This tasty, cheesy, crazy good chili mac is so good your belly will say oh thank you, thank you (so will your family!). This one pan meal is ready in under an hour and there’s almost no clean up.
Crazy Good Chili Mac
Yield: About 6 servings
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
This tasty, cheesy, crazy good chili mac is so good your belly will say oh thank you, thank you (so will your family!).
Ingredients
1 1/2 t. canola oil
1 lb. lean ground beef
1 onion, chopped fine
1 T. chili powder
2 t. ground cumin
1/8 – 1/4 t. cayenne pepper (to taste, I used 1/8 t.)
salt & pepper
3 garlic cloves, minced
1 T. brown sugar
1 (15 oz. can of tomato sauce)
2 c. water
8 oz. whole grain macaroni
2 c. shredded cheddar cheese
Instructions
Heat the oil in a large (12 inch) nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add the ground beef, onion, chili powder, cumin, cayenne and 1/2 t. salt. Cook, breaking up meat into small pieces, until it looses all the pink color, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds or so.
Add brown sugar, tomato sauce, water and macaroni. Bring to a boil. Cover and cook, stirring often and adjusting the heat so that it maintains a lively simmer (somewhere between medium/medium-high heat), until the macaroni is tender, about 10 minutes or so. Season with salt & pepper if needed.
Off heat, stir in half the cheese. Sprinkle the remaining cheese on top.
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Made this today. It really tasted good. Will make this again and maybe add corn to it. Thanks for sharing.