Alien BBQ Beef Mac and Cheese

rcubed3r · Newbie Joined: 15 Apr 2008 Posts: 54

Thanx for the great looking recipe!

I am going to make this recipe tomorrow.

After adding the macaroni:

Is it 30 minutes open, 1 hour with foil, and then another 30 minutes open on the smoker?

You have cook time as 1.5 hours...?...

Thanx a bunch!
Ron
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Alien BBQ · Posted: Aug 16 2008 Post subject:

It says "When" ......... In other words 30 minutes of the hour smoke is open.
Hope this helps!
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Damar12 · BBQ Fan Joined: 15 Dec 2006 Posts: 176

Ingredients say 1/4 cup sour cream, directions say 1/2 cup. Which is correct? This sounds awesome.

JimmieOhio · Posted: Aug 16 2008 Post subject:

Alien,

I have made this a few times. The first time, I followed the directions to the letter. The other times, I combined several steps to save time and noticed no difference in the outcome. All times it came out great.

It seems to me the smoking of the meat, then the smoking of the cheese is VERY important. After that, you are just combining ingredients to make a creamy cheese sauce.

Oh, and I found that grating that amount of cheese in a food processor helps it melt better.

Am I doing something wrong?
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Mikesooner · Posted: Aug 16 2008 Post subject:

Looks and sounds de-licious Alien!! Wink

k.a.m. · Posted: Aug 16 2008 Post subject:

Thanks Alien BBQ, I just gained about 10 good pounds soaking this one up. Very Happy

Great job.

rcubed3r · Newbie Joined: 15 Apr 2008 Posts: 54

Damar12 · BBQ Fan Joined: 15 Dec 2006 Posts: 176

Thanks for clarification Alien. You do some awesome stuff.

Alien BBQ · Posted: Aug 17 2008 Post subject:

rcubed3r · Newbie Joined: 15 Apr 2008 Posts: 54

Holy Bat Farts Alien, dat wuz Deelishus!
I used penne pasta and decided to not cover with cheese at the end, other than that I followed the recipe to the t. It was VERY good. My wife went back for a LARGE second helping. My 7yo boy loved it but said he'd like it to have a little more meat in it.
I think using the sirloin was key. If the recipe didn't specify sirloin, I would have used some 'cheap for sale' breakfast steaks or something, and it would have been no where near as good.
I like to tinker, so next time I will flavor the meat a bit more (OK, a lot more), I may add some chilis also....

GREAT JOB ALIEN!!!!!
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Jeff_From_VA · BBQ Pro Joined: 02 Jun 2008 Posts: 720

I love mac and cheese. It's been my favorite food since I was a kid. I am going to have to try this one. Might do it tonight.

Jeff_From_VA · BBQ Pro Joined: 02 Jun 2008 Posts: 720

I made this per the directions, except I doubled the meat. It came out real well. I thought it was good and the kids loved it as well.

I felt there was too much cheese in it, or at least too much Cheddar. Cheddar does not melt all that well and this came out very oily/greasy. No matter how much I stirred at the end there was a plenty of that orange oil in the pan. Our plates were greasy too. I am waiting for the heart attack to start in a few minutes.

If I made it again I would use the 8 ounces of peperjack, and 16 ounces of something like Monterey Jack, or maybe a Colby jack.

Mikesooner · Posted: Aug 18 2008 Post subject:

Jeff..I don't know it's melting quality, but maybe some smoked gouda instead? Cool

Boomer · Posted: Aug 18 2008 Post subject:

Alien

As always you came thru with a winner. Your
recipes time after time show your great use of great
ingridients.

Nice job

boomer
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82's BBQ · Posted: Aug 21 2008 Post subject:

We just got done eating burgers and bbq mac-n-cheese. We give it an 8. I think my batch got a little too much smoke. Next time I will cover it for 1 hour instead of 30 minutes. Overall a great recipe. I don't know if it makes a difference but I used hickory with mine.
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Alien BBQ · Posted: Aug 21 2008 Post subject:

You have to really like smoked cheese.
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82's BBQ · Posted: Aug 21 2008 Post subject:

it was definately smoked. Shocked

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DENALI · BBQ Fan Joined: 08 Jun 2008 Posts: 231

How would this be with say leftover pulled pork instead of sirloin??
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