This sticky BBQ sauce attaches to chicken, shrimp, and your fingers. It is tangy, sweet, and spicy. It is ideal for summertime grilling or chicken wings.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 50 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr |
| Servings: | 10 |
| Yield: | 10 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 (16 ounce) package uncooked elbow macaroni
- 3 (8 ounce) containers cottage cheese
- 1 (16 ounce) container sour cream
- 3 eggs
- 2 cups shredded sharp Cheddar cheese
- ¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 teaspoon paprika
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9×13 inch baking dish.
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain.
- In a large bowl combine cooked pasta, cottage cheese, sour cream, eggs, Cheddar cheese and cayenne pepper. Mix well and transfer to prepared dish. Sprinkle with paprika.
- Cover loosely with aluminum foil and bake 40 minutes.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 477 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 39 g |
| Cholesterol | 115 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 25 g |
| Saturated Fat | 14 g |
| Sodium | 490 mg |
| Sugars | 1 g |
| Fat | 24 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Made this for the husband, who is a pasta fiend. I admit, I wasn’t a fan and neither was he. It’s not nearly cheesy enough. The sour cream is overpowering and is a weird taste to mix with the other ingredients. The cottage cheese remains clumpy and doesn’t melt. Overall, sour cream and cottage cheese together in this recipe is just a bit strange. The flavors conflict instead of compliment. The addition of cayenne pepper and paprika, however, was a great, subtle flavor. I’ll certainly be using this recipe hack in other pasta dishses. This recipe makes A LOT of pasta, so would be good for a group gathering, big family, pot luck, holiday, etc.
This is a nice change up not your traditional Mac and cheese but so creamy and yum! Both my kids loved it too!
This was an excellent dish! To be honest, when something carries the word Southern in the title you always have to take that with a grain of salt (pun intended). There are so many variations of recipes in the south. I am sure this is one variation. It is good and everyone wolfed it down. My sister thought it had too much red pepper but I liked it fine. Will probably make again.
Great versatile recipe that the kids love.
So so so so good! My kids plowed their food back in minutes! I added sautéed peppers, mushrooms, broccoli, onion, garlic and chicken. Eventhough there is a ton of cheese to begin with I still added extra garlic and herb cheese on the top. One casserole I added buffalo sauce. All turned out great!! Will definitely make this dish again!
Forgot to post a picture… 🙂
I love this recipe been doing it like this for 2 years …. I just use more mild an sharp cheese and no cottage cheese BEST MAC
Everyone loved this recipe and it was soooo easy to make.. Living in the South you quickly learn there are a million ways to make mac & cheese, as for me I’ve found my stand by mac & cheese recipe in this one! Thank you for a great recipe!!!
Easy, quick, simple, and tasy mac-n-cheese option. Way better than pre-made stuff at the grocery of heaven forbid the box stuff. My family of four loved it. Reheat during the week for a quick dinner side.
Made this today for my family and they loved it. I changed a couple things by using only half of the sour cream and I doubled the cheese the recipe called for. Added some garlic powder, salt and pepper for taste since it was pretty bland when I sampled it. Topped with colby the last 5 minutes and took the foil off. Overall, it was good but the next time I will use more than one cheese. Sharp cheddar was okay but it would have been off the charts with a combination!
I followed the recipe and of coursed doubled it for leftovers. I added real bacon bits and corn to the mix.Very good and the family loves it!
This recipe ROCKS. My daughter found it and we all love it. I love that you can scale this down to 2 people too.!!
It pretty much doesn’t get any better than this mac and cheese. Once I was given this recipe by a friend, I’ve never gone back to any other way of making it. My family LOVES it, it’s the perfect comfort food! We like to eat it with Sloppy Joes. Only thing I do different is omit the spices on here & use garlic salt to taste, and I only use 2 eggs. If you want to make it healthier(ha ha, as if mac and cheese could ever be healthy!!!) use whole wheat macaroni, lowfat cottage cheese, lowfat sour cream, reduced fat shredded cheddar….you seriously will NOT miss the extra fat, it is just as yummy! Nothing better than a bowl of warm, gooey, good ole’ mac and cheese!!!
Living in South Carolina, for awhile, I’ve come across SEVERAL “Southern” Macaroni and Cheese recipes- none of which compare to this! This is what I remember as a kid! Although, I didn’t use the full 16 ounce cantainer of sour cream- maybe about half and like other comments before mine- I am a cheese lover! The more the merrier! I used 2 cups of cheese as my starting point and added more as desired. Caught my Aunts husband scrapping the side of the dish to get the remaining fork full. Nothing was left over.
Great recipe! I agree wit others, add more cheese to macaroni…another addition would be 2 cups of shredded mild cheese on top (I put it on 5mins before dish was done) and my family loved it!
It wasn’t all that great. I followed the recipe exactly and thought it tasted bland.
Super easy and super yummy. This was a big hit with the kids and adults alike. I didn’t have cayenne pepper, so used Cajun seasoning instead and also went with the suggestion to only use 16 ounces of cottage cheese. I definitely plan on using this for potlucks and as a staple at family dinners since it’s comfort food that even the pickiest eater will love.
Not a fan of this one. I thought it was very bland. I had to add quite a few other ingredients to make it to my liking.
I’ve made this recipe for years. My family loves it. Only change is to use mild for half of the cheese!
Great comfort food. Everyone loved this dish that my brother-in-law brought to our Easter potluck. I am making it today and adding in leftover, cubed ham.
Eh. Just ok. It didn’t have much cheese flavor (I even used extra sharp) and was overall bland (I even used a little extra cayenne). I don’t recall ever having ‘southern’ mac and cheese so perhaps this is representative of what that dish should taste like. But if that’s the case I guess I’m not a fan of southern macaroni and cheese!