Hello everybody, it’s Drew, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, bacon mac & cheese. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Bacon Mac & Cheese is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They are nice and they look wonderful. Bacon Mac & Cheese is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have bacon mac & cheese using 11 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Bacon Mac & Cheese:

1. Take 1 pound elbow macaroni
2. Make ready 4 cups milk
3. Make ready 2-3 sprigs thyme & some thyme leaves
4. Take 4 cloves garlic, finely chopped, divided
5. Make ready 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
6. Prepare 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
7. Prepare 5 1/2 cups shredded sharp cheddar cheese
8. Take Salt & pepper
9. Make ready 1/4 cup chopped parsley
10. Prepare 1 pound bacon, diced
11. Get 1 large onion, diced

Steps to make Bacon Mac & Cheese:

1. Bring a pot of salted water to a boil over high heat. Add the macaroni and cook 8-9 minutes, drain and set aside.
2. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
3. In a saucepan heat the milk with the thyme springs and 2 garlic cloves - do not boil you are just infusing the milk with the thyme and garlic flavor.
4. In a large deep skillet melt the butter over med-high heat. Whisk in the flour and cook for about 1 minute, stirring constantly, to keep lumps from forming.
5. Remove the thyme sprigs from the milk and gently whisk it into the butter flour mixture.
6. Continue to whisk vigorously and cook until the mixture is smooth.
7. Stir in 4 cups of the cheese and continue to cook and stir to melt the cheese.
8. Season with salt and pepper.
9. Add the cooked macaroni and parsley, fold together until all the macaroni is coated in cheese.
10. Add to a greased baking dish and top with remaining cheese.
11. Bake for about 30 minutes.
12. While that is baking - in a medium sauté pan, cook the bacon until just getting crispy.
13. Remove most of the fat, leave a little for oil.
14. Add the onion to the bacon and cook for 5 minutes to soften them.
15. Add remaining garlic and thyme leaves and cook for another 5 minutes, set aside.
16. To serve top Mac and cheese with bacon mixture and enjoy.

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