Mac N Cheese Bites

Mac N Cheese Bites

Serves:

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 20 mins

Voted by our employees as the best game day recipe, you’ll be a winner, too, when you serve these cheesy bites! 

Ingredients

  • 1 pkg. Bob Evans Family Size Macaroni & Cheese
  • 1/2 pkg. Bob Evans Thick Sliced Hardwood Smoked Bacon
  • 8 oz. cream cheese
  • 1 cup Sharp Cheddar Cheese, shredded
  • 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
  • 6 eggs
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 1/2 cups bread crumbs, for coating
  • 2 tablespoons bread crumbs, for filling
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper
  • Vegetable oil, for frying
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 6 green onions, finely chopped
  • Sriracha Ranch Dipping Sauce (optional):
  • 8 oz. buttermilk ranch
  • 4 tablespoons Sriracha sauce
Mac N Cheese Bites

Instructions

  1. Fry or bake bacon until crunchy. Chop.
  2. Finely chop green onions.
  3. With a mixer, mix cream cheese with one egg until well blended (if hand mixing, use room temperature cream cheese).
  4. In a large bowl, add cream cheese mixture, bacon, macaroni and cheese, shredded cheddar & Parmesan cheese, 2 tablespoons bread crumbs, pepper, garlic powder and green onions. Mix until well blended.
  5. Using a 1 oz. scooper, scoop macaroni mixture into bite sized balls.
  6. Coat lightly with flour.
  7. Dip in egg wash.
  8. Roll in Bread Crumbs
  9. Deep fry in vegetable oil for 2 minutes @ 350 degrees
  10. Mix Sriracha Ranch Dipping Sauce ingredients together. Serve on the side.

Nutritional Information

The action values may vary due to portion size, preparation of product, additional condiments and substitution of ingredients.

Allergen Information

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