Hello everybody, it’s me, Dave, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, shrimp mac n cheese. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
This macaroni and cheese takes on a subtle coastal flair with the addition of shrimp. I used cooked salad shrimp as I found the size comparable to the elbow macaroni. Garlic Shrimp Mac and Cheese is all your food dreams bundled together in one bubbling dish!
Shrimp Mac N Cheese is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Shrimp Mac N Cheese is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have shrimp mac n cheese using 12 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Shrimp Mac N Cheese:
- Prepare 16 oz cooked elbow pasta (I didn't have any so I used penne)
- Get 2 cup cheddar cheese
- Get 1 cup Velveeta Queso Blanco cheese
- Get 12 oz cooked shrimp
- Take 2 1/2 tbsp flour
- Make ready 1/4 cup butter
- Get 3 cup milk
- Get 2 tsp sugar
- Get 2 tsp onion powder
- Prepare 1 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- Take 1 1/2 tsp paprika
- Get 1 crumbled Ritz Crackers (enough to lightly top dish)
Rare is the day that I mix cheese and seafood, but shrimp mac and cheese is an exception. The taboo against mixing cheese and fish or seafood is largely an Italian one, and I absorbed it growing up in a heavily Italian American-influenced New Jersey. Add garlic at the very end for most robust flavor. For cheese sauce, melt butter in medium saucepan over medium heat.
Steps to make Shrimp Mac N Cheese:
- Preheat oven to 350°
- Melt butter on stove top
- Add flour to thicken
- Slowly stir in milk
- Add cheeses and stir. Reserve just enough cheese to sprinkle over the top of the dish
- Stir in sugar, onion powder, garlic powder, and paprika
- Pour cheese sauce over pasta and shrimp in a baking dish. To add more flavor, I seasoned my shrimp while cooking
- Sprinkle with reserved cheese and Ritz Crackers.
- Bake for 30 minutes
Add water and stir with a whisk. Serve with a salad or veggie on the side. Leftovers can be easily reheated in a microwave. I loaded up my favorite basic baked macaroni and cheese recipe (seen previously here and here, and an ultimate version here) with spicy shrimp, pepper jack cheese for an extra kick, and topped it with light-as-air Panko bread crumbs. Seafood Lasagna with Mushrooms and Zucchini Hoje para Jantar.
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