Mac and cheese wrapped in bacon, breaded, and then deep-fried makes perfect sense if you first stop and ask yourself, "What would Paula Deen do?" And she has done it. The video evidence, after the jump.
Is your Thanksgiving menu low on hardcore, gut-busting, gluttonous dishes? Let Paula Deen be your guide! While searching the recipes on her website, we came across some eye-opening gems. You know, dishes that are probably delicious but we're hesitant to make because they might immediately block major arteries upon contact with our lips. Here are some of our favorites that reinforce our love for Paula:
Today we present the latest installment of a long-running franchise here at Serious Eats: Paula Deen Is Trying to Kill Us. From an episode entitled "Gone Bananas" that re-ran today, the queen of buttery goodness Paula Deen shocks us yet again with her Cheesy Ham and Banana Casserole.
Combining ham, bacon, cheddar cheese, potato chips, bananas, white bread, eggs, milk, cream, and an unspecified amount of butter, Deen bridges the divide between sweet and savory, between bread pudding and casserole, between acceptable and unacceptable. I'm revolted. And kinda curious what it tastes like.
Summer is the time for sequels, and that's also the case here at Serious Eats, as we present the latest in the venerable franchise that is Paula Deen Is Trying to Kill Us. Here, the Divine Ms. Deen unleashes her recipe for All Purpose Cheese Spread on a holiday weekend–weary public.
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LISTEN as the sound of butter, mayo, "jarred cheese," and garlic powder squish under the wire beaters of an electric mixer!
She's back, this time with a recipe for fried mac and cheese. And not just any garden variety mac-and-cheese recipe. Nope. This one calls for a pound of bacon and five eggs total.
No, I am not making that up, and yes, the recipe really is what it sounds like: Deep-fried. Balls. Of. Butter. You mix butter with cream cheese, shape it into balls, freeze them, and then drop them in the deep-fryer. People, she must be stopped.