Best Italian Style Macaroni Cheese Skillet Recipes

EASY ITALIAN MAC & CHEESE SKILLET

Steps:

• Chop Chicken into bite size pieces.
• Chop Onions, and peppers seperately into small pieces.
• Coat skillet with olive oil to lightly fry the chopped chicken. (You be the judge of how much oil you wish to use to lightly fry the chicken.).
• While chicken is sizzling, add a dash of Italian seasoning and a dash of.
• pepper. Stir it up to spread your spices evenly on the cooking chicken.
• Once chicken has turned white all the way around on the outside add the.
• onions and peppers. Keep cooking on a medium heat until the veggies are soft.
• and the meat has no pink on the insides.
• Next add the milk, water, shells and cheese packets. Make sure to stir.
• everything well. Allow it to simmer and reduce to a low heat, and cover with a.
• well fitting lid.
• It will be done when it looks creamy, but shells are soft not mushy.

ITALIAN MAC-N-CHEESE

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Salt water and cook pasta to a chewy al dente, about 8 minutes.
• In a nonstick skillet, brown and crumble the sausage. Drain cooked crumbles on paper towel lined plate. Return pan to heat and add extra-virgin olive oil, butter, garlic and mushrooms. Season liberally with salt and pepper. Saute 3 to 5 minutes, until mushrooms are lightly golden.
• Preheat broiler to high.
• To mushrooms, add flour and stir, cooking 2 minutes. Whisk in stock, then stir in cream. Bring cream to a bubble, then stir in 2 cups of 4 cheese blend. When cheese has melted into sauce, add tomatoes. When sauce comes to a bubble, remove from heat and adjust seasonings, adding hot sauce if desired.
• Combine cheese sauce with sausage and pasta, transfer to flameproof baking dish, casserole or flameproof serving platter. Sprinkle remaining 1/2 cup of 4 cheese blend and the grated Parmesan over the top and brown under hot broiler.

SKILLET BEEF AND MACARONI

Steps:

• In a large skillet over medium-high heat, cook beef and onion until the meat is no longer pink; drain. Stir in the remaining ingredients; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, until macaroni is tender, stirring occasionally, 20-25 minutes. Add more water if needed.

ITALIAN-STYLE MACARONI AND CHEESE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Make macaroni and cheese according to package directions. Transfer to a medium-size baking dish or casserole dish.
• Melt butter in a medium bowl on low power in the microwave. Add bread crumbs to bowl and toss to combine with butter. Sprinkle bread crumb mixture over top of macaroni and cheese. Place in oven and bake for 10 to 15 minutes, or until browned on top.

ITALIAN BEEF MACARONI

Steps:

• Heat oil in saucepan. Add the onions and garlic. Cook slowly for 5 minutes or until soft.
• Add beef to the pan, stirring until it looses the pinkness. Stir in the oregano, basil, tomatoes with the juice, tomato puree, paprika and stock cube.
• Simmer for about 10 minutes, then toss in a couple of handfuls of the cheese and stir.
• Mix in the cooked macaroni, stir well and place in pie or casserole dish. Sprinkle remaining cheese on top and bake in the oven at 180°C (350°F) for approximately 20 minutes.
• Serve with salads and breads.

SKILLET MAC & CHEESE

Steps:

• Cook macaroni according to package directions; drain., Meanwhile, in a large cast-iron or other heavy skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Stir in flour until smooth; gradually whisk in cream. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Cook and stir until thickened, about 2 minutes. Reduce heat; stir in cheese until melted., Add macaroni; cook and stir until heated through. Top as desired.