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Baked Chicken Sausage Mac & Cheese
Hey, y’all! I know y’all have been patiently waiting since this past weekend for me to post this Baked Chicken Sausage Mac & Cheese recipe that posted on Snapchat and Twitter. In fact, y’all actually told me that you could wait for me to post the recipe as long as I post the recipe because I was honestly not planning to share the recipe anytime soon. LMAO But ask and you shall receive. I always want to make sure I am giving y’all what you want. I honestly need to do a better job of asking what recipes you guys would like to see on the blog. So go ahead and start sending me requests via social media, the comment section on this blog, or by emailing me.
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Tips for this Baked Chicken Sausage Mac & Cheese and Making the BEST Mac & Cheese Ever First things first, do NOT use pre-shredded cheese when you make macaroni and cheese because the anti-caking agents that manufacturers toss the shredded cheese in will affect the quality of your Mornay sauce meaning it will affect the way it thickens and melts. (Mornay sauce is basically béchamel sauce with cheese added…aka the glorious, velvety cheese sauce that makes mac & cheese so tasty!) So purchase blocks of cheese and grate them yourself by using a hand grater or a food processor. For this recipe, I used my food processor because that’s a lot of cheese to grate! LOL
The pasta, yep, picking the right pasta is what will make or break your mac & cheese. Stick to elbow macaroni or cavatappi and stay away from shells, bow-ties, and fettuccine or linguine. The ridges on cavatappi pasta allow the rich cheese sauce to grab hold and stick for ultimate eating pleasure.
The next important thing is to use warm milk to make the béchamel sauce. It’s easier to incorporate warm milk into the roux to prevent lumps, in my experience. If you read up on béchamel making you will discover that a lot of chefs say to use hot liquid with cold roux or cold (or cool) roux with hot liquid. The key to lump-free béchamel is to incorporate the milk slowly. I ladle the milk into the roux while whisking, after a few ladles of milk you can slowly

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