

When your macaroni is ready, use a skimmer to transfer the pasta to the cheese mixture.Remove from the heat and add in the tapioca flour/water mixture and the nooch. Whisk briskly until it comes to a small boil. Add in the coconut vinegar, salt, agar powder and white pepper. While the pasta is boiling, place the coconut milk into a separate small saucepan and whisk over medium heat.Prepare the pasta according to the package instructions.Top with a generous amount of panko breadcrumbs during the last 10 minutes of baking or until a nice golden color is achieved. Just let the mac and cheese cool completely in the refrigerator, then transfer to a greased cast iron skillet and bake at 350 until warmed through. If you don’t want to fry, you can also bake this. The large batch you make can also be frozen after they are fried, and then simply refried again (let them defrost for 10-15 minutes first) in smaller batches, with perfect results. With a tiny tap, they kind of break open and ooze immediately. The texture is gooey and silky, and it’s all perfectly encased in a crispy panko shell. This mac and cheese has the perfect amount of richness with just a hint of acidity from the coconut vinegar, which gives it an overall authentic cheesy (with no trace of coconut) flavor.
FROZEN FRIED MAC AND CHEESE BITES HOW TO
I’ve made vegan mac and cheese before and I certainly know how to deep fry, but does that mean I should combine those two things together in one dish? Probably not, but I did anyway.Īfter eating a few of these, I slipped into a wonderful fried food coma.

After spotting fried mac and cheese bites in the frozen section of Trader Joe’s last week, I’ve had this internal battle about veganizing it myself at home. These are the best things I’ve ever made or eaten.
