Mock-a-Roni recipe

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Ingredients

½ cup orzo
1 ½ teaspoons butter
1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
¼ cup milk
1 egg, slightly beaten
1 ½ teaspoons Italian seasoning
ground black pepper to taste
¼ cup Italian-seasoned bread crumbs, or to taste

Nutrition Info

364.8 calories
carbohydrate: 33.8 g
cholesterol: 108.6 mg
fat: 17.6 g
fiber: 1.8 g
protein: 18.2 g
saturatedFat: 10.2 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 425.2 mg
sugar: 3 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook orzo in the boiling water, stirring occasionally until cooked through but firm to the bite, about 10 minutes. Drain.

  2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

  3. Melt butter in a saucepan over low heat, stir Cheddar cheese into melted butter until cheese starts to melt, 2 to 3 minutes. Add milk, egg, Italian seasoning, and black pepper to cheese mixture, cook, stirring constantly, until cheese sauce is smooth and thickened, about 5 minutes. Stir orzo into cheese sauce until evenly coated.

  4. Spoon orzo mixture into ramekins and top each serving with bread crumbs. Place ramekins in a shallow baking dish.

  5. Bake in the preheated oven until topping begins to brown, about 30 minutes. Allow 'mock-a-roni' to cool enough to handle ramekins without potholders, about 5 minutes.

Recipe Yield

3 servings

Recipe Note

This recipe was created when my baked macaroni and cheese loving husband asked for something more individualized to minimize leftovers. It has been a weekly staple for several years now and our 6 year old now prefers this to traditional baked macaroni.

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