Hello everybody, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, chili mac 'n cheese. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have chili mac 'n cheese using 15 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Chili Mac 'n Cheese:
- Take 1 lb. ground beef
- Take 1 cup elbow macaroni
- Make ready 4 oz processed cheese product, such as Velveeta
- Get 1 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
- Prepare 1/4 cup shredded Colby jack cheese
- Make ready 3/4 cup milk
- Prepare 1/2 cup chunky tomato pasta sauce
- Get 1 tbsp chili powder
- Make ready 1/2 tbsp cumin
- Prepare 2 tsp salt
- Make ready 2 tsp sugar
- Make ready 2 tsp dried minced onion
- Take 2 tsp garlic powder
- Make ready 1/4 tsp cayenne
- Get 1/4 cup reserved starchy pasta water
Instructions to make Chili Mac 'n Cheese:
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add elbow macaroni and cook until al dente. Remember to reserve ¼ cup pasta water before draining.
- Meanwhile, combine dry ingredients and mix until evenly blended. Set aside.
- Brown ground beef in a large skillet over medium-high heat and drain excess grease.
- Return ground beef to pan over low heat. Add spice mixture and ¼ cup milk to ground beef and stir until well blended.
- Add processed cheese and pasta sauce and stir until well blended.
- Add ½ cup milk and shredded cheeses and stir until well blended.
- Combine ground beef mixture and cooked pasta. Slowly add reserved pasta water until desired consistency is achieved. Do not add all pasta water at once. I prefer a thicker consistency so I only add 2 tbs. For those who prefer a runnier consistency you may use the entire ¼ cup.
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