Flamin' Hot Cheetos Mac and Cheese Recipe
If You Haven't Made Mac and Cheese With Flamin' Hot Cheetos Yet, You're Doing It Wrong
Wipe off the drool and get to making this dish already! It's a bacon-loaded mac and cheese topped with the king of all spicy snacking — Flamin' Hot Cheetos. Trust us, this is one weird dish you're going to love.
Spicy Macaroni and Cheese Recipe
By Nicole Iizuka, POPSUGAR Food
Ingredients
- Salt
8 ounces elbow macaroni pasta, cooked
1 pound bacon
2 jalapeños, seeded and diced
1/3 cup flour
2 cups milk
1 cup pepper jack cheese, shredded
2 cups cheddar cheese, shredded
1 teaspoon black pepper
1/4 cup green onions, diced
1 cup Flamin' Hot Cheetos, crushed
Directions
- Preheat oven to 400ºF.
- Bring 3 quarts of salted water to a boil in a stockpot. Cook elbow macaroni pasta for 6-8 minutes, or until al dente. Remove from heat, drain pasta, and set aside.
- In a large dishwasher-safe sauté pan, cook bacon until crispy and all of the fat has been rendered. Remove bacon from pan and place on paper-towel-lined plates to drain, and, once cool, crumble. Remove about half of the rendered fat from the pan.
- Add jalapeños and cook for 2-3 minutes. Whisk in flour and cook for an additional 2 minutes, or until the flour and fat are combined. Whisk in milk and bring the mixture to a simmer. Add in cheese, 1 teaspoon salt, pepper, and green onions. Continue cooking until cheese has melted. Remove from heat and add crumbled bacon, and macaroni. Mix to coat.
- Pour macaroni and cheese into a medium-size casserole dish and top with crushed Flamin' Hot Cheetos. Cook in the oven for 5 minutes and serve warm.
Information
- Category
- Pasta, Main Dishes
- Yield
- 6 to 8 servings
- Total Time
- 24 minutes, 59 seconds
