Turn Boxed Mac And Cheese Into The Ultimate Comfort Food With This Creamy Addition

If you think you're too good for boxed mac and cheese, you're missing out on limitless potential and a timeless bowl of deliciousness. Likewise, if you're simply eating it as the box directs you to, you're making a mistake that's ruining your mac and cheese. To take your boxed mac and cheese to the next level, try adding some sour cream during the mixing process. No, it's not an outlandish idea. Social media users claim that sour cream is good for more than just upgrading your quesadilla filling, and that adding it to boxed mac and cheese, combined with, or instead of, milk, gives it a rich flavor and creamy texture.

You can choose to replace the milk with sour cream, or you can add a little of both. While the box is sure to have a recommendation for the amount of milk you should add — a recommendation is all it is. Following your heart is really the only true way to determine the perfect milk or sour cream ratio for you. Regardless, the addition will give your mac and cheese an added zest thanks to the tangy flavor of sour cream, and the texture will become a velvety dream that might even make you forget you're eating boxed mac and cheese to begin with.

Now that you've discovered adding sour cream to your boxed mac and cheese, you'll be thrilled to know that there's so much more than Kraft Mac and Cheese lurking in your kitchen to create a new household favorite that's easy to prepare. To give your mac and cheese a simple, yet delicious addition of flavor and texture, toss in some sun-dried tomatoes and transfer the mac into an oven-safe baking dish to add a layer of bread crumbs on the top. Bake the mac and cheese at 350 degrees Fahrenheit until the bread crumbs are golden and crispy, and the mac and cheese is bubbly. If you need some added kick with a side of sweetness, mix in sriracha before serving for a meal you'll want to have all the time.

The silky texture added by the sour cream makes the boxed mac and cheese the perfect base for adding pulled pork and barbecue sauce as well. It might not be Texas barbecue, but it's a cheesy, creamy, protein-packed meal that you won't regret. Of course, you can keep it simple, in true boxed mac and cheese fashion, by adding little more than the sour cream and some green onions for a convenient, flavorful meal that takes less than 20 minutes to whip up.