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
- For the Chili Mac, 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.
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
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- 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.
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Rachel @ My Naturally Frugal Family says
I would have to go with the rotini as I love the spirals. As for what I would make with it…easy. I love baked pasta so load up on marinara, fresh vegetables, and parmesan cheese for a delicious baked pasta.
Barb S says
I’d like to try the Elbows in my Crab Mac & Cheese recipe. (And I want to try that Chili Mac too!)
Danelle B. says
I would love to sample the elbow to make with my bacon mac n cheese.
mary fanara coleman says
I shared this giveaway on my fb page.
mary fanara coleman says
I love Penne Rigate…and I would love to try it with this chili mac recipe..yummm
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Amy @ A Little Nosh says
We’re penne rigate fans. 3 minutes? Wow. I had no idea that even existed!
Lauren Kelly says
We like any kind of pasta. But pasta ready in three minutes is awesome and will save me lots of time with mac and cheese and crock pot pasta dishes!
Kate Gregory says
YUM! I love making chili mac! If I won, I would want the Penne Rigate because it’s my favorite type of noodle. And something that cooks in 3 minutes?? Perfect for a Theatre Ed and History Ed Major (DOUBLE!) who loves to cook but doesn’t have all the time in the world!
Shelley C says
Pasta that cooks in three minutes? Awesome! My daughter’s favorite is rotini, so I’d go for that first, and serve it her favorite way for a simple lunch – with “melted butter, sprinkle cheese and spice” – a melted butter garlic sauce with grated parmesan! :)
Nicole says
I would like the Rotini, and would use it for chili mac or spaghetti. I love how the rotini holds the sauce!
Mom24@4evermom says
Penne rigate sounds pretty great. I’ve been craving chili mac, I’d go with that!
Delishhh says
I like just regular spaghetti or angel hair
Marsha says
I actually copied the recipe you gave on this post before reading the contest rules. My pick would be the elbow macaroini. Anxious to try out this recipe.
Angie @ Bigbearswife says
I shared this on twitter.
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Angie @ Bigbearswife says
I would love to try the Penne Rigate, and I think I would try your Chili Mac!
Andrea L says
I would want to elbow pasta to make my Buffalo Chicken Mac n Cheese. YUM!!
Lisa~~ says
It would have to be Rotini with my homemade Bolognese sauce, my daughter’s favorite.
Your pasta looks delish!
Colleen Stuchal says
Looking forward to trying this recipe.
I would choose the penne regate if I won.