get Pasta
- Prepare Macaroni
Slowly whisk milk and heavy cream followed by a blend of cheeses and stir until smooth. Carefully toss pasta with cheese sauce and cooked vegetables. Spicy shrimp is cooked up and served alongside either rice, grits or a. The hot pepper sauce and garlic flavors heat up the warm macaroni and cheese favorite.
Steps to make Cajun Mac and cheese:
- Place the macaroni in a pan of boiling water and add a little salt over a high heat
- Chop the onion and red onion
- Melt butter in a saucepan then add the onions over a medium heat and add cayenne pepper
- Chop the chicken fillet into small chunks and the bacon rashers in lardon type sizes
- Add a little butter to a frying pan and cook the chicken until sealed (All sides are white)
- Add the bacon to the pan with chicken and sprinkle Cajun spices across all the meat
- Once cooked, drain the macaroni and run cold water through it
- Once the onions become slightly see through, add more butter to the pan
- Change to a lower heat and add flour gradually to the pan of onions and butter and continuously stir
- Add milk to the pan to make onions in a sauce
- Once the meat is cooked, you can add it to the sauce pan
- Set the oven to preheat at 200 C
- Begin adding cheese to taste while continuously stir the sauce
- Transfer the Mac and cheese to a cooking dish
- Lightly cover the top of the Mac and cheese with grated cheese
- Cook in the oven until the cheese is melted and bubbling
- Take out the oven and serve up
This grown-up version of mac and cheese is not for the faint of heart; it's loaded with andouille sausage and Cajun seasoning for a spicy kick, but still includes a ridiculous amount of creamy cheese. Plus it can be made in one pot so you don't even have to do the dishes afterward. Add in the Cajun spice mix, white pepper and salt. Gradually add the milk, slowly at first while stirring constantly, to avoid lumps. Mix the crawfish tails through the cooled mac and cheese filling.
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