{"id":12166,"date":"2025-09-05T15:23:05","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T19:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/?p=12166"},"modified":"2025-09-12T13:37:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T17:37:54","slug":"jalapeno-popper-slow-cooker-mac-cheese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/jalapeno-popper-slow-cooker-mac-cheese\/","title":{"rendered":"Jalape\u00f1o Popper Slow Cooker Mac &#038; Cheese"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none \" src=\"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-content\/gallery\/recipes\/JalapenoPopperSlowCookerMacCheese.jpg\" alt=\"Jalape\u00f1o Popper Slow Cooker Mac & Cheese\" \/><br><br \/>\n<a class=\"shop_ingred\" target=\"_blank\" href='https:\/\/shop.pricechopper.com\/store\/price-chopper-ny\/recipes\/8109439-jalapeno-popper-slow-cooker-mac-cheese' rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Shop Ingredients  <\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"icoDL\" src=\"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-content\/images\/ico_Print.png\" alt=\"download\" title=\"Print Recipe\" onClick=\"window.print()\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/jalapeno-popper-slow-cooker-mac-cheese\/emailpopup\/\" onclick=\"email_popup(this.href); return false;\"  title=\"Email This Post\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-EmailIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-email\/images\/ico_email.png\" alt=\"Email This Post\" title=\"Email This Post\" style=\"border: 0px;\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span class=\"recTitle\">Jalape\u00f1o Popper Slow Cooker Mac &#038; Cheese<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\">Prep: 15  minutes<br \/>\nSlow Cook: 1 hour 45 minutes \u2022 Serves: 12<\/span> <!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"recIngre\"><span>2 <\/span>cans (12 ounces each) evaporated milk<br \/>\n<span>1\t<\/span>package (16 ounces) elbow macaroni<br \/>\n<span>1\t<\/span>package (8 ounces) cream cheese, cut into small pieces<br \/>\n<span>3-1\/2 <\/span>cups shredded sharp Cheddar cheese<br \/>\n<span>2\t<\/span>cups whole milk<br \/>\n<span>3\/4 <\/span>cup chopped drained <strong>PICS mild sliced jalape\u00f1os<\/strong><br \/>\n<span>3\/4 <\/span>cup cubed unsalted butter (1-1\/2 sticks)<br \/>\n<span>1\t<\/span>teaspoon kosher salt<br \/>\n<span>1\/2 <\/span>teaspoon dry mustard<br \/>\n<span>1\/2 <\/span>teaspoon ground black pepper<br \/>\n<span>1\/4 <\/span>teaspoon paprika<br \/>\n<span>1-1\/2 <\/span>teaspoons fresh lime juice<br \/>\n<span>1\/2 <\/span>cup panko breadcrumbs<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>1.<\/span>In 5- to 6-quart slow cooker, stir evaporated milk, macaroni, cheeses, milk, jalape\u00f1os, 1\/2 cup butter, salt, dry mustard, black pepper and paprika; cover and cook on low 1 hour 45 minutes or high 50 minutes or until macaroni is tender, stirring occasionally. Stir in lime juice. Makes about 12 cups.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recPrep\"><span>2.<\/span>In large skillet, melt remaining 1\/4 cup butter over medium-high heat. Add breadcrumbs; cook 1 minute or until browned, stirring frequently. Serve mac &#038; cheese sprinkled with breadcrumbs.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"recNut\"><br \/>\nApproximate nutritional values per serving (1 cup):<br \/>\n553 Calories, 31g Fat, 14g Saturated Fat, 99mg Cholesterol, 592mg Sodium,<br \/>\n40g Carbohydrates, 0g Fiber, 10g Sugars, 0g Added Sugars, 18g Protein<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shop Ingredients &nbsp;&nbsp; Jalape\u00f1o Popper Slow Cooker Mac &#038; Cheese Prep: 15 minutes Slow Cook: 1 hour 45 minutes \u2022 Serves: 12<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,8,5],"tags":[79],"class_list":["post-12166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bonus-recipes","category-main-dishes","category-recipes","tag-25fall"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12166"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12290,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12166\/revisions\/12290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}