Gluten Free Spicy Mac Cheese Recipes

GLUTEN-FREE MAC AND CHEESE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter six 8-ounce ramekins or a 2-quart baking dish. Microwave 1 tablespoon butter until melted, then toss with cereal and Parmesan.
• In a medium saucepan, melt 2 tablespoons butter over medium. Add onion and cook until softened, 4 minutes. Sprinkle with potato starch and cook 1 minute. Slowly whisk in milk and cook, whisking constantly, until thickened, about 3 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in cheddar and mustard until smooth; season with salt and pepper. Add pasta and stir to coat; transfer to ramekins or baking dish. Sprinkle with cereal mixture and bake until sauce is bubbling and topping is golden, 15 to 20 minutes.

GLUTEN FREE MACARONI AND CHEESE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375° F and grease 13 x 9 casserole dish.
• Cook macaroni according to package directions BUT reduce cooking time so the pasta is still quite a bit firm.
• Drain macaroni and set aside.
• Melt butter in medium saucepan.
• Stir in seasoned salt and pepper; remove from heat and set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, whisk corn starch into milk until smooth.
• Stir milk into butter mixture and whisk until well-blended.
• Stirring constantly, cook over medium heat until thickened (about 5 minutes or so) and remove from heat.
• Stir three cups of shredded cheese into sauce until melted; reserve one cup of cheese for topping.
• Combine cheese mixture with macaroni and spoon into prepared pan.
• Top with crunchy topping (recipe below) and reserved shredded cheese.
• Bake uncovered for 25-30 minutes or until crunchy topping is nice and toasty.
• CRUNCHY TOPPING: Pulse in a food processor until it becomes coarse crumbs: 2 slices toasted gluten-free bread; 1 tsp butter, softened; 1/2 teaspoons paprika.

EASY GLUTEN-FREE MACARONI AND CHEESE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook elbow macaroni in the boiling water, stirring occasionally until cooked through but firm to the bite, 8 minutes. Drain.
• Melt 1/4 cup butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir salt and mustard powder into melted butter and remove saucepan from heat.
• Whisk milk and cornstarch together in a bowl until smooth; stir into butter mixture until well blended. Return saucepan to stove; cook milk mixture, stirring constantly, over medium heat until sauce is thickened, about 5 minutes. Remove saucepan from heat.
• Stir 3 cups Cheddar cheese into sauce until heat from sauce melts cheese. Add pasta to cheese sauce and stir well; pour into the prepared baking dish.
• Combine remaining 1 cup Cheddar cheese, gluten-free bread crumbs, 1 teaspoon butter, and paprika in a bowl; sprinkle over pasta mixture.
• Bake in the preheated oven until top is crunchy, about 30 minutes.

GLUTEN-FREE BAKED MAC AND CHEESE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 13x9-inch (3-quart) baking dish with cooking spray. In 4-quart saucepan, cook macaroni as directed on package; drain. Rinse under cold water; drain.
• In same saucepan, place milk and heat to a simmer over medium heat. With whisk, beat cream cheese, salt, pepper and ground mustard into milk, until cream cheese melts. Remove from heat; stir macaroni into sauce. Stir in cheddar cheese, then stir in eggs. Pour into baking dish.
• In small bowl, mix bread crumbs, Parmesan cheese and melted butter; stir until combined. Sprinkle over macaroni mixture.
• Bake uncovered 28 to 33 minutes or until topping is golden brown and mixture is hot (at least 165°F in center).

GLUTEN FREE SPICY MAC & CHEESE

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to a boil and pre-heat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Cook pasta 2 minutes shorter than recommended cook time.
• In a small pot, heat milk and cream until begins to simmer. Mix corn starch with 2 tablespoons water to create a slurry. Add slurry to the cream mixture to thicken, then season with salt, pepper and jalapeno.
• Slowly add 3/4 of the cheese into the sauce, whisking constantly.
• Add pasta to the mixture and let it sit for 5 minutes.
• Stir in yolks and place in a 9 x 9 greased baking dish.
• Bake in the oven for approximately 15 minutes or until bubbling and slightly caramelized on the top.