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Mac & Cheese Sushi rolls. That’s it. I don’t need a clever intro sentence to explain why this is a brilliant idea. Enjoy your ‘Murica Maki.
Sushi is amazing, but there’s no way I’m giving it to my non-existent bastard child. Feeding a kid maki is a surefire way to ensure he grows up to be a douchebag. Now if those rolls happen to be made of Mac n Cheese instead of rice and hot dogs instead of yellow tail, that’s a totally different story.
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Like most of the Guyism Grill recipes, this is incredibly easy to make. If you can cook Mac & Cheese you can make this. If you can’t even whip up a blue box though, you might want to consider enrolling in a home economics class at University of Phoenix. There’s no shame in being a Phoenix (yes there is).
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See, that was simple! The real hard part is not eating too much of the Mac & Cheese before you’ve even started. It is a fully prepared meal just sitting there, after all.
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I included this shot just in case you weren’t sure how to quarter a hot dog. It’s a pretty tough concept to comprehend, I know. To be fair, if I was going to use two pieces at a time I could have just cut it in half. That wouldn’t be as fun of a picture though.
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The now cold Mac & Cheese gets spread out on plastic wrap. If you do this right on the counter, you’re gonna have a bad time. You want the noodles pretty compact to help them stick together when you roll it.
Mac & Cheese Sushi log! I heard you like wieners, so I put a wiener in your giant Mac & Cheese wiener so you can eat wiener while you eat wiener. Sorry, I still love X-to-the-Z.
Throw this lunchtime log in the freezer for a few hours so that it’s rock hard. That way you can cut it with ease.
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The key to cutting your log o’ fun is to use a sharp knife. I started hacking at it with a giant cleaver but the Mac & Cheese just broke away. Using chef’s knife slowly works much better.
Arrange them on a sweet sushi plate you have from back when you and your ex-girlfriend were totally going to learn how to make sushi. Throw the whole thing in the over on the lowest setting humanly possible.
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Once they get just barely hot (not too hot or it’ll fall apart) pull it out of the oven and add the finishing touches. Bread crumbs = tempura crunch. Sriracha = well, Sriracha. I also used leftover chili as my soy sauce, because nothing goes with Mac like chili.
Ingredients:
- 1 box Mac & Cheese
- 1/4 cup Milk
- 4 tbsp butter
- 1 hot dog
- 2 tsp gelatin
- Sriracha
- Bread Crumbs
- Chili (optional)
Instructions:
- Make Mac & Cheese according to box.
- Add 2 tsp gelatin when mixing in cheese/butter/mix.
- Allow to cool (about an hour).
- Make flat, rectangular bed of noodles on plastic wrap (2x if you didn’t already eat half the Mac & Cheese).
- Place sliced hot dog on noodles and very tightly roll noodles around it w/ plastic.
- Make sure roll is tight, twist ends of plastic, and put in freezer for 3 hours.
- Remove plastic and carefully cut roll into slices with sharp knife.
- Arrange on plate and place in oven on low.
- Bring up to just hot enough (10 minutes?). Requires a watchful eye. A clock can’t help you now.
- Bedazzle your maki with bread crumbs and chili sauce.
- Eat with chop sticks, if you dare.