Extra Gooey Mac and Cheese Recipe (2024)

This super simple Mac and Cheese Recipe is great for those evenings when you are too tired to spend a lot of time in the kitchen, but don’t really feel like spending money eating out! You can have dinner on the table in 30 minutes!

Mac and Cheese is one of my favorite dishes to make. It’s a tasty and inexpensive comfort food. Like most of us, I like my mac and cheese to be sticky, super cheesy and to have little gooey cheese strands each time I pick up the fork.

If you’re looking for a healthy recipe, this isn’t it. It’s neither low calorie or all natural. It is, however, amazing. So, if you’re not against using a cream-of-(insert here) soup every now and then, you should definitely give it a try.

🍽️ Why This Recipe Works

10 Minutes Prep | Fast prep makes cooking even easier. I love making food that I can literally toss together and cook in minutes. There is a little bit of hands on work, but it’s easy stuff.

Inexpensive | Buy all the ingredients and spend very little money on them. That’s always a win!

Makes a lot | One batch will give you around eight servings. This is perfect to take to a gathering or potluck too.

🧀 Ingredients

Medium Shells – Any old pasta will work, but I like the way these shells form small “scoops” to hold a bit more of the gooey goodness!

Condensed Cheddar Cheese Soup – This is one of my all-purpose, go-to soups. The funny thing is I don’t think I have ever actually used it as a soup! It is always as an ingredient in a recipe. This is one to keep in your pantry.

Shredded Sharp Cheddar Cheese – Nothing goes better with cheese soup than more cheese!

Tip: I prefer to buy the blocks of cheese over the bags of pre-shredded. Many times, the companies will add preservatives to the shredded cheese. It is just as easy to use your Cuisinart to shred it yourself and avoid the additives.

🍽️ Instructions

Step One: Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add your pasta and cook until done.

Step Two: Heat up another pan, melt butter, then add the condensed soup and whisk until warmed through (about one minute).

Step Three: Add shredded cheese and whisk until sticky and thoroughly combined. You’ll know it’s done once it looks like a cheese sauce with no visible bits of shredded cheese. Taste the sauce and decide whether it needs salt and pepper. This is optional because the cream of cheddar cheese soup has salt in it.

Step Four: Drain the pasta and transfer it to large mixing bowl. Pour cheese sauce over top and stir until fully combined. Serve immediately.

👩‍🍳 Expert Tips

• Never overcook the pasta or it will become sticky and mushy. That is not too appealing!
• Add in your favorite ingredients. Hamburger, ground turkey, tuna, peas, or broccoli would all be some tasty options.
• Adding a little bit of salt to the water is a must. It makes all the difference in the final results.

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