Macaroni and cheese in the instant pot
If you like your mac and cheese a little softer, you can add a minute to the cooking time or try cooking it on HIGH pressure.ĭisclaimer: post contains affiliate links for items on Amazon. This mac and cheese is super al dente – perfect textured in my opinion.
Feel free to use whatever cheeses you like.Ħ. Crush a sleeve of Ritz crackers and combine with 4 T melted butter. Pour in the macaroni, Pressure cook on high pressure for four minutes or half the time on the pasta box minus one minute. We usually use a combination of mild or medium cheddar + jack or mozzarella cheese (6 ounces of each). Add the chicken stock, 4 T of butter, and heavy cream, and garlic powder to the pot. Freshly grated cheese is best because its super smooth when it melts. I think you could sub half-n-half or ¾ cup milk + ¾ cup heavy cream in place of the evaporated milk.ĥ. Just add water until the water barely covers the top of the pasta, no more.Ĥ. You may find you need more or less water depending on how you measured your pasta and the size of your pressure cooker, etc. In my Instant Pot, 2 ¼ cups was just right. As I mentioned, the best textured mac and cheese has as little water as possible (it’s more cheesy that way). Mix well and serve with bacon and green onions. Once all pressure is released, open your instant pot and mix in the heavy cream and shredded cheese. For the chicken bouillon I use this homemade vegan chicken bouillon substitute.ģ. Combine the elbow macaroni, water, and hot sauce in the bowl of your instant pot electric pressure cooker. If you try other pasta, use 12-ounces (the measured amount will be different) and add water until it just barely covers the top of the pasta.Ģ.
The smaller shapes compact better so you can make it with less water and the mac and cheese is not as runny. We have made this dish with other pasta (medium shells, cellentani, etc), but smaller pasta seems to work best. And that delicious homey taste is so good.ġ. link), this is a great recipe to start with. If you’ve been scared to use an Instant Pot ( aff. My teenage sons will tell you that it’s also good leftover for breakfast or a midnight snack. We most often make this mac and cheese for lunch but it’s also a delicious (and FAST) dinner or side dish. I taught my son to make it so now he’s become the family mac and cheese guy. We love it because it’s made all in one pot in just 20 minutes! Seriously awesome.Īnd it’s super easy for kids to make themselves. We’ve been making this super easy Instant Pot mac and cheese A LOT the last few months. Mac and cheese is the food my oldest son craves every time he’s sick (and when he’s well too, actually). But it turned out to be a good thing because we’ve had a houseful of sickies the last few days. I felt like I was back in California where even a dusting of snow knocks powerlines out and cancels school. Schools were canceled today for about 2 inches of snow.