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crispy mac & cheese

★★★★☆ 30
a recipe by
Wallace Hale
sikeston, MO

one of my favs on a busy day

Blue Ribbon Recipe

A terrific potluck pick! Super creamy... with the added *crunch* of salty shoestring potatoes. Yum!

— The Test Kitchen @kitchencrew
★★★★☆ 30
serves 4
method Bake

Ingredients For crispy mac & cheese

  • 1 box
    macaroni and cheese (powdered cheese kind)
  • 1 can
    cream of chicken or mushroom soup 10.75 oz
  • 1/2 c
    milk
  • 1/2 tsp
    mustard
  • 1 dash
    ground black pepper
  • 2 c
    grated cheddar cheese, divided
  • 2 c
    crushed shoestring potatoes or potato chips plain

How To Make crispy mac & cheese

  • 1
    Boil macaroni in 2 cups water for 4-5 mins.
  • 2
    Mix soup, mustard, pepper, cheese packet, milk, 1 cup of cheddar cheese and cooked macaroni. Place it in a 1 1/2 quart casserole.
  • 3
    Bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes or until hot.
  • 4
    Stir and sprinkle with shoestring potatoes or plain chips and remaining cheese. Bake until chips are browned and cheese is melted. yummmmmmm
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