Cajun Mac and cheese

Cajun Mac and cheese. This creamy Cajun Mac and Cheese has a nice kick thanks to andouille sausage, pepper Jack cheese, and Cajun seasoning. Gently stir in cooked pasta and sausage mixture. Regular baked mac and cheese is already great (if it's done right), but the addition of fresh crab and spicy Cajun shrimp makes it so much more special.

This Cajun Mac and Cheese recipe is loaded with bacon and lots of cheese for the best comfort food in the world. It is easily made with a single pan on the stovetop! Make this stovetop mac and cheese for loved ones, or eat all of it yourself. You can cook Cajun Mac and cheese using 14 ingredients and 17 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Cajun Mac and cheese

1. Prepare of Sauce.
2. Prepare of Milk.
3. You need of Flour.
4. You need of Butter.
5. You need 1 of White onion.
6. Prepare Half of a Red onion.
7. Prepare of Cayenne pepper.
8. Prepare of Salt.
9. It's of Meat (optional).
10. You need 1 of chicken fillet.
11. Prepare 3 rashers of bacon.
12. It's of Cajun spices.
13. It's of Pasta.
14. Prepare of Macaroni.

Reviews for: Photos of Cajun Shrimp Mac and Cheese. This mac-n-cheese tasted great the evening that I made it, and was also wonderful the next day…and the day after that! I made a ton so Adam could take some home and to work for Apparently the only complaint was that I didn't pack him a big enough portion. Gradually add milk, and cook, stirring occasionally, until thickened and bubbly.

Cajun Mac and cheese step by step

1. Place the macaroni in a pan of boiling water and add a little salt over a high heat.
2. Chop the onion and red onion.
3. Melt butter in a saucepan then add the onions over a medium heat and add cayenne pepper.
4. Chop the chicken fillet into small chunks and the bacon rashers in lardon type sizes.
5. Add a little butter to a frying pan and cook the chicken until sealed (All sides are white).
6. Add the bacon to the pan with chicken and sprinkle Cajun spices across all the meat.
7. Once cooked, drain the macaroni and run cold water through it.
8. Once the onions become slightly see through, add more butter to the pan.
9. Change to a lower heat and add flour gradually to the pan of onions and butter and continuously stir.
10. Add milk to the pan to make onions in a sauce.
11. Once the meat is cooked, you can add it to the sauce pan.
12. Set the oven to preheat at 200 C.
13. Begin adding cheese to taste while continuously stir the sauce.
14. Transfer the Mac and cheese to a cooking dish.
15. Lightly cover the top of the Mac and cheese with grated cheese.
16. Cook in the oven until the cheese is melted and bubbling.
17. Take out the oven and serve up.

The hot pepper sauce and garlic flavors heat up the warm macaroni and cheese favorite. Add in the Cajun spice mix, white pepper and salt. Gradually add the milk, slowly at first while stirring constantly, to avoid lumps. Mix the crawfish tails through the cooled mac and cheese filling. Roll out the pastry, and cut.