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Instant Pot Mac and Cheese
The easiest homemade mac and cheese you'll ever make! It includes just a handful of ingredients yet it's perfectly rich and creamy and brimming with real cheesy flavor!
👥 8 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 30 min⏳ Prep: 10 min🔥 Cook: 20 min👤 Jaclyn📖 cookingclassy
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- pot
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Pour water and chicken broth into Instant Pot. Add pasta, season with salt to taste and stir.
Salt (and freshly ground black pepper)unsalted butter, (diced into 1 Tbsp pieces)3 Tbsp
2
Cover securely with lid, set valve to sealing position. Set to manual pressure and ⏱️ 3 minutes. It will take about ⏱️ 10 minutes to come to pressure then time will start to count down.
3
Once time is up, turn instant pot off and carefully do a quick release (stand back it will steam intensely!). Once steaming has stopped completely and there's not pressure remaining remove lid.
4
Add butter and pour in half and half. Gently toss until butter has melted.
5
Add cheese and stir. Let it rest for ⏱️ 1 minute then toss until cheese has melted (if needed you can set Instant Pot to saute mode just briefly to help melt cheese). If needed thin with more half and half (it doesn't need to be warm).
6
Serve warm with pepper if desired. Let cool slightly to thicken if needed.
Nutrition Facts
calories
444 kcal
fat Content
21 g
serving Size
1 serving
fiber Content
2 g
sugar Content
2 g
sodium Content
300 mg
protein Content
20 g
cholesterol Content
62 mg
carbohydrate Content
43 g
saturated Fat Content
13 g
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