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breakfast skillet mac and cheese

Breakfast Skillet Mac and Cheese

A creamy mac and cheese base is topped with delicious toppings for a twist on breakfast.
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Course Breakfast
Cuisine American
Servings 6 people

Ingredients
  

  • 1 pound Pasta
  • 5 tbsp Butter
  • 3 tbsp Flour
  • 3 cup Whole Milk
  • 4 oz Extra Sharp Cheddar
  • 4 oz Parmesan
  • 1/2 tbsp better than bullion chicken
  • 1/2 tsp mustard powder
  • 1/2 tsp black pepper
  • 1/2 red onion
  • 1/2 red bell pepper
  • 12 slices bacon
  • 6 eggs
  • Easy Hollandaise Sauce

Instructions
 

  • Cook the pasta according to package directions.
  • Grate the cheese.

Prepare the Cheese Sauce

  • Melt 3 tbsp butter in a sauce pan over medium heat
  • Add the flour and mix well. Cook for one minute.
  • Slowly incorporate the milk to the butter mixture.
  • Add mustard powder, bullion, and black pepper
  • Cook the milk mixture until it starts to thicken and feels silky between your fingers.
  • Remove from heat and whisk in cheeses.
  • Combine with cooked pasta.

Prepare Toppings

  • Thinly slice 1/2 red onion and 1/2 red bell pepper
  • Melt remaining 2 tbsp of butter over medium heat.
  • Sauté vegetables in butter until softened. Remove from pan.
  • Chop bacon into bite size pieces and cook over medium heat until crispy.
  • Prepare Hollandaise Sauce.
  • Fry one egg for each person.

Put it all together

  • Plate mac and cheese mixture.
  • Top with sauteed vegetables.
  • Add Bacon.
  • Top with fried egg.
  • Smother dish with hollandaise sauce and smoked paprika.
Keyword bacon, cheddar, egg, hollandaise, parmesan