I am making mac & cheese, and I mixed the milk and the flour/butter mixture too quickly, and now the sauce is too thick/gloopy. Help! Can we fix this?

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Robert H. · Accepted Answer

Add more milk and whisk, whisk, whisk!

PieceOfLayerCake · Answer

Its easier to thin out a too-thick sauce by just adding a bit more liquid....to thicken a runny sauce, you're heading into slurry territory.

Diana P. · Answer

Immersion blender, food processor, whatever works!

claire M. · Answer

Put it in the blender.

I am making mac & cheese, and I mixed the milk and the flour/butter mixture too quickly, and now the sauce is too thick/gloopy. Help! Can we fix this?

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