October - December 2024 COTM + COOKING FROM thread: NEW YORK TIMES COOKING (website & cookbooks)

HOMEMADE HAMBURGER HELPER.

An adult mac and cheese. I made a few modifications:

  • less cheddar, and more American cheese (I ran out of cheddar)
  • half the called for amount of bacon (I ran out of bacon)
  • strained the beef and bacon, and withheld both until the very end
  • parsley instead of chives
  • 1/4 c. Frank’s hot sauce + 1/2 t. homemade serrano pepper sauce.

This was pretty good! The big take-away was adding hot sauce to the the cheese sauce - so good! I made the full batch for the two of us, so we have leftovers for another day. Looking forward to those, and will definitely riff on this in the future.

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