Chili Macaroni

Submitted by chelgilm

"Easy and simple dish to make."

 

• Ready In: 45mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 453.59 g ground beef
• 425.24 g can chili beans
• 425.24 g can tomato sauce
• 425.24 g can diced tomatoes
• 1 medium diced onion
• 59.14 ml diced green pepper
• 14.79 ml chili powder
• 2.46 ml ground cumin
• 1.23 ml garlic powder
• 0.61 ml cayenne pepper
• 0.61 ml black pepper
• 4.92 ml salt
• 4.92 ml sugar
• 226.79 g cooked macaroni

directions

1. Brown meat,onion, and green pepper.
2. Drain.
3. Add remaining ingredients except macaroni.
4. Bring to a simmer.
5. Cover and simmer for 30 minutes.
6. Add cooked macaroni.
7. Stir well and serve.

Reviews

[Pam-I-Am]

1/14/08: I've made this recipe a few times now. It's a good chili on it's own...add the mac and it's a meal in a bowl. I added some canned jalepeno peppers this time instead of the bell pepper. It added some nice heat. I also cook only 1 cup of dry noodles for this recipe. Seems to be plenty. Why would anyone make Hamburger Helper when this recipe is so easy and so good! 7/28/05: A really good (and easy) recipe for basic chili mac. It had the perfect amount of heat. I would recommend to others that you buy a good national brand of chili beans for this - I used a store brand and thought my beans tasted bla, but didn't count the recipe down for my mistake. I think next time, with the right beans, it will be perfect. I'm also happy to post Chelgim's first recipe photo (I think). :-)

 

[Mary A.]

This was a great and easy recipe. Very much the comfort food recipe. Didn't change a thing...just as a side note though, I used a 15 oz. can of Bush's chili beans (pinto) in a mild chili sauce. I was wondering what to use because when one person says "chili bean", I think it's up for interpretation. IMHO, I think dark red kidney beans or even black beans could be used as well. I used 1 cup of uncooked macaroni and it seemed to be the perfect amount. The rest was pretty standard. Thank you for the recipe, Chelgilm!

 

[DuChick]

5 stars for a quick, inexpensive tasty meal on a weekday night. I made it a bit healthier with ground chicken breast rather than beef and also used whole wheat macaroni. We like spicy, but this was a bit too much heat. Next time, I'll cut back some on the chili powder and cumin. It sure helped to get my water allowance in!

 

[Tinkerbell]

My family loved this recipe! I don't know if the recipe was changed after previous comments, but we made it as written with 1 Tbl chili powder & 1/8 tsp cayenne & it wasn't too spicy for my family's tastes. Thanks for sharing, chelgilm! We'll be using this recipe again. :)

 

[internetnut]

I gave this recipe 4 stars. My family really liked this recipe. My picky 4 yr & 6 yr old newphews really liked it. My 4 yr old newphew even had seconds. My only complaint was the cayenne pepper it made it a bit to spicy for my likings. I to only cooked 1 cup of elbows and that was plenty. Overall this was so good and we will have this again for sure. Thanks for posting a really good recipe. Christine (internetnut)