Chili Mac Recipe

I make this Chili Mac for dinner often, but it’s also great served to friends when watching football! Use my homemade chili seasoning mix, your favorite elbow macaroni, and hearty ground beef (or turkey, chicken, etc) to make this delicious comfort food meal!

Homemade Chili Mac

This chili mac recipe is one that my family loves, and truthfully I love it too. Why? Because it’s so fast and easy to make and it saves me time from running around trying to figure out what I’m going to make for dinner.

I keep a big jar of my chili seasoning mix in the cabinet because we eat chili quite often around here. However you can certainly measure out the ingredients every time you want to make it, either way works!

How to Serve Chili Mac

This is one of our favorite winter time meals. I often serve it with warm cornbread topped with a thin pat of butter and drizzled with honey. Yum! I would definitely recommend adding this to your must-make ground beef dinner ideas!

For a little added color, especially if serving this to guests, sprinkle your chili mac with sliced green onions and shredded cheddar and mozzarella cheeses.

Ingredients for Chili Mac

For the Homemade Chili Seasoning

•  1 tbsp flour
• 2 tbsp dried minced onion
• 1 1/2 tsp chili powder
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp crushed red pepper
• 1/2 tsp dried minced garlic
• 1/2 tsp sugar
• 1/2 tsp ground cumin

For the Chili

• 1 pound ground beef
• 1 15-oz can dark red kidney beans, drained and rinsed
• 1 15-oz can diced tomatoes
• 1/4 cup water
• 3/4 cup elbow macaroni

 Helpful Kitchen Tools

• Large skillet
• Cutting Board
• Measuring spoons and cups
• Chefs Knife

1. For the Chili Mac, mix together flour, dried minced onion, chili powder, salt, crushed red pepper, dried minced garlic, sugar and ground cumin.

2. Brown ground beef in a skillet. Drain off fat from ground beef and return beef to pan.
3. Add seasoning mixture, water, beans and tomatoes and stir to combine.

4. At this point, you can add in anything else that you want to personalize the recipe.
5. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
6. Prepare elbow macaroni per package directions. Drain and stir into chili.

I love a good comfort food. This Chili Mac recipe is definitely one of those! I hope you all enjoy! The noodles in this recipe pair perfectly with this 3 Bean Chili served up with some delicious Sweet Cornbread on the side! If you still need more ideas for ground beef, be sure to try my Salisbury Steaks. This version of Hamburger Casserole is served over egg noodles and makes a hearty dinner!

More Chili Recipes

• Chili and Cornbread Stuffed Peppers
• Make Your Own Homemade Chili Seasoning
• Chicken Chili with Black Beans & Corn
• Instant Pot Chili
• Crockpot Chili

This post was originally published on this blog on Nov 18, 2011.

Chili Mac

A hot, hearty bowl of chili mac is great for dinner or when friends come over to watch the game!

5 from 9 votes

IMPORTANT - There are often Frequently Asked Questions within the blog post that you may find helpful. Simply scroll back up to read them!

Print It Rate It Save ItSaved!

Cook ModePrevent your screen from going dark

Course: Dinner

Cuisine: American

Servings: 4

25 minutes mins

Calories: 561

Author: Amanda Davis

Ingredients

• ▢ 1 tbsp flour
• ▢ 2 tbsp dried minced onion
• ▢ 1 ½ tsp chili powder
• ▢ 1 tsp salt
• ▢ ½ tsp crushed red pepper
• ▢ ½ tsp dried minced garlic
• ▢ ½ tsp sugar
• ▢ ½ tsp ground cumin
• ▢ 1 pound ground beef
• ▢ 15 oz can dark red kidney beans drained and rinsed
• ▢ 15 oz can diced tomatoes
• ▢ ¼ cup water
• ▢ ¾ cup elbow macaroni

Instructions

• Mix together flour, dried minced onion, chili powder, salt, crushed red pepper, dried minced garlic, sugar and ground cumin. 
• Brown ground beef in a skillet. Drain off fat from ground beef and return beef to pan. 
• Add seasoning mixture, water, beans and tomatoes and stir to combine. At this point you can add in anything else that you want to personalize the recipe. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Prepare elbow macaroni per package directions. Drain and stir into chili.

Nutrition

Serving: 1portion | Calories: 561cal | Carbohydrates: 53g | Protein: 33g | Fat: 24g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Cholesterol: 80mg | Sodium: 835mg | Potassium: 1053mg | Fiber: 10g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 500IU | Vitamin C: 13mg | Calcium: 98mg | Iron: 7.1mg

Tried this Recipe? Pin it for Later!Follow on Pinterest @AmandasCookin or tag #AmandasCookin!