New Year's Day

For some time I've been wanting to make bacon-wrapped fried mac & cheese. Since New Year's was coming, what better way to celebrate than to make something that was both crazy and unhealthy. I enlisted the help of Greedy Eater 2 and the journey began. Paula Deen has a recipe for this on the Food Network's website. There are also videos on YouTube. The ingredients were mac & cheese (already cooked, but refrigerated), bacon, eggs, flour, bread crumbs and peanut oil. Since we didn't have the exact ingredients needed, we needed to improvise. Instead of breadcrumbs, we used croutons that were crushed. Instead of peanut oil, we used canola oil. Also, we didn't have a fry daddy, so we just used a cast iron skillet. Basically you need to cut the cold mac & cheese into squares. Wrap the bacon around the squares and secure it with a toothpick. Then coat the bacon-wrapped square with flour, then egg, then the crumbs. After that, it goes into the pan of oil. The oil should be pretty hot, around 350 degrees. The square should be cooked for about three minutes or until nice and crispy. Even with the adjustments, it didn't turn out too bad. Next time, we plan on having the exact ingredients the recipe calls for, and a fry daddy. Here's some pics: