Soul Food Lobster Mac And Cheese

Step 1

Toss the cooked lobster meat in a tablespoon of melted butter and set aside.

Step 2

Turn the Instant Pot on the sauté setting for 25 minutes (although you may not need this entire amount of time).

Step 3

Fill the Instant Pot stainless steel inner pot with 3 cups of milk, 3 cups of water, and 1 tablespoon of butter.

Step 4

Pro tip- For baked mac and cheese the Black way, use milk to coat the macaroni and give it a smooth, silky texture. Perfect for layering on cheese!

Step 5

Once the water simmer, add the macaroni and cook al dente according to the package directions. Occasionally stirring to make sure the macaroni doesn't clump and stick.

Step 6

Drain the macaroni and set it aside.

Step 7

Add the 3 tablespoons of butter to the empty inner pot and turn it back on the sauté setting.

Step 8

When the butter is melted, add the flour, 1 ¼ cups of milk, seasonings (salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, dried mustard, and paprika), and whisk until smooth.

Step 9

Change the Instant Pot cook setting from sauté to slow cook for 1-hour (although you will not need this entire amount of time).

Step 10

While the cook setting changes from sauté to slow cook, allow the ingredients to simmer for about 3 minutes until the mixture thickens slightly.

Step 11

Stir in the cheeses (reserve some for topping when baking).

Step 12

Close the Instant Pot with the lid and slow cook for 5-10 minutes until the cheese mixture is blended.

Step 13

Open the lid to add the cooked pasta and the heavy cream to the inner pot, stirring the mixture to blend evenly.

Step 14

Then stir in the cooked lobster meat.

Step 15

Transfer the pasta mixture into an 8-inch cast-iron skillet or baking pan.

Step 16

Top with the remaining cheese.

Step 17

Bake in the Instant Pot Omni Plus oven at 350 degrees F for 10 minutes or until golden and bubbly. Or bake in the conventional oven for 15 minutes or until mac and cheese is golden and bubbly.

Step 18

Serve Southern soul food lobster mac and cheese right away, and enjoy!