crab and shrimp mac and cheese with beer

Hiding chunks (or bits) of crab meat in this fancy mac and cheese gets your kids eating protein-rich seafood hidden within one of their favorite dishes! You might even get away without telling them there is any seafood or crab in their mac and cheese at all. But it can be challenging to get your kids to eat seafood. So just imagine, with every bite, you get a little savoury crunch from the Parmesan breadcrumb topping, silky cheese sauce with boosted shrimp umami, perfectly cooked macaroni (no mushy mac in my world!) AND the soft, succulent shrimp.One of our favorite things about making macaroni and cheese with crab meat is that your kids might eat it too! Seafood and especially crab, is healthy, low in fat, and high in protein. I use 500g / 1 lb of peeled medium / small shrimp in this, so there’s a generous amount dispersed all throughout the dish. No normal Mac and Cheese sauce will have the same flavour that this one has which is boosted with shrimp juices AND the golden bits left in the pan after we sear them.īut what I really enjoy about this Garlic Shrimp Mac and Cheese are the contrasting textures. It’s really a jacked up version of the classic Mac and Cheese. Stir them back in at the end, top with a crunchy Parmesan breadcrumb topping, then just a few minutes under a cranked up grill/broiler is all you need for a golden crunchy topping!

Though the macaroni is cooked in the sauce (the recipe being such that it reduces and thickens to the right consistency by the time the macaroni is just cooked), the shrimp needs to be cooked separately otherwise they would overcook if left in the pot with the pasta. I prefer making this the one-pot way because this way, the broth gets terrific extra flavour by using the fond left in the pot after searing the shrimp / prawns. This is for those times when I can live without a crunchy topping or when time is of the essence (it’s a 20 minute recipe) In one pot – see this Stovetop Mac and Cheese.

The traditional way – sauce and pasta cooked in separate vessels then combined, like in this Baked Mac and Cheese and You will – all those times when you don’t have shrimp! IT’S ALL MADE IN ONE POT! Put these together into one bubbling pot, and you’ve something so incredibly tasty, you may never be able to go back to plain Mac and Cheese again. It’s basically a mash up of two firm favourites – Garlic Shrimp (prawns!) and Mac and Cheese. So I’m making no such joke about this Shrimp Mac and Cheese. (Yes, I seriously got a message from someone who thought that) I quickly wrote back to assure them that I was only joking, that I was perfectly fine, and no I wasn’t secretly an incarcerated food blogger in the unfortunate position of having to start thinking about my Last Meal. The last time I wrote that I love Mac and Cheese so much it would be my Last Meal, I received alarmed messages from readers who thought I was on the way out. GARLIC SHRIMP MAC AND CHEESE – A DREAM COMBO! Garlic Shrimp Mac and Cheese is all your food dreams bundled together in one bubbling dish! A silky, cheesy macaroni sauce with plump, juicy garlic shrimp (prawns) AND a crunchy, golden parmesan topping.Īnd if that wasn’t enough, this just happens to be made in ONE POT and is on the table in just over 20 minutes.

Crab and shrimp mac and cheese with beer