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Leftover smoked ham and green chile mac n cheese

Plutonium
Plutonium Posts: 231
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Decided to make some deluxe macaroni and cheese last night, added leftover BGE double-smoked ham, local green chiles, plenty of tillamook sharp cheddar, and BGE cold smoked Gouda. Topped it with some crumbled crackers and extra cheese to finish. Incredible!

Smoked ham a few months ago, stumbled upon leftovers in the freezer. Thawed and diced. Used 1lb normal Barilla elbow macaroni. Used some of my annual stash of local roasted green chiles, didn’t measure, but should have added more. 

Shredded about 16oz Tillamook sharp cheddar and 8oz smoked Gouda, which I cold smoked back in February. Saved about and handful or two for topping. Boiled 2 cups of water and dissolved 3 tsp of sodium citrate. Then added the shredded cheese slowly, allowing it to melt into an emulsified sauce. I let it come back to a boil and slightly thicken. 

Added cooked pasta, ham, chiles, garlic, cracked pepper. Stirred up well and dumped into 13x9. 

Crumbled up some butter crackers for a toasted topping, but we couldn’t wait long enough for it to get very toasty. Baked at 400 for about 15min, before we caved in and feasted. Could have finished on the BGE, but didn’t feel like messing with it. This was an incredible, smoky, delicious treat!



Albuquerque, NM - LBGE and an old rusted gasser that I use for accessory storage.


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  • Battleborn
    Battleborn Posts: 3,696
    I could get down on that. I think that will be made with leftovers from Easter.
    Las Vegas, NV


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  • SciAggie
    SciAggie Posts: 6,481
    Green chili mac and cheese is a favorite at my house. Adding ham just makes it better.
    I’d crush a bowl of that.  
    Coleman, Texas
    Large BGE & Mini Max for the wok. A few old camp Dutch ovens and a wood fired oven. LSG 24” cabinet offset smoker. There are a few paella pans and a Patagonia cross in the barn. A curing chamber for bacterial transformation of meats...
    "Bourbon slushies. Sure you can cook on the BGE without them, but why would you?"
                                                                                                                          YukonRon
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,373
    Battleborn said:
    I could get down on that. I think that will be made with leftovers from Easter.
    Great Minds think alike!  :triumph:  

    “All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.”

                  - Mark Twain 

    Ogden, UT, USA


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  • Photo Egg
    Photo Egg Posts: 12,137
    That’s a Super Win.
    Thank you,
    Darian

    Galveston Texas
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  • TN_Egger
    TN_Egger Posts: 1,120
    I need to make a run up I-25 for some of that!
    Signal Mountain, TN
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