Macaroni and Cheese from So Delicious®

Name: Macaroni and Cheese from So Delicious®
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 118 milliliters vegan butter; 237 milliliters So Delicious® Dairy Free Unsweetened Coconut Milk; 454 grams package elbow macaroni; 1 clove garlic, diced or smashed; 3 green onions, chopped, for garnish; 118 milliliters nutritional yeast, divided; 355 milliliters panko bread crumbs, divided; 12 servings Salt and pepper, to taste; 1 shallot, diced; 237 milliliters shiitake mushrooms, thinly sliced; 283 grams block vegan Cheddar cheese; 227 grams vegan cream cheese

Macaroni and Cheese from So Delicious® might be a good recipe to expand your side dish recipe box. This recipe serves 12. This recipe covers 9% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains about 10g of protein, 20g of fat, and a total of 397 calories. If you have vegan butter, block vegan cheddar cheese, panko bread crumbs, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 40 minutes.

Instructions

In a saute pan, heat a little extra virgin olive oil and saute shallots and garlic for about 2 to 3 minutes.

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Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Shallot

Garlic

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Frying Pan

Add shitakes to the mix and cook for 3 to 5 minutes until soft. Turn heat off and set aside.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

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Oven

Boil pasta in salted water; when al dente, strain and transfer into a large bowl.

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Pasta

Water

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Bowl

Meanwhile, in a medium pan, melt Earth Balance on med/low heat. When just melted, add coconut milk and cream cheese and stir until thick and smooth.

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Coconut Milk

Cream Cheese

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Frying Pan

Once melted, add the cheddar cheese and let melt, continuing to stir. Once combined, add the first 1/4 cup of your nutritional yeast and salt and pepper and stir to combine.

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Nutritional Yeast

Salt And Pepper

Cheddar Cheese

Once combined, taste it then add the remaining 1/4 cup nutritional yeast and more salt and pepper, if needed.

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Nutritional Yeast

Salt And Pepper

Continue stirring to combine and give it another taste once the salt and pepper have had time to incorporate. Taste and add more as needed.

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Salt And Pepper

When the salt and pepper ratio is to your liking, pour your cheesy mix onto the noodles and add your shitake mix as well. Give it a light stir then add the first 3/4 cup panko breading. Gently stir to combine, making sure the noodles are covered and everything is mixed evenly.

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Salt And Pepper

Panko

Pasta

Portion into extra large muffin tins, pressing down fairly liberally to compact noodles as you go. Note: you can also use regular size muffin tins, they will just be smaller.

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Pasta

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Muffin Tray

Top tins with remaining panko breading, cover with tin foil and bake in the oven for about 15 minutes. At the 15 minute mark, remove tin foil and let bake for an additional 5 minutes.

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Panko

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Oven

Aluminum Foil

Remove from oven and let sit for 5 to 10 minutes.

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To remove from muffin tins, gently run a knife along the edges then use a fork to gently pop it out. If you compacted enough it will pop out but still be rather loose.

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