Smoked Brisket Mac and Cheese

Name: Smoked Brisket Mac and Cheese
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 lb elbows; 2 cups smoked brisket, chopped; 3 tbsp butter; 3 tbsp flour; 2 cups whole milk; 2 cups smoked cheddar, shredded; 1 cup sharp cheddar, shredded; 1 tbsp BBQ sauce; ½ tsp liquid smoke; crispy fried onions to top

Pitmaster-style mac loaded with tender smoked brisket folded into a smoky cheddar sauce — a touch of liquid smoke in the cheese sauce ties the pasta and brisket together instead of tasting like two separate dishes.

Total time

25 min

Prep

10 min

Cook

15 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

American

comfortBBQindulgent

Ingredients

1 lbelbows

2 cupssmoked brisket, chopped

3 tbspbutter

3 tbspflour

2 cupswhole milk

2 cupssmoked cheddar, shredded

1 cupsharp cheddar, shredded

1 tbspBBQ sauce

½ tspliquid smoke

crispy fried onionsto top

Instructions

Make a roux-based cheese sauce with the butter, flour, milk and both cheddars.

Stir in the BBQ sauce and liquid smoke.

Fold the chopped smoked brisket and cooked pasta through the sauce until evenly coated.

Top with crispy fried onions and serve hot.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.

Calories

415

Protein

19.3g

Fat

32.1g

Carbs

12.5g

Fiber

0.2g

Sodium

445mg

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