Hello everybody, it is Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, chili mac and cheese. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Chili Mac and cheese is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Chili Mac and cheese is something which I have loved my entire life.
It's mac and cheese combined with a super easy homemade chili using pantry ingredients, combining two of your favorite kind of comfort foods in a single one pot meal. It's quick, easy and sure to be a hit with the entire family. Chili Mac and Cheese tastes like your favourite Chili - with the added cheesy goodness of Mac & Cheese!
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have chili mac and cheese using 9 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Chili Mac and cheese:
- Get 1 lb. ground beef (85% lean)
- Prepare 2 1/2 cups elbow macaroni
- Prepare 14.5 oz can of diced tomatoes with green chilies
- Prepare 8 oz can tomato sauce
- Make ready 2 tablespoons chili powder
- Get 1/2 tablespoon cumin
- Get 1 teaspoon salt, divided
- Make ready 1 cup shredded colby jack cheese
- Make ready 3 1/2 cups water
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Steps to make Chili Mac and cheese:
- Set Instant Pot to saute mode and add ground beef and 1/2 teaspoon of salt. Stir often until all the beef is browned. Should take about 5 minutes. Press cancel and drain fat.
- Sprinkle chili powder, cumin and 1/2 teaspoon salt on top of the browned meat. Then add macaroni on top (don’t stir). Add 3 1/2 cups water and make sure all macaroni is submerged. Add cans of tomato sauce and diced tomatoes right on top in the center. Do not stir!
- Secure lid, make sure vent is set to sealing and pressure cook (“manual” on some Instant Pots) on high for 4 minutes. When timer is complete, quick release the pressure.
- Remove lid and stir contents well. Everything will begin to thicken. Add 1 cup of shredded colby jack cheese and stir it in so it melts into the sauce.
- Serve with additional shredded cheese on top and enjoy!
- Notes- you don’t need a instant pot to make this. For stove top cook noodles separate, and add it to the meat sauce, you won’t need the water, can use 2 cans of tomato sauce instead.
- I end up using the whole box of pasta, and I used 15 oz of tomato sauce, it did take more water to cover my pasta
What makes this Chili mac and cheese recipe so amazing? You get two of your most favorite comfort foods combined in one. It is very easy to put together, very filling and delicious. This meal is so comforting everyone in the family will love it. It is one of our favorite meals.
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