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Sausage Buffalo Mac and Cheese
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5 from 6 votes

Sausage Buffalo Mac and Cheese

Author: Christine

Ingredients

  • 12 oz pasta cooked according to package instruction.
  • 1 lb bulk sausage
  • 2 stalks celery chopped
  • 2 carrots chopped
  • 1 onion diced
  • 2 T butter + 2 T butter + 1 T melted butter
  • ½ C buffalo wing sauce + ¼ C buffalo wing sauce
  • 2 T flour
  • 2 ½ C milk
  • 1 teaspoon dry mustard
  • 2 C cheddar cheese shredded
  • 1 C monterey jack cheese shredded
  • ½ C crumbled blue cheese
  • ½ C panko crumbs

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350.
  • Spray a casserole dish with non stick spray.
  • Brown sausage in a large non stick skillet over medium high heat, until no longer pink. Remove sausage from pan and set aside.
  • Melt 2 T butter in same skillet, over medium heat. Add carrots, celery and onion. Cook, just until starting to soften, 5-6 minutes. Add sausage back to skillet and stir in ½ C wing sauce. Turn off heat.
  • In a sauce pan, melt remaining 2 T butter over medium heat. Stir in flour and mustard until smooth. Cook 1 minute. Whisk in milk and remaining ¼ C wing sauce. Cook until beginning to thicken 2-3 minutes, stirring often.
  • Remove from heat and stir in cheeses.
  • Pour cheese sauce over sausage mixture and add to cooked pasta.
  • Place mixture into baking dish. Top with panko crumbs and drizzle melted butter of the crumbs.
  • Bake 35-40 minutes.
  • Optional: Sprinkle additional blue cheese over the top when serving.