# Steak Mac & Cheese

This recipe shows you how to make the best mac and cheese, topped with tender steak bites, with 58g of protein and only 595 calories.

- Servings: 4 servings
- Total time: 30 min
- Cuisine: American
- Category: Dinner
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 280 g macaroni
- 800 g lean steak
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp pepper
- cooking spray
- 260 ml low fat milk
- 150 g light cream cheese
- 10 g parmesan
- 0.5 chicken stock cube
- 0.5 tsp salt
- 0.5 tsp pepper
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp paprika
- 0.25 tsp turmeric
- 40 g low fat cheddar
- 40 g grated mozzarella

## Instructions

1. Boil macaroni in some salted water until al dente.
2. Dice steak into cubes.
3. Add paprika, salt and pepper to the steak cubes and mix well.
4. Cook the seasoned steak in a pan on high heat with cooking spray for 45 seconds per side until crispy.
5. For the mac and cheese sauce, mix low fat milk, light cream cheese, parmesan, half a chicken stock cube, half a teaspoon of salt, half a teaspoon of pepper, and 1 teaspoon of garlic powder in a blender.
6. Blend the sauce ingredients until smooth.
7. Pour the blended sauce into a pan.
8. Add 1 teaspoon of paprika and a quarter teaspoon of turmeric for color to the sauce in the pan.
9. Stir the sauce on medium heat until it thickens up.
10. Add the cooked macaroni and a splash of pasta water to the sauce.
11. Mix well until it sounds like a squishing noise.
12. Finish by adding cheddar and mozzarella to the macaroni and cheese mixture to make it nice and cheesy.
13. Serve one-fourth of the mac and cheese with one-fourth of the seared steak bites on top.
14. Box the rest into meal prep containers.

## Equipment

- pan
- blender
- tongs

## Source

- Original video: https://youtube.com/shorts/L0JtQuTWL5E?si=Wsrb4pb9DH0N9MS8
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/cf2a36f3-49f6-4fc9-bcd2-c10cb15d467d
- Extracted: 2025-11-22

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