Extra Creamy Mac And Cheese _ Stovetop Mac And Cheese Simply Mamá Cooks

Today , I'm going to make creamy stove , top mac and cheese .

This is gonna be good .

So for the ingredients , I'm using eight ounces of elbow macaroni .

Here , I have two types of cheese .

You can use any type of cheese .

I'm using eight ounces in today's recipe .

This is a three pepper Colby jack cheese and looking at the ingredients , it has a habanero peppers , smoked chipotle peppers , jalape O and I just think it's a little too spicy for my kid .

So I'm going to offset it with medium cheddar .

Here , I have some butter .

You'll want to use salted butter .

I'm going to add onion powder , smoked paprika into the mix .

And for my cream , I'm going with Mexican table cream .

Here , I have a medium pan , preheated over a low heat .

I'm adding one tablespoon of butter .

I'm gonna melt that down .

And now I'm going to add an eighth of a teaspoon of onion powder , a quarter teaspoon of smoked paprika , just combine and warm it through quickly .

Now I'm going to pour in my Mexican table cream and you could substitute this with heavy cream .

Sometimes I even use evaporated milk .

It's really up to you here .

I have my shredded cheese again .

I'm using eight ounces of that and I'm using five ounces of the medium cheddar to three ounces of that pepper jack cheese .

And I'm just going to melt this down .

Stir it .

Combine it over a low heat until it's smooth and creamy like this .

Now , I'm going to shut off the heat and set aside until I'm ready to use it .

Ok .

So I have my water boiling .

So to the water , you could add salt , but I'm gonna add a tablespoon of chicken boon powder , give that a mix .

Now , I'm going to add my elbow macaroni pasta into the boiling water and I'm going to cook this for about 9 to 11 minutes .

It just depends how you want your pasta to cook .

Once it's cooked .

I'm going to drain the pasta water .

By the way , you'll want to reserve about a half cup of the pasta water .

This is helpful when you want to bring back the macaroni to life after you've mixed it .

Now , I'm going to pour it back into my pot and add my cheese sauce and it did form a skin as it cooled .

So now I'm just going to combine and mix , you can taste it for salt or seasoning and adjust to your preference .

But this is done .

This is how I make an easy stovetop , creamy mac and cheese and you definitely can double this recipe for more and you can bake it here .

I'm going to add just a little bit of that warmed pasta water with that chicken boon flavoring .

You could also just add extra heavy cream or half and half to make things creamier and bring it back to life before you serve .

So this is done and I'm ready to try , but I was having a little bit of technical difficulty .

So my husband helped me out and now that we're back on track , I'm going to give it a try .

I hope you give this recipe a try .

I hope you like it .

And thanks for watching .