Reuben Mac and Cheese

Name: Reuben Mac and Cheese
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 8
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3 Tbsps butter, melted; 454 grams package egg noodles; 3 Tbsps all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoons ground black pepper; 710 milliliters hot milk; 237 milliliters chopped onion; 79 milliliters panko bread crumbs; 227 grams deli sliced corn beef, or more to taste; 3 slices rye bread, torn; 1 teaspoon salt; 355 milliliters sauerkraut, drained (reserve juice); 59 milliliters spicy brown mustard; 710 milliliters shredded Swiss cheese, or more to taste - divided

Reuben Mac and Cheese might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe serves 8. One portion of this dish contains roughly 29g of protein, 28g of fat, and a total of 607 calories. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 1 hour. Head to the store and pick up butter, sauerkraut, spicy brown mustard, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the panko bread crumbs you could follow this main course with the Caramel Apple Crisp as a dessert.

Instructions

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

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Butter

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Casserole Dish

Oven

Place torn rye bread into a food processor and pulse several times to make crumbs; combine rye crumbs with panko crumbs in a bowl and set aside.

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Rye Bread

Panko

Rye

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Food Processor

Bowl

Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook egg noodles in the boiling water, stirring occasionally until cooked through but firm to the bite, about 5 minutes.

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Egg Noodles

Water

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Pot

Drain noodles and set aside.

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Pasta

Melt 3 tablespoons butter in a large saucepan over medium heat; cook and stir onion until lightly browned, about 15 minutes. Season with salt and black pepper; stir in brown mustard.

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Salt And Pepper

Mustard

Butter

Onion

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Sauce Pan

Remove from heat, stir in flour until smooth, and gradually whisk in milk. Sauce will thicken.

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All Purpose Flour

Sauce

Milk

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Whisk

Whisk 1 1/2 cup Swiss cheese into the sauce, stirring until the cheese has melted and the sauce is smooth. Stir sauerkraut with about 1 tablespoon of reserved juice and corned beef into the cheese sauce.

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Sauce

Swiss Cheese

Corned Beef

Sauerkraut

Cheese

Juice

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Whisk

Transfer cooked noodles to the prepared casserole dish and pour in the sauce; stir to combine.

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Cooked Pasta

Sauce

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Casserole Dish

Sprinkle remaining 1 1/2 cup Swiss cheese in an even layer over the top.

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Swiss Cheese

Bake casserole in the preheated oven until bubbling, about 20 minutes.

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Oven

Remove casserole from oven and set the oven to broil.

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Oven

Stir 3 tablespoons melted butter into the reserved rye and panko crumbs until thoroughly combined and sprinkle top of casserole with rye crumb mixture. Return to oven and broil until the crumbs are golden brown, about 2 more minutes. Watch carefully to prevent burning.

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Butter

Panko

Rye

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Oven