Pulled Pork Mac and Cheese Recipe | Butter Your Biscuit (2024)

This homemade mac is packed with flavor and is a great way to use leftover pulled pork. This cheesy mac is a great option for football parties, summer cookouts, or potlucks like myBacon Jalapeno Mac n Cheese.

Pulled Pork Mac N Cheese Ingredients

• Pasta:I use elbow pasta but any short pasta will work fine.
• Butter:Both salted and unsalted butter will work.
• Flour:All-purpose flour to help thicken the homemade cheese sauce.
• Half and Half:One-half whole milk and half heavy cream. The higher the fat content the creamier the sauce.
• Mustard powder:Adds an acidity to help cut through the fat.
• Cayenne powder:Totally optional but adds a nice kick.
• Cheese:Pepper jack cheese and white cheddar cheese.
• Pulled pork:Leftover pulled pork or store-bought works too.
• Bbq sauce:I use Kinder barbecue sauce but use your favorite bbq sauce.

• Step 1:Melt butter ina large 12-inch skillet on medium-.high heat
• Step 2:Whisk in the all-purpose flour.

Recipe Tips

• I use this12-inch cast iron skilletbut If you don’t have an oven-safe skillet you can transfer the pasta and cheese sauce to a 9x13 baking dish or casserole dish.
• I use elbow macaroni like with mySouthern Macaroni and Cheese with Smoked Sausagebut you can use any small pasta.
• We prefer white cheddar and pepper jack cheese in this recipe but mozzarella or smoked gouda would also have amazing flavor.
• This dish comes out really creamy (almost soupy ) at first but letting it sit for 15 minutes will allow the cheesy sauce to soak into the pasta.
• Top the dish with some extra shredded cheese and a drizzle of bbq sauce before baking.
• Use myShredded BBQ Chickeninstead of pulled pork.

Recipe Faq's

• 1 lb uncooked elbow macaroni
• 4 tablespoons butter
• ¼ cup all purpose flour
• 3 cups half n half
• 2 teaspoons ground mustard
• 1 teaspoon cayenne powder optional
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon black pepper
• 2 cups pepper jack cheese, Shredded
• 2 cups white cheddar, shredded shredded
• 4 cups pulled pork
• 1 cup Bbq sauce

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

• Heat a large saucepan with water and bring to a boil Cook pasta al dente. Turn off heat and drain water and set aside.

• Heat a 12-inch oven safe skillet (*see notes) on medium high heat and melt butter. Once butter is melted whisk in flour for 30 seconds.

• Slowly add in half n half, ground mustard and cayenne powder and whisk until combined. Bring to a low simmer, while whisking just until thickened.

• Turn off the heat and add in the cheese. Whisk until cheese is melted and smooth. Fold in the cooked pasta and spread out evenly into the skillet (or transfer to you baking dish)

• Add the pulled pork on top of the mac and cheese.

• Bake uncovered for 15-20 minutes or until hot and bubbly.

• Remove from the oven and let set 15 minutes, the sauce will continue soaking into the pasta.
  

• Add a drizzle of bbq sauce if desired.

You can use my slow cooker pulled pork recipe.

If you don’t have an oven-safe skillet you can transfer the pasta and cheese sauce to a 9x13 baking dish.

The mac and cheese will look more on the soupy side, but once the sauce absorbs into the pasta it will stay super creamy.

Half and Half is located in the milk section of your grocery store or you can make your own with 1/2 heavy cream and 1/2 whole milk.