- prep: 30 min
- cook: 1 hr
- total: 1 hr 30 min
Summary
Skip a step when making mac and cheese by not precooking the pasta. Instead, mix the dried pasta with a thinner-than-usual béchamel sauce, and it will bake perfectly in just 30 minutes.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, divided
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 3 cups whole milk
- 1 tablespoon kosher salt plus more
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper plus more
- 1 pound elbow macaroni
- 2 cups shredded cheddar, divided
- 2 garlic cloves, chopped
- 1 cup panko (Japanese breadcrumbs)
- 2 tablespoons chopped flat-leaf parsley
Instructions
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Nutrition
Nutritional Info

- Servings Per Recipe: 8
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 523 % Daily Value *
- Total Fat: 25 g 38.24%
- Saturated Fat: 15 g 76.54%
- Trans Fat: 0 g %
- Cholesterol: 67 mg 22.26%
- Sodium: 956 mg 39.85%
- Calcium: 332 mg 33.15%
- Potassium: 124 mg 3.54%
- Magnesium: 0 mg 0%
- Iron: 2 mg 10.53%
- Zinc: 0 mg 0%
- Total Carbohydrate: 58 g %
- Dietary Fiber: 2 g 9.4%
- Sugar: 6 g
- Protein: 18 g
- Alcohol: 0 g
- Omega 3 Fatty Acid: 0 g
- Omega 6 Fatty Acid: 0 g
- Vitamin A 16.21%
- Vitamin C 2.49%
- Vitamin D 0%
- * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Diabetes Exchanges
- Exchange - Fat4
- Exchange - Fruit0
- Exchange - NonFat Milk0
- Exchange - Other Carbs0
- Exchange - Starch3
- Exchange - Vegetables0
- Exchange - Lean Meat1
- Exchange - Alcohol0
MyPlate Info
- MyPlate - Grain Total3 oz-eq
- MyPlate - Vegetable Total0 c
- MyPlate - Fruit0 c
- MyPlate - Dairy1 c
- MyPlate - Protein Total0 oz-eq