Recipe: Appetizing Shrimp Mac N Cheese

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Shrimp Mac N Cheese. 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 When you taste this variation, seafood mac and cheese will be your new fave! Our Shrimp Mac 'n' Cheese is a seaside version of that classic comfort dish. The shrimp gives it an added flavor of summer, but this creamy, dreamy mac and cheese recipe is perfect all year round. You can have Shrimp Mac N Cheese using 12 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Shrimp Mac N Cheese

  1. Prepare 16 oz of cooked elbow pasta (I didn't have any so I used penne).
  2. Prepare 2 cup of cheddar cheese.
  3. You need 1 cup of Velveeta Queso Blanco cheese.
  4. Prepare 12 oz of cooked shrimp.
  5. Prepare 2 1/2 tbsp of flour.
  6. You need 1/4 cup of butter.
  7. It's 3 cup of milk.
  8. Prepare 2 tsp of sugar.
  9. Prepare 2 tsp of onion powder.
  10. You need 1 1/2 tsp of garlic powder.
  11. Prepare 1 1/2 tsp of paprika.
  12. It's 1 of 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.

Shrimp Mac N Cheese instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°.
  2. Melt butter on stove top.
  3. Add flour to thicken.
  4. Slowly stir in milk.
  5. Add cheeses and stir. Reserve just enough cheese to sprinkle over the top of the dish.
  6. Stir in sugar, onion powder, garlic powder, and paprika.
  7. Pour cheese sauce over pasta and shrimp in a baking dish. To add more flavor, I seasoned my shrimp while cooking.
  8. Sprinkle with reserved cheese and Ritz Crackers..
  9. 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. This macaroni and cheese gets elevated by the addition of shrimp. It partially cooks in the Instant Pot® and is finished in the oven.