Creamiest Garlic Macaroni n Cheese 🧀

Name: Creamiest Garlic Macaroni n Cheese 🧀
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Cuisine: European
Ingredients: 1 lb pasta of choice; 8 cups water to boil pasta; 1 tsp salt; 3 tbsp butter; 1/2 onion blended (OR 1 tsp onion powder); 2 gloves garlic crushed (OR 1 tsp garlic powder); 1 tbsp all purpose flour; 1 cup milk; 1 cup pasta water; 2 tsp salt; 1 tsp black pepper; 1 tsp paprika; 1/4 tsp chilli powder; 1 tbsp tomato paste; 8 oz cream cheese; 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese; 1/2 cup parmesan cheese

7 steps

Prep:5minCook:15min

This cream cheese sauce macaroni hits on every level, it's creamy, cheesy, has garlic and onion and is full of flavor. Definitely a staple recipe everyone will enjoy. The only drawback here is that once you start you CANNOT stop eating 🤠

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 03:09:26 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

Low

Glycemic Load

High

Nutrition per serving

Calories508.9 kcal (25%)

Total Fat26.5 g (38%)

Carbs48.7 g (19%)

Sugars4.8 g (5%)

Protein18.8 g (38%)

Sodium1223.6 mg (61%)

Fiber2.2 g (8%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

8 servings

For the Pasta:

1 lbpasta

of choice

8 cupswater

to boil pasta

1 tspsalt

For the Sauce:

3 Tbspbutter

0.5onion

blended, OR 1 tsp onion powder

2 clovesgarlic

crushed

1 Tbspall purpose flour

1 cupmilk

1 cuppasta water

2 tspsalt

1 tspblack pepper

1 tsppaprika

¼ tspchilli powder

1 Tbsptomato paste

8 ozcream cheese

2 cupsshredded cheddar cheese

½ cupparmesan cheese

Instructions

Step 1

Bring 8 cups of water with salt to a boil, then add pasta of choice and cook according to package instructions.

Step 2

In a saucepan, add butter and garlic and onion until fragrant (if using garlic powder and onion powder instead, you can add them with all the spices).

Step 3

Add flour and mix in, then add milk and pasta water and stir, allow to boil and thicken.

Step 4

Add all the spices as it boils and cream cheese, mix consistently until cream cheese melts.

Step 5

Add shredded cheddar cheese one cup at a time and mix it in.

Step 6

Strain water from pasta and return to pot. Add cheese over the pasta and mix well.

Step 7

If pasta pot is not oven safe, transfer pasta and sauce into oven safe dish. Top it with parmesan and cheddar cheese and broil it in the oven for 5-8 minutes.