Gooey and loaded with creamy flavor, your hungry fans will really love Cracking Good Mac and Cheese! With spicy sausage and tomatoes, it's dang delicious.
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This recipe from our good friends Kari and Eli Phillips was the winner of the Chef's Vote at our 2017 Macaroni & Cheese Cook-Off Cracking Good Mac and Cheese is a very cheesy concoction, with Velveeta, spicy Italian sausage, and diced tomatoes with chiles.
Oh, and a generous layer of Fritos corn chips across the top! It is a gooey, loaded macaroni and cheese that your hungry fans really love.
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Why you'll really love Cracking Good Mac and Cheese
It's very easy to throw this dish together. If you or your family love boxed Velveeta mac and cheese, then they'll really love this homemade version. It's spicy and meaty, so filling and comforting.
Regular Fritos corn chips are delicious on this mac and cheese, but feel free to try their Chili Cheese or Barbecue flavors, too. Tortilla chips or Doritos would also be delicious here.
🔪 How to make Cracking Good Mac and Cheese
Ingredients:
- Velveeta: Hey, this is an indulgent mac and cheese, and Velveeta makes it extra luscious and melty.
- Pasta: Use any sturdy, twisty shape that will really hold the sauce: elbows, rotini, shells, or fusilli are all good choices.
- Sausage: I use bulk ground sausage, and other mild or spicy sausage crumbles will work great, too.
- Milk: Just a little milk helps pull the sauce together.
- Ro-Tel Diced Tomatoes: The kind that has mild or spicy diced chilis.
- Fritos: These chips add the finishing, salty and crunchy touch.
Cook the pasta
Cook the pasta according to the package directions, then drain and hold it aside.
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Make the sauce
Combine the Velveeta with milk in a large pot and heat until everything is melted. Stir in the sausage, diced tomatoes, and pasta, and cook until everything is heated through.
Serve!
Serve the mac and cheese topped with Fritos. And dig in.
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Tips:
- Try swapping in hot or mild turkey sausage. You can also add diced veggies like bell peppers, jalapeños, chopped onions, or broccoli florets.
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📖 Recipe
Cracking Good Mac and Cheese
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Ingredients
- 16 ounces rotini pasta
- 2 pounds Velveeta processed cheese
- ½ cup milk
- 1 pound spicy bulk sausage, cooked, drained and crumbled
- 10 ounces Ro-Tel diced tomatoes with green chilies, drained
- 2 cups Fritos corn chips
Instructions
Make the pasta:
- Cook 16 ounces rotini pasta according to package directions. Drain the pasta well and set aside.
Make the sauce:
- Place into a large Dutch oven or deep pot 2 pounds Velveeta processed cheese and ½ cup milk Stir these over medium-low heat until the cheese is melted and the mixture is smooth.
- Stir in the 1 pound spicy bulk sausage, cooked, drained and crumbled and the 10 ounces Ro-Tel diced tomatoes with green chilies, drained.
Add the pasta:
- Add in the cooked pasta and stir to thoroughly coat the noodles with the sauce.
- Cook the macaroni and cheese over medium heat for about 15 minutes, stirring often, until it is heated through and bubbly. Remove the pot from the heat.
Serve:
- Spread 2 cups Fritos corn chips over the top of the macaroni and cheese in the pot and serve. Or, garnish the macaroni and cheese with Fritos after it's ladled out into serving dishes. Serve it while it's hot.
To store:
- Leftover mac and cheese can be stored in a tightly sealed container in the fridge for up to four days. Reheat it gently in the microwave or on the stove top.
Notes
- Try swapping in hot or mild turkey sausage.
- You can also add diced veggies to the mac and cheese, such as bell peppers, jalapeños, chopped onions, or broccoli florets.
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