Three Cheese Slow Cooker Macaroni and Cheese
I love easy recipes for the slow cooker. There is almost no prep work involved in most recipes, the slow cooker literally does all of the work.
It’s perfect for a simple dinner on a busy night or great for an easy lunch. This recipe only takes a couple of hours to cook, so if you started this after breakfast it would be ready once lunch time rolls around.
This recipe is all about fun and interesting seasonings and using three (not one!) cheeses. The result had great flavor, the sauce was a thicker custard consistency and the macaroni was cooked perfectly. All in all, an easy recipe for classic comfort food!
Three Cheese Slow Cooker Macaroni and Cheese
- 2 cups elbow macaroni, uncooked (I used Barilla multi-grain)
- 2 cups milk (I used 1%)
- 1 (12 oz) can evaporated skim milk
- 1 egg
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp onion powder
- 1/2 tsp ground mustard
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- 1 cup shredded extra sharp cheddar cheese
- 1/2 cup shredded monterey jack cheese
- 1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
Pour macaroni into your slow cooker
In a mixing bowl, whisk together milks, egg and seasonings.
Stir in cheeses.
Pour mixture over macaroni and stir to combine.
Cook on low for 2 to 3 hours. I checked mine at 2 hours and it didn’t look quite done.
I gave it a stir and let it cook for another 30 minutes.
Serve immediately.
ENJOY!
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This looks super yummy!
Where oh where did you find the tiny pots???
Thanks, Tina! I found the pots at Sam’s Club…of all places!
Your macaroni and cheese looks so delicious!
I dont have any evaporated milk on hand. How important is it to the recipe?
Mary Ann – The evaporated milk helps the sauce to thicken to the right consistency. I haven’t tried this myself, but if you wanted to try it without, I would add an additional 6 oz of regular milk and follow the rest of the recipe as written.
Sounds like Id better head to the grocery store then. Thanx for the reply
Lisa, Love the ease of this recipe! Could this recipe be made with almond milk? We’re off cows milk. Thanks! Gwen
Gwen – I think it would be fine to use almond milk. I’ve never tried almond milk myself, so I’m not sure what affect it would have on the flavor, but if that’s what you normally drink, I think it would probably be just fine! 🙂
Thanks Lisa! We will definitely try it.
Hi Lisa,
This looks soooooo delicious !!! I’m a disabled dude & always lookin for yummy crock pot recipes !!! I’m gonna try this with port wine cheese spread & see what happens =) & have some garlic bread with it =) Thanks, Dave
Thank you so much Lisa! I have never seen mac and cheese made in the crock pot before. I will be giving it a try this week.
LISA , I made it today! Yay! I made in small-ish crock pot so I used half the ingredients… (they even sell mini cans of of evap milk).. II absolutely LOVE this … thank you ever so much.
I used this recipe for a work pot luck and it was a huge hit! Excellent taste and texture. I worried about the parm cheese but it was perfect!
I have a very similar crock pot mac and cheese recipe-same ingredients, but you have to cook the macaroni before putting it in the crock pot! It’s a delicious recipe, and I love the fact that you use uncooked macaroni!
Hi, I followed this recipe to a T but it didn’t turn out as expected. The sauce got all separated and almost curdled-like. I am wondering why this happened! And what I can change to prevent this… thank you!! 🙂 I’d really appreciate a response!
I’m sorry to hear this didn’t turn out for you, Kendra. I don’t have a really good answer as to why it happened. If you try this again, I would make sure that the milk and egg are whisked together really well and make sure the cheese is well distributed after you pour it over the noodles. I also wouldn’t stir it more than once, towards the end of cooking. The other thing I’m wondering is did you use reduced fat cheese? I didn’t, so if you did maybe that’s what made a difference.
Sorry I couldn’t be more helpful.
Lisa
Hi Lisa,
Hm, yes I did make sure it was whisked well etc. Only stirred once. No, they weren’t reduced fat cheeses. I used parm, marble, and medium cheddar. I also used homo evaporated milk, maybe that could be it? That it was homo? I had never used evaporated milk before!
Made this for dinner tonight. Was very tasty! However, mine also curdled and the recipe was followed exactly…