Macaroni and Broccoli Casserole
"This is a good side dish or vegetarian main dish. Prep time approximate. Cook time allows for cooking macaroni and broccoli."
photo by Chef shapeweaver
- Ready In:
- 1hr 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
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6-8
ingredients
- 3 tablespoons butter or 3 tablespoons margarine
- 3 tablespoons flour
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons salt
- 1⁄8 teaspoon pepper
- 1 1⁄2 cups milk
- 1⁄4 - 1⁄2 cup shredded cheese (your choice)
- 3⁄4 cup mayonnaise
- 1 (8 ounce) package elbow macaroni
- 2 cups chopped cooked broccoli (fresh or frozen)
directions
- Melt butter; stir in flour salt and pepper.
- Add milk gradually, stirring constantly.
- Cook until thickened, stirring often.
- Remove from heat and stir in cheese and mayonnaise.
- Cook macaroni in boiling, salted water according to package directions.
- Cook just until tender; do not overcook.
- Drain, rinse, and drain again.
- Place a layer of macaroni, then a layer of chopped cooked broccoli in greased 1-1/2 quart casserole.
- Pour some of the sauce over broccoli.
- Repeat layers, ending with sauce.
- Bake at 350 degrees for about 20 minutes, or until thoroughly heated.
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Reviews
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Its turned out pretty good, hubby said it was the best mac n cheese hes ever had. I tweaked it a bit though: boiled the broccoli with the noodles, added garlic salt instead of salt (half the amount), more pepper, parsley, cayanne, paprika, chopped onions, sriracha. I used cream and milk, 1 1/2 cup. Feta, parm and swiss, 1/2 cup. Mixed everything togeather, poured into baking pan and topped with herbs, onion and panko. It was great. -
This was really good! So creamy! We loved the broccoli in it. Thanks for an easy and delicious side dish. Will definitely be having this often :) -
I made this recipe on 3/15/11 for the " Sides "event in the Food Photo Forum,and most importantly mine and SO's dinner.Except for cutting the amount of mayonnaise down to 1/2 cup,and adding a lot of pepper the recipe was made as it was written.The baking time and temp. were " Spot On ".After tasting, we felt that " something " was missing,not sure what it was though.But,we both enjoyed the creaminess and tangy taste that the mayo gave this dish.Thank you for posting and, " Keep Smiling:)" -
I liked this and my hubby too and that is because he is pretty picky. -
I've made this dish for the past 2 Thanksgiving holidays and everybody loves it. It's really easy to bake.
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Its turned out pretty good, hubby said it was the best mac n cheese hes ever had. I tweaked it a bit though: boiled the broccoli with the noodles, added garlic salt instead of salt (half the amount), more pepper, parsley, cayanne, paprika, chopped onions, sriracha. I used cream and milk, 1 1/2 cup. Feta, parm and swiss, 1/2 cup. Mixed everything togeather, poured into baking pan and topped with herbs, onion and panko. It was great.
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