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Or, use pepper jack cheese in place of the cheddar cheese. Spicy: Stir in some chopped chipotle peppers, hot sauce or cayenne.

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Or, after your mac and cheese is finished, stir in some frozen peas. Veggies: Add in some small chopped broccoli or cauliflower before cooking.If you find that your mac & cheese becomes too dry, you can add a splash of chicken stock or milk and reheat it over low heat. How do you keep mac and cheese from drying out?

Mozzarella cheese, sharp cheddar cheese, monterey jack and pepper jack are all great options.

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Tip: Feel free to play around with any combination of cheeses. Simply set your Instant Pot for half the amount of time of the pasta cooking directions. You will want to adjust your cook time based on the pasta cooking directions on the box. The traditional recipe is made with elbow macaroni, but I like a pasta with lots of nooks and crannies like shells, bowties and rotini.

Yes! You can use any shape of pasta for this mac & cheese.

When time is up, quick release the pressure and stir in evaporated milk, cheese, butter and nutmeg.

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Cook on MANUAL high pressure for 4 minutes (or half the time of the cooking time on the box instructions).

Lock lid and set the valve to the sealing position.

Add macaroni, water, mustard and salt to the inner pot.

You could use other spices too, like garlic powder, onion powder, or cumin. But, I love the warmth it gives to the dish.

Parmesan Cheese – You can also leave this out and use only cheddar cheese.

Or, change up your cheese and swap in gruyere, fontina, gouda, etc.

Cheddar Cheese – I most often use medium cheddar cheese.

Evaporated Milk – Evaporated milk is most often sold in the grocery store in the baking aisle.

Yellow Mustard – This gives the cheese sauce a good tang, but it’s totally optional.

Macaroni – Or, use your favorite shaped noodles (more on that below ⬇️).

The boxed stuff has got nothing on this delicious recipe! 🛒 Ingredients needed Elevate your occasion – Even if it’s only a Tuesday night on the sofa with a good Netflix series. You can totally leave them out too.īut, for my adults eating (and loving) this Instant Pot Mac and Cheese, be sure to pour yourself a glass while you’re diving into this mac & cheese. Maybe they’ll even balk at the mustard and nutmeg. Maybe they won’t like the parmesan… So use all cheddar instead. So, I say, if you’re cooking this for kids, feel free to mix things up a bit. But, sneak some black pepper in there and he wouldn’t even touch it. One of my brother’s favorite dishes, and basically the only thing he ate growing up (besides my Nana’s Sunday Gravy) was mac and cheese from the blue box. This is just plain and simple ( and the BEST) Instant Pot Mac and Cheese. They won’t be able to pick out any crazy flavorings going here and they’re going to love it.

I figure that a lot of you may be cooking this dish for your kids.

I wanted the flavors of those amazing cheeses to shine through – You can really taste the delicious cheddar and the parmesan in this dish.

The flavor is really subtle and I made it that way for a couple reasons: Other than that, I kept the seasonings really simple… I added in a couple teaspoons of yellow mustard (we all have some of that sitting in the refrigerator door, right?) and some nutmeg.

I love how it blends right in and thickens this Instant Pot Mac and Cheese to the perfect consistency, along with the medium cheddar and parmesan cheese that lend the perfect tangy, cheesy flavor.

Evaporated milk is essentially thickened milk, which means there’s less liquid in your dish and instead it’s just really, really creamy.

I’m using a secret ingredient in this recipe – evaporated milk.🙌🏻 Why is this the BEST Instant Pot Macaroni and Cheese? This is the most perfect mac n’ cheese ever. I’m just going to throw the statement out there … This is a great recipe for first time instant pot users since it’s super simple and easy! This mac n’ cheese cooks up even easier and in less time than the boxed version. I even use it to reheat leftovers, since we don’t have a microwave.īut, my excitement reached a new level when I found out that I could make Instant Pot Mac and Cheese in under 15 minutes from start to finish!.I use it to make quinoa (I love how the process is so hands off!).I use it to make bone broth (much quicker than my previous slow cooker bone broth).I’m obsessed with my Instant Pot… I can honestly say that I use it at least a few times a week.

Macaroni and cheese in an instant pot