Pimento Macaroni and Cheese with Bacon Recipe (2024)

Posted On Feb 11, 2020 · Updated On Feb 9, 2024

You'll love my Southern take on traditional Mac and Cheese!

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Try this Southern-inspired gluten-free Pimento Macaroni and Cheese with Bacon recipe – we know you’ll love it. It’s perfect as a side dish, for a potluck, or paired with a crisp green salad for a delicious and filling dinner. This is a recipe you’ll want to make again and again!

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How this Pimento Macaroni and Cheese with Bacon recipe came to be:

I love Southern food, and I spent a ton of time mastering baked macaroni and cheese, pimento cheese, hot chicken and pig candy. Then I decided it was time for a mashup, and I made Pimento Macaroni and Cheese with Bacon. It’s possible this is the best idea I ever had, and I’m sharing it with you. Feel free to share it with your friends – but only the ones you want to keep. If you serve them this decadent mac & cheese, they’ll be no getting rid of them!

What pasta should I use in this gluten-free mac and cheese with bacon?

There are tons of gluten-free pastas on the market. My current favorite is the fresh GF pasta from Manini’s (find it in the cold case at premium grocers) or the dried elbow pasta from Schar, Barilla or Jovial.

I can't wait to hear what you think! I would love to see your pics of this cheesy masterpiece. Please share and be sure to tag me @gfreefoodie. Try my traditional Pimento Cheese recipe too.

Pimento Macaroni and Cheese with Bacon

KC Cornwell

You'll go crazy for my Southern take on this comfort food classic! This Pimento Macaroni and Cheese with Bacon is fabulous as a side dish, and even better as a main.

4.97 from 27 votes

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Prep Time 30 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Total Time 45 minutes mins

Course Main Course, Side Dish

Cuisine American

Servings 8 people

Calories 440 kcal

Ingredients

12 ounces Gluten Free Macaroni cooked al dente
6 slices thick cut gluten free bacon chopped
4-5 green onions chopped, white portions separated from green
3 tablespoons Gluten Free Flour blend
salt & black pepper
2 cups milk
2 teaspoons hot sauce
1 teaspoon paprika
3 cups sharp yellow cheddar grated, divided
6 ounces pimentos drained & chopped

Instructions

Cook the bacon pieces in a large saucepan until crispy, remove from heat. Take the bacon pieces out of the remaining grease, and drain. Pour out some of the remaining grease, leaving 3-4 tablespoons worth of grease remaining in the pan.
Add the white portions of the onions, salt and pepper, to the grease and cook until softened, about 5 minutes, stir in paprika. Add the flour and cook a minute or two more. Whisk in milk and hot sauce, and bring up to a bubble, then allow to thicken a minute or two. Turn off the heat, and stir in the green onions, and two cups of the shredded cheese until melted.
Add the pasta to the pan with the cheese sauce. Toss to combine. Fold in the drained pimentos and bacon pieces.
Turn on the oven broiler to high.
Pour into a prepared 8×8 inch (20 x 20 cm) baking dish and top with the remaining cheese, brown under the broiler.

Notes

Reheats beautifully. Recipe can be doubled.

Nutrition

Serving: 1sliceCalories: 440kcalCarbohydrates: 38gProtein: 19gFat: 24gSaturated Fat: 13gCholesterol: 61mgSodium: 453mgPotassium: 211mgFiber: 2gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 1271IUVitamin C: 20mgCalcium: 382mgIron: 1mg

Keyword Bacon, gluten-free pasta, mac and cheese, macaroni and cheese, pimento cheese

Photos:Meg van der Kruik

This'll be the best damn macaroni & cheese with bacon you ever ate in your life. Swear.

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