Entrées
Queso Mac & Cheese
Serving Size
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Take mac and cheese to a spicy new place with the flavorful additions of chorizo ground turkey and chopped jalapeño. Serve for lunch, for dinner or as a side to please patrons with a new take on comfort food.
Ingredients
Queso Mac & Cheese
Yield: 6 pounds
1 lb.
Cavatappi noodles, dry
2 ¼ cup(s)
Mac & Cheese Topping
8 cup(s)
Cheese Blend
1 gal
Water
1 ½ tbsp.
Queso, fresh and crumbled
1 sprig(s)
Fresh cilantro
2 ½ oz.
Pico de gallo
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Blue and gold corn chips, as needed
Directions
- 1. Boil the pasta until cooked al dente. Drain and rinse with cold water. Let cool.
- 2. Pour the cold pasta into a buttered pan (approximately 9 inches x 13 inches). Combine the Mac & Cheese Topping ingredients, blend well and add to the pasta along with the Cheese Blend. Spread evenly.
- 3. Bake in a preheated oven until hot and bubbly around the edges (to an internal temperature of 175–185℉).
- 4. While the mac and cheese is heating, sauté the house-made chorizo ground turkey (in pieces about the size of a dime) until hot and crumbly.
- 5. Remove the mac and cheese from the oven, then top with the cooked chorizo ground turkey, sprinkle with the fresh queso and garnish with the cilantro sprig.
- 6. Serve the pico de gallo and chips on the side.
Ingredients
Cheese Blend
4 cup(s)
Cheese sauce
8 oz.
Mild yellow cheddar cheese, grated
8 oz.
Pepper jack cheese, grated
10 oz.
Velveeta, diced
1 cup(s)
Milk
2 ea.
Jalapeños, fresh and chopped
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Salt and pepper, to taste
Directions
- 1. Heat the cheese sauce in a heavy-duty saucepan. Bring to a boil. Lower to a simmer, and then fold in grated cheeses and diced Velveeta. Blend well.
- 2. Add the milk and jalapeños, then add salt and pepper as desired.
Ingredients
Mac & Cheese Topping
⅓ cup(s)
Potato chips, crushed
¾ cup(s)
Panko bread crumbs
2 tbsp.
Parmesan cheese
1 tbsp.
Butter, melted
Directions
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