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Mac and cheese on the BBQ

Homemade Creamy Mac and Cheese

Stacy
5 from 3 votes
Course Main Course, Side Dish
Cuisine American, Canadian

Ingredients
  

  • ¼ cup butter
  • 2 Tbsp all purpose flour
  • 1 tsp salt
  • ½ tsp pepper
  • ½ tsp garlic powder
  • 4 cups half and half cream
  • 145 grams cream cheese
  • 400 grams medium cheddar, shredded
  • 400 grams old cheddar, shredded
  • ½ cup Parmesan, shredded
  • 4 jalapenos, seeded and diced
  • 400 grams old cheddar, for topping
  • 10 cups cooked macaroni

Instructions
 

  • Preheat BBQ to 350°F
  • In a medium saucepan, melt butter.
  • Add flour, salt, pepper and garlic powder, stirring until thickened.
  • Slowly add cream, 1 cup at a time alternating with the cream cheese, (¼ of the cream cheese at a time), Whisking between additions and allowing the cream cheese to melt before the next addition
  • Add medium cheddar and old cheddar, about ½ cup at a time, stirring. Allow cheese to melt before adding the next addition.
  • Fold in Parmesan and jalapenos
  • Place cooked macaroni in a deep 13" by 9" pan
  • Pour cheese sauce over macaroni and carefully stir
  • Top with shredded old cheddar
  • Place on preheated BBQ over indirect heat
  • Allow to heat through until cheese on top is fully melted about 30 minutes
  • Serve hot.