Food Lab Basics: 3 Ingredient Macaroni and Cheese (1 Pot, 10 Minutes)

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It's gooey, cheesy, smooth, velvety, gloriously rich stovetop macaroni and cheese, using only three ingredients. That's one fewer than the blue box stuff!

NOTE: EVAPORATED MILK, NOT SWEETENED CONDENSED.

(and to you pedants out there: the peas and ham and hot sauce are just things I threw in because I felt like it. The recipe itself is just macaroni, evaporated milk, and cheese. Nobody counts salt or water as an ingredient. Nobody.)

Equal parts macaroni, evaporated milk, and grated cheese. Put the mac in a pan and add cold water until it's just covered, along with a little pinch of salt. Cook, stirring, until the water is almost completely dry and the pasta is just shy of al dente. Add the evaporated milk and cheese and simmer while stirring until the pasta is done. If it gets a little too thick, add some more evaporated milk or regular milk or water to thin it out. Season to taste. Ta da!

Get some more of the science here: https://www.seriouseats.com/2017/01/the-food-lab-3-ingredient-fast-easy-stovetop-macaroni-and-cheese.html

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