Homemade Mac & Cheese, Grilled Chicken and Spinach...

Pretty decent stuff tonight. I made some homemade mack & cheese for the office "Holiday" party tomorrow so i decide to make extra for us and sauteed some spinach in garlic and butter as well as threw some boneless chicken thighs in a marinade and grilled them on the Kamado.

I really feel sorry for those chickens born without bones in them, but they make some mighty fine eating.

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Mrs. Irish says my homemade mac & cheese is like crack cocaine. I don't know what she did in a previous life.

{HEAVY BREATHING}

Dude I could eat that meal right there about 4x a week for the rest of my life. All my favorites.

Mmmmm gotta love mac n cheese. One of my favorite cuts is boneless chicken thighs. I lightly coat them in mustard and add a little maple syrup and cavender's. It may be my favorite way to do chicken.

Boneless chicken thighs are like the Ribeye of the chicken. Don't tell anyone, or those things will skyrocket at the store.

Amen

I've been asked if I would share how I made the mac & cheese:

4 cups Dried Macaroni
1 whole Egg, Beaten
1/4 cup (1/2 Stick Or 4 Tablespoons) Butter
1/4 cup All-purpose Flour
2-1/2 cups Whole Milk
2 teaspoons (heaping) Dry Mustard
1 pound Cheese, Grated
1 cup Panko Bread Crumbs
1 tablespoon butter
1/2 teaspoon Salt, More To Taste
1/2 teaspoon Seasoned Salt, More To Taste
1/2 teaspoon Ground Black Pepper
1 teaspoon Paprika

Cook macaroni until very firm. Macaroni should be too firm to eat right out of the pot. Drain.

In a small bowl, beat egg.

In a large pot, melt butter and sprinkle in flour. Whisk together over medium-low heat. Cook mixture for five minutes, whisking constantly. Don’t let it burn.

Pour in milk, add mustard, and whisk until smooth. Cook for five minutes until very thick. Reduce heat to low.

This is the tricky part... Take 1/4 cup of the sauce and slowly pour it into beaten egg, whisking constantly to avoid cooking eggs. Whisk together till smooth. Pour egg mixture into sauce, whisking constantly. Stir until smooth.

Add in cheese and stir to melt.

Add salt and pepper. Taste sauce and add more salt and seasoned salt as needed! This should taste pretty salty by its self. Keep in mind you are going to add a buttload of noodles into it...

Pour in drained, cooked macaroni into a buttered baking dish, stir in the sauce, top with extra cheese, and bake for about 30 minutes at 350 degrees.

While that's going on toss the bread crumbs in the melted tablespoon of butter. Pull the mac and cheese out of the overn and sprinkle all that on top and bake for about 10 more minutes.

Chow down.

slurp!!! loves me some mac 'n cheese