Smoked Bacon and Jalapeño Mac

Name: Smoked Bacon and Jalapeño Mac
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 lb shells; 6 slices thick-cut bacon; 2 jalapeños, diced; 3 tbsp butter; 3 tbsp flour; 2 ½ cups whole milk; 2 cups pepper jack, shredded; 1 cup smoked cheddar, shredded; ½ tsp cayenne; salt to taste

A spicy-smoky mac and cheese, layered with crispy bacon and fire-roasted jalapenos for a crowd-pleasing kick.

Total time

40 min

Prep

15 min

Cook

25 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

American

comfortspicy

Ingredients

1 lbshells

6 slicesthick-cut bacon

2jalapeños, diced

3 tbspbutter

3 tbspflour

2 ½ cupswhole milk

2 cupspepper jack, shredded

1 cupsmoked cheddar, shredded

½ tspcayenne

saltto taste

Instructions

Cook bacon until crispy; remove and crumble. Keep 1 tbsp drippings.

Sauté jalapeños in drippings 2 minutes. Set aside.

Melt butter in pot; whisk in flour. Add milk gradually; stir until thick.

Off heat, stir in both cheeses and cayenne until smooth.

Cook pasta al dente; drain. Fold into sauce with jalapeños and most bacon.

Transfer to baking dish; top with remaining bacon. Broil 3 minutes until bubbly.

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

174

Protein

4.6g

Fat

12.7g

Carbs

11g

Fiber

0.5g

Sodium

53mg

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