Mac And Cheese Bake With Bacon And Cottage Cheese

• 1 lb. cooked elbow macaroni drained
• 3/4 lb. medium sliced cheddar or american cheese
• 1-1/2 cups whole milk
• 1 medium chopped yellow onion
• 4 oz. crispy cooked bacon, crumbled
• 3 tbls. flour
• 1 4 oz. jar chopped pimentos
• 1 4 oz. can chopped mild chilies
• 3 tbls. Sambal Olek chili sauce
• 12 oz. small curd cottage cheese
• 3 tbls. salted butter

1. Melt butter, saute onion till softened, add flour to make rue. Add milk 1/2 cup at a time while stirring and add sliced cheese slowly to make a rich thick cheese sauce. Fold in chilies, Sambal, pimentos, bacon, and cottage cheese, stirring gently till just mixed. Layer macaroni then sauce in a 9x13 baking dish and bake 45 minutes or until sauce is mostly absorbed. Cool to desired temperature, cut in squares and serve.

macaroni, american cheese, milk, yellow onion, bacon, flour, pimentos, mild chilies, sambal, cheese, butter

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/mac-and-cheese-bake-with-bacon-and-cottage-cheese-51600091 (may not work)