Macaroni and Cheese Southern Style

Name: Macaroni and Cheese Southern Style
Prep time: 1 h 5 min
Cook time: 1 h 5 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 118 milliliters butter, diced - divided; 227 grams thinly sliced Cheddar cheese, divided; 2 eggs; 296 milliliters evaporated milk; 8 servings salt and ground black pepper to taste; 206 grams package macaroni and cheese mix

Macaroni and Cheese Southern Style might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe covers 9% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 372 calories, 15g of protein, and 28g of fat. This recipe serves 8. It is an inexpensive recipe for fans of Southern food. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 1 hour and 5 minutes. If you have salt and ground pepper, cheddar cheese, macaroni and cheese mix, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the butter you could follow this main course with the Cinnamon Butter Cake as a dessert.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 2 1/2-quart casserole dish.

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Casserole Dish

Oven

Set cheese packet from mix aside. Bring a pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook elbow macaroni in the boiling water, stirring occasionally, until cooked firm to the bite, 5 minutes.

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Elbow Macaroni

Cheese

Water

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Pot

Drain and reserve pasta cooking water.

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Pasta

Water

Whisk contents of reserved cheese packet with evaporated milk, eggs, salt, and pepper in a bowl.

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Evaporated Milk

Cheese

Pepper

Egg

Salt

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Whisk

Bowl

Layer half the cooked macaroni in the prepared casserole dish, followed by half the Cheddar cheese slices in a layer. Dot with half the butter. Repeat layers, using remaining half of cooked macaroni, remaining Cheddar cheese slices, and remaining butter.

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Cooked Macaroni

Cheddar Cheese

Butter

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Casserole Dish

Pour evaporated milk mixture over casserole. If evaporated milk mixture does not reach to the top of the casserole, pour in enough pasta cooking water to cover.

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Evaporated Milk

Pasta

Water

Bake in the preheated oven until bubbling, about 45 minutes.

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Oven