![]() To cook, combine the pasta with water, salt, and butter. The pasta is the only ingredient that gets cooked under pressure. Pressure Cooker Mac and Cheese: Putting it Together Cooking the Pasta This tends to dry out the cheese and, in my opinion, doesn’t make for as creamy a mac and cheese. Pre-shredded cheese is coated with cellulose to prevent it from clumping. If you have the time, I recommend grating your own cheese. They won’t melt as well in a quick recipe like this one. And this is one time to skip the extra sharp or aged Cheddar cheeses. For me, no other combination tastes as good. The Cheddar brings the flavor and sharpness, while the Colby-Jack brings a delicate creaminess. There’s always some disagreement on what type of cheese makes the best mac and cheese. I like a combination of Cheddar and Colby-Jack. It takes the recipe from excellent to heavenly. ![]() It adds a custard-like note to the cheese sauce without making it eggy. To achieve this texture, I’ve always used an egg. The Egg (Optional)Ī bowl of macaroni and cheese must be a rich creamy affair. So evap milk it is!īe sure to use regular evaporated milk and not the light or low-fat version. But having to have both whole milk and half and half was more of a bother than a can of evaporated milk. The combination of whole milk and half and half was actually pretty good. The recipe made with whole milk wasn’t quite creamy enough. None of those ingredients worked as well as the can of evaporated milk. ![]() I rarely keep evaporated milk in the house. For some reason, I found this ingredient to be a pain. I really, REALLY wanted to redo the recipe and make it without evaporated milk. (affiliate link) That recipe uses evaporated milk. The inspiration for this recipe came from the Cook’s Illustrated’s Pressure Cooking Perfection cookbook. It cooks nicely and reheats really well without getting weird and crunchy. If you follow a gluten-free diet, use Barilla elbow pasta. Not only do I love the way this shape hugs the cheese sauce, it also cooks perfectly in a pressure cooker without coming out crunchy or, even worse, gummy. Some people make their mac and cheese with shells. ![]() Woo-HOO! Pressure Cooker Mac and Cheese: The Ingredients The Macaroni A little mustard and hot pepper sauce are added for flavor and you’re done. You simply cook the pasta under pressure, add the milk, an egg (the egg is optional but suggested), and cheese. This recipe, unlike traditional stovetop mac and cheese, doesn’t require a separate cheese sauce. Over time, I tinkered with the recipe so that it came out they way I like mac and cheese: really creamy and flavorful. What the heck?”← that’s the way all good life decisions start, right?Īfter one taste, s eriously, one taste. But a recipe caught my eye and I thought something like, “Eh. As much as I love my Instant Pot, I wasn’t sure if I wanted to make mac and cheese in it. I don’t want to waste those ingredients or calories on something so-so. If I’m going to make homemade mac and cheese, it must be good. If you want to make a variation of this recipe see below for instructions.Mac and Cheese from a pressure cooker? Yes! Stir in the milk, and the cheese until creamy and smooth. Step 3-Turn the Instant Pot to the sauté function. After the 3 minutes are up let the pot sit for 5 more minutes and then release the rest of the pressure. Step 2-Add in 2 cups of water, 1 tsp of kosher salt and 1 tsp of ground mustard and 1 tablespoon of butter. I used these twisty macaroni noodles to make it more fun. Step 1-measure out 8 ounces of dry macaroni noodles. ![]() Here’s how to make the basic mac and cheese recipe: Then after you make the basic recipe you can spin it depending on what mood you’re in. The basic recipe just calls for the pasta, evaporated milk, salt, butter, ground mustard and cheese. The cool thing is that they all start out with the same basic recipe. The 5 ways that I’ll be sharing to make mac and cheese are… Mac and cheese is a kid favorite and the recipe twists I’ll share with you today will keep adults interested as well. Today I’ll be sharing 5(!) ways to prepare macaroni and cheese in your Instant Pot which can easily be made ahead of time and served warm when you get home. I like to prepare dinner either in the slow cooker or pressure cooker around 4 pm and then keep the food on the warm setting until we can get home and eat after our activities. Do you make dinner before the game and keep it warm in a slow cooker, oven or pressure cooker? Or do you make dinner after the game when everyone’s exhausted and starving? I’ll take the first choice. If you’re committed to feeding your family at home like I am, this can pose a challenge. Calling all busy moms! Are you going to make it through spring sports season? At our house we are in the midst of baseball season where the games start at 5 pm or 6:30 pm…smack dab in the middle of dinner time. ![]()
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