Recipe time does not include the time it takes for your instant pot to come to pressure. This recipe has not been tested on the 6-quart instant pot or in other pressure cooker brands. Cooking time may vary if you use a different pressure cooker. This recipe is written specifically for the 8 Quart Instant Pot Duo 7-in-1 Pressure Cooker. If it thickens too much for your liking, you can add a splash of milk to loosen it up. Let sit for 5 minutes to thicken, then stir again and serve. Open the pot and stir in the cheeses, sour cream, mustard, and cayenne pepper. After 4 minutes, do a quick-release on the instant pot and immediately open the lid (or it will continue cooking). Perform a quick release by moving the Steam Release to Venting. Similar to box Velveeta macaroni and cheese, this recipe will thicken upon standing. Select the Manual setting and set the cooking time for 6 minutes at high pressure. You can use a white cheddar or orange cheddar for this recipe. When its done cooking, let the pressure release naturally (NR) for 5 minutes, then quick release (QR) the remaining steam. Press the 'Pressure Cook' or 'Manual' button and set the time to 2 minutes on High pressure. Close the lid and turn the vent to a Sealing position. 2 Add 4 cups water to the macaroni mixture. Put macaroni and water in the Instant Pot. Turn off the instant pot and let sit for several minutes to thicken. 1 Combine the macaroni, butter, salt, mustard powder and hot sauce in a 6- to 8-quart Instant Pot. Stir constantly until all of the cheese is melted. Mix the milk, Velveeta, and shredded cheddar cheese into the cooked macaroni. Hit Cancel, and then set the instant pot setting to Saute.ĥ. As soon as this happens, flip the switch back to Sealed and wait for 20 to 30 seconds. Allow the pressure to release until you see foam or large water droplets coming from the valve. (The damp towel will help to eliminate spatter as the steam releases.) When the float valve drops, open the instant pot. Here’s how to do it: When the cook time ends, flip the pressure valve from Sealed to Venting. At the end of the 4 minutes, place a damp towel over the top of the instant pot and carefully turn the steam release valve to the venting position. Once the instant pot is pressurized, the float valve will rise and the cook timer will begin counting down.Ĥ. After 10 seconds the display will say On. Select the manual/pressure cook, high-pressure setting, and set the time to 4 minutes. Place the lid onto your instant pot and turn the steam valve to the sealing position.ģ. Pour the water over the macaroni and add the butter, salt, and pepper to the pot.Ģ. Pour the uncooked macaroni into your instant pot. The bags of shredded cheese are coated in a powder to keep it from sticking together, which makes your sauce grainy.1.
Stir in the evaporated milk and shredded cheddar cheese until smooth and creamy. Toss the shredded cheddar cheese with the flour. Cover and lock the lid in place, set to manual high pressure for 4 minutes. One tip for creamy, perfect homemade mac and cheese: don’t use pre-shredded cheese. Place the butter, elbow pasta, salt and 4 cups water to inner pot. Just one pot and about 20 minutes is all it takes to make homemade mac and cheese. Spice it up with some seasoning and/or Sriracha.Seal the pot, and cook for 4 minutes at high pressure.
Dump pasta, water, butter, and salt into the Instant Pot.I tweaked it a bit to give it a little more flavor, but it was a great starter recipe to get me going. So I turned to my trusty Instant Pot, to at least keep the level of time and effort the same as the boxed stuff.Īctive Hip Momma’s recipe seemed to be the simplest and most popular one, so I started there.
Now, I’m not a crunchy mom in the least, so I don’t even really know what the whole deal with phthalates is, but I did enough Googling to decide I needed to at least attempt to do better for my son, especially in these early years. Apparently all boxed mac and cheese products have evil, murderous phthalates in them. And then I found out that my beloved boxed mac and cheese had to be added to our list of things to be terrified of as a mom (it’s a long list, y’all).