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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Z.Grimm says
Rotini has to be my favourite pasta, I love those little spirals. :) And I’ve been dying to make something nice and cheesy. The boyfriend has been promising to teach me how to make homemade macaroni and cheese!
Brooke says
I would love to try the Rotini and I would make a lovely pesto to mix it with and some marinated and grilled chicken.
Laura O. says
I would try the elbows out on my Goulash!
Sunny C says
I would like to try the Penne Pasta with your recipe. It would be Wonderful.
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Lynne Binkley says
Iwould like to try the Rotini. . . I have a pasta salad recipe I want to try with fresh cucumbers and tomatoes. It would be lovely to win and thanks to you and Ronzoni for making this available. Happy Thanksgiving !!!
Heather Spooner says
I’d like to try the rotini pasta. I would use it to make my favorite stovetop macaroni and cheese. Thanks!
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Elena says
I would pick Penne and would make them with pesto sauce
Tracy says
I’m a big fan of penne cut pasta! That’s definitely what I’d try. I’ve actually seen a lot of good looking pasta recipes on Pinterest recently that I’d love to try, especially one creamy garlic chicken one. The chili mac sounds yummy, by the way!
Pauline Gudas says
Penne regate I would make a baked sausage and mushroom casserole
lauren says
i tweeted about the recipe and giveaway!
lauren says
oooh, the penne rigate would be perfect in my baked penne with spinach and artichokes! thanks!
Barbara @ Barbara Bakes says
Rotini with some quick marinara and dinner would be on the table in no time. Your chili mac would be great too.
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Mami2jcn says
I would make elbow macaroni for a tuna & pasta salad. I would add black olives like my mom used to do.
Anne @ Quick and Easy Cheap and Healthy says
I would try the elbow macaroni in my stovetop mac n cheese!
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Kim says
I would give the elbows a try with 3 cheese mac-n-cheese
Densie says
I would love to try the elbows to make with some Cincinnati Homemade Chili.