How to Cook Delicious Salmon Mac N Cheese

Salmon Mac N Cheese. The salmon makes such a great addition to mac n cheese. I made a smaller batch (about half - kind of eyeballed quantities) and only used frozen peas as I had no other suitable veggies on hand. Give the classic mac 'n' cheese an upgrade with canned salmon, silverbeet and lemon thyme crumbs (RECIPE BELOW) - a delicious.

My eldest could just about tolerate pasta in a cheese sauce, so it was just called cheesy pasta in our house. In fact, it was the first thing I taught him how to make, using the cheat's method for a white sauce. If you ever ate lobster mac and cheese you know how good adding seafood makes it. You can have Salmon Mac N Cheese using 15 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Salmon Mac N Cheese

1. You need 1 lb of elbow macaroni.
2. It's 1 can of 15oz pink salmon, drained and flaked into small pieces.
3. Prepare 1 1/2 tsp of dry onion powder.
4. Prepare of Cheese Sauce.
5. You need 1/4 cup of AP flour.
6. It's 1/4 cup of unsalted butter.
7. It's 3 clove of finely minced garlic.
8. You need 2 tsp of finely chopped parsley ( I use the frozen cubes sold in stores).
9. You need 3 cup of cold milk (I used almond milk).
10. You need 1/3 cup of ricotta cheese.
11. It's 3/4 cup of Shredded Cheddar.
12. Prepare 1 of Salt and pepper to taste.
13. It's of Topping.
14. Prepare 1/2 cup of seasoned panko.
15. It's 1/4 cup of Melted butter..or more.

I didn't originally start out to make salmon mac and cheese for dinner. My taste buds were set for a nice piece of baked fish. My local store had salmon fillets on sale so I grabbed some. If the question is "mac n' cheese?" the answer is "yes." It's simple, complements any occasion, and has all the things we love about food living happily together in one dish.

Salmon Mac N Cheese step by step

1. Preheat oven to 425°F.
2. In a small bowl combine salmon and dry onion powder and set aside.
3. Cook the pasta in a large saucepan with salted water untill al dente.
4. While the pasta cooks, melt the butter in a medium saucepan along with the garlic and parsley. When butter starts to foam add the flour and mix for about a minute.
5. add the milk and constantly stir untill thickens, about 5 minutes at medium/high heat. You don't want it to boil..
6. When the sauce starts to thicken turn off heat and add the cheeses. Mixing untill smooth..
7. Taste to adjust seasoning..
8. Place drained pasta in a large casserole dish. Add seasoned salmon, mix well. Then add the cheese sauce and mix together..
9. Combine melted butter with the seasoned panko. Sprinkle some extra cheese on top and then the panko mix, covering evenly..
10. Place in the middle of a 425°F oven untill golden brown and bubbling..

Try this recipe for salmon mac-and-cheese a deliciously updated take on an old favorite. When the air starts to turn chilly, we seek out comfort foods - and nothing says "comfort" quite like Mac & Cheese. My version includes a little more 'good for you food' with the salmon addition - all baked in a Camp Chef cast iron skillet. An old time crowd pleaser, the Mac N Cheese is a dish you can't go wrong with. In this version our Huon Salmon is added and we're here to tell you now that this is a dish you're going to crave for meals to come!