End of Summer Seafood Mac-n-Cheese

[Steve H]

Good god Chris!! That looks simply amazing!

 

[mr_whipple]

That looks ridiculous! I can't eat that much cheese anymore but damn it I'd murder a whole tray of that.

 

[gmc2003]

Good god Chris!! That looks simply amazing!

Thanks Steve

That looks ridiculous! I can't eat that much cheese anymore but damn it I'd murder a whole tray of that.

Appreciate it Chris, I'm not sure what I'd do if had restrictions on the amount of cheese I eat. That would be a tough pill for me to swallow.

Chris

 

[texomakid]

Biggest crawdads I've ever seen! lol I've only had lobster a couple of times and found it very good. That looks great Chris.

 

[gmc2003]

Biggest crawdads I've ever seen! lol I've only had lobster a couple of times and found it very good. That looks great Chris.

LOL, thanks Randy. I guess you could call lobster New Englands crawdad.

Chris

 

[Brokenhandle]

Looks awesome Chris!

Ryan

 

[gmc2003]

Looks awesome Chris!

Ryan

Appreciate it Ryan. It did hit the spot.

Chris

 

[Cajun Smokes]

Well the end of summer is fast approaching, and we had a hankering for some seafood Mac.

The dish starts off with two lobsters. Both are just under 1.5 pounds. I had the store steam these for me. One less pot for me to wash.
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Next its grating time. An 8oz block of smoked Gruyere Cheese, and about 14 oz of Cabot extra sharp cheddar.
View attachment 702970Fried up 8 slices of thick cut bacon. Then I cooked the scallops, and shrimp in the bacon juice. Total was a pound of each. The scallops were farm raised, and the shrimp were the 50/70 count wild from LA.
Bacon on the bottom, scallops in the middle(hidden) and shrimp on top.
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Made a roux with a stick of butter and a cup of AP flour. Once thickened I added 4 cups of a warmed up combo of milk and half-n-half plus a couple twists of pepper. Stirring until I got a nice thick mixture. Then the noodles were added. One pound of small shells - cooked just before they reached al dente. After the seafood was gently folded into the mixture.
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Can't forget about the lobster and bacon:
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I made two pans one for us(the bigger one), and one for the kid and his family. Topped off the pans with a little cheddar.
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and now it's chomping time - dinner is served.
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Not too bad for old prison food. Thanks for hanging with me.

Chris

Edit: I added the cheese to the mixture before the noodles.

I'm a sucker for Mac n cheese. My friends make fun of me because I only make Mac n cheese everytime I drink enough to stumble lol. I have made shrimp Mac n cheese before but it didn't have the flavor I was looking for, still good though. This seafood Mac n cheese is on the list for sure. Thanks for showing this to us.

 

[Fueling Around]

I'm a sucker for Mac n cheese. My friends make fun of me because I only make Mac n cheese everytime I drink enough to stumble lol. I have made shrimp Mac n cheese before but it didn't have the flavor I was looking for, still good though. This seafood Mac n cheese is on the list for sure. Thanks for showing this to us.

I've made a lot of memorable meals in the stumble mode.
Some good and some ....
Wish I had the recipe for the good ones.

 

[Gonna Smoke]

Unbelievable Chris!! That sounds and looks phenomenal and would be right up my alley...

 

[gmc2003]

I've made a lot of memorable meals in the stumble mode.
Some good and some ....
Wish I had the recipe for the good ones.

Same here, the creative juices seem to flow unrestricted during those times.

Here's one I did last night. I had made these once before and had to try them again. Just to make sure. I do remember my grandson liked them.

Porken nuggets: They're a frozen chicken nugget, wrapped in bacon, coated in BBQ sauce, and topped off with a square of cheddar. A quick and simple app or snack. I made these with the leftover heat from a rib cook I did for supper.

Plated shot: I ran out of bacon thus the two in the center were left partially naked.

Chris

 

[gmc2003]

I'm a sucker for Mac n cheese. My friends make fun of me because I only make Mac n cheese everytime I drink enough to stumble lol. I have made shrimp Mac n cheese before but it didn't have the flavor I was looking for, still good though. This seafood Mac n cheese is on the list for sure. Thanks for showing this to us.

Thanks CS, flavor o'plenty in this dish.

Unbelievable Chris!! That sounds and looks phenomenal and would be right up my alley...

Appreciate it Charles. I'm kind of wishing I kept that second pan now.

Chris

 

[crazymoon]

Chris, I would have a hard time stopping myself from trying to eat the whole pan. Looks delicious!!!!

 

[Cajun Smokes]

Same here, the creative juices seem to flow unrestricted during those times.

Here's one I did last night. I had made these once before and had to try them again. Just to make sure. I do remember my grandson liked them.

Porken nuggets: They're a frozen chicken nugget, wrapped in bacon, coated in BBQ sauce, and topped off with a square of cheddar. A quick and simple app or snack. I made these with the leftover heat from a rib cook I did for supper.
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Plated shot: I ran out of bacon thus the two in the center were left partially naked.
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Chris

Looks delicious!

 

[Bigtank]

OMG That looks good!!

 

[JckDanls 07]

Chris... I've reread your post a few times... Looking for info on cooking the pan full of your so tasty looking concoction... Or was it ready after all the mixing ? No melting and browning the top ?

 

[Buckeyedude]

Nice! Ill take a pan of the mac n cheese and a plate of the pork nugs pls!

 

[chef k-dude]

Wow, thats the highest-end mac-N-cheese I think I've ever seen It takes some confidence in your recipe to spend that kind of money on a casserole, for sure. I rarely buy lobster for fear I'll screw it up! My wife would love that, she's the seafood, especially shrimp and scallop lover.

In your face!...anyone that says cheese doesn't belong with seafood!

Were the chicken nuggets cooked first or straight from the freezer

 

[JLeonard]

Not too bad for old prison food

Man I’d almost go to prison for a bowl!

Jim

 

[gmc2003]

Chris, I would have a hard time stopping myself from trying to eat the whole pan. Looks delicious!!!!

LOL Dave, we made a pretty good dent in it, but I was glad we still had some leftovers.

Looks delicious!

Appreciate it CS

Chris