Cooking Light's Chili Mac
Cooking Light's Chili Mac

Hello everybody, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, cooking light's chili mac. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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This old-school mac and cheese recipe gets a fresh upgrade when made with delicious. The kick of spice from chili powder, fire-roasted tomatoes, and diced green chiles will wake up and shake up your idea of classic macaroni and cheese. It was an instant hit with everyone in my family. If that's not your thing, swap in green bell peppers to tone down the heat in this easy pasta dish, which mashes up mac and cheese and chili into a seriously satisfying skillet dinner.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook cooking light's chili mac using 17 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Cooking Light's Chili Mac:
  1. Prepare olive oil
  2. Prepare onion, chopped
  3. Prepare green bell pepper, chopped
  4. Prepare Trader Joe's Beefless Ground Beef
  5. Make ready chopped garlic
  6. Get water
  7. Make ready can of tomato sauce, no salt added
  8. Take can of diced tomatoes, no salt added
  9. Prepare can of red beans, drained
  10. Prepare tomato paste
  11. Take uncooked elbow macaroni
  12. Get frozen corn
  13. Prepare chili powder
  14. Take cumin
  15. Make ready sea salt
  16. Prepare grated cheddar cheese
  17. Take Trader Joe's corn chips

Chili Mac and Cheese tastes like your favourite Chili - with the added cheesy goodness of Mac & Cheese! Sensational ground beef dinner recipe Chili Mac and Cheese. There's plenty of food mash ups in the world. Like pizza - it seems like there is a pizza-everything: tacos, casserole, dips, soup.

Instructions to make Cooking Light's Chili Mac:
  1. In a large dutch oven, saute onion in olive oil on medium heat until soft. Add green pepper and saute until soft. Add some water to saute and prevent scorching if needed. Also you may cover, stirring frequently to hasten cooking along.
  2. Add Beefless Ground Beef and garlic. Saute until heated through and slightly browned. Add 1/2 cup of water. Simmer for 3-4 minutes covered to combine flavors.
  3. Heat 1-2 quarts of water in a small saucepan to a boil. Cook elbow macaroni for 10 minutes stirring occasionally. Drain when cooked.
  4. Add canned tomato sauce, canned tomatoes, red beans, and tomato paste to Beefless beef mixture and stir to combine.
  5. Add elbow macaroni and corn. Stir to combine. Add chili powder, cumin and salt. You may add pepper if you prefer. I use Chimayo chile powder and recommend it if you can obtain it.
  6. Cook for 30 minutes simmering on low medium heat. Stir every 10 minutes to prevent scorching. Add 1/4 c of water if needed. The final result should not be very saucy.
  7. Serve in shallow bowls, top with cheddar cheese. Corn chips on the side. Use to scoop up chili mac or crumbled on top. Both are preferred methods in our house.

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