Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, jalapeño mac n cheese. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

A friend brought me a big casserole of mac and cheese along with the recipe many years ago after I had had knee surgery. Over the years, I fiddled with the recipe, most recently adding jalapenos at the request of my son. What an awesome spicy twist! —Teresa Gustafson, Elkton, Maryland Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil.

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To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook jalapeño mac n cheese using 9 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make jalapeño mac n cheese:

1. Get 8 oz macaroni pasta
2. Get 4 tbsp butter
3. Make ready 3 tbsp flour
4. Prepare 1 1/2 cup half and half
5. Get 5 oz boursin cheese
6. Make ready 8 oz sharp cheddar
7. Get 4 oz chopped jalapeño, drained
8. Take 1 cup bread crumbs
9. Get 2 tbsp melted butter

It is not the REAL macaroni and cheese made with ingredients you can actually pronounce! This delicious jalapeño macaroni and cheese takes the classic macaroni and cheese casserole to a new level. Or add some extra cheddar or cheddar jack cheese to the sauce. Remove from heat, stir in remaining cheese and the corn, and season with salt and pepper.

Steps to make jalapeño mac n cheese:

1. Grease a 2-quart baking dish. Heat oven to 350°.
2. Cook the pasta in boiling water following package directions. Drain and rinse; set aside.
3. In a medium saucepan over medium-low heat, melt butter. Add the flour and cook, stirring, until smooth and bubbly. Add the milk or half-and-half and Boursin cheese. Cook, stirring, until hot and thickened. Add the cheese and peppers. Cook, stirring, until cheese has melted. Add salt and pepper, to taste. Combine the sauce with the pasta and stir to blend. Spoon into prepared baking dish.
4. Toss melted butter and bread crumbs together and sprinkle over the casserole. Bake for about 25 minutes, or until bubbly and lightly browned.

The jalapeno pepper is briefly sauteed with some onion and this removes some of the bite from the jalapeno. You could use canned jalapeno or pickled jalapeno instead of fresh. This Jalapeno Popper Mac and Cheese works great as a side dish, but it is hearty enough to eat as a main dish. You could leave out the bacon to make it vegetarian. This Bacon Jalapeño Mac n Cheese is a nice twist on the typical recipe and is over the top delicious.

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