Fiesta Chili Mac Recipes

FIESTA MAC AND CHEESE

Steps:

• Bring a pot of water to a boil. Cook the macaroni in the boiling water until just undercooked. Drain and set aside.
• Meanwhile, heat the olive oil in a large cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat. Add the red onion and corn and season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring, until the onion turns golden brown and the corn begins to blister, 4 to 5 minutes. Stir in the green chiles to combine. Set aside.
• To make the sauce, melt the butter in a large pot over medium heat. Sprinkle in the flour, whisking to combine. Let the roux cook for a minute or so, whisking constantly. Pour in the milk, whisking constantly, followed by 2 teaspoons salt and 1 teaspoon pepper. Cook the white sauce until thick and bubbly, 3 to 5 minutes. Add the half-and-half and adobo sauce. Add the processed cheese, 1 cup of the Monterey Jack and 1 cup of the pepper jack and continue to cook, stirring, until the cheese all melts. Add the cooked macaroni and stir to coat. Fold in the diced tomatoes and chiles.
• Butter a 9-by-13-inch disposable foil pan. Layer with half of the macaroni mixture, then half the corn mixture. Repeat the layers, ending with the corn mixture. Sprinkle the remaining 1 cup Monterey Jack and 1 cup pepper jack over the top. Sprinkle the crushed tortilla chips all over the cheese, then sprinkle with chili powder.
• To bake immediately, preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Bake until bubbly and hot, 20 to 25 minutes. Sprinkle over the chopped cilantro and serve.
• To freeze the casserole for later, let cool completely, then cover with aluminum foil, fold over the edges to seal and freeze.
• If cooking from frozen, preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Cook, covered, for 50 minutes, then uncover and bake until light brown and bubbly, about another 20 minutes. Sprinkle over the chopped cilantro and serve.

CHICKEN FIESTA CHILI MAC

Steps:

• PREHEAT oven to 350°F Cook macaroni as directed on package. Meanwhile, cook chicken in large nonstick skillet sprayed with cooking spray 5 to 7 minute or until cooked through, stirring frequently.
• DRAIN macaroni. Add to chicken in skillet. Stir in chili, peppers, garlic, VELVEETA and salsa. Spoon into 13x9-inch baking dish sprayed with cooking spray.
• BAKE 20 minute or until heated through. Stir before serving.
• Jazz It Up: For added heat, add 1 teaspoons hot pepper sauce to the chicken mixture before spooning into prepared baking dish.

FIESTA CHILI MAC

Steps:

• COOK meat and garlic in 3-quart saucepan over medium heat 8 to 10 minutes or until meat is evenly browned; drain.
• ADD remaining ingredients; mix well.
• Bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat to low.
• Cover; simmer 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.

CHICKEN FIESTA CHILI MAC

Steps:

• 1. Cook macaronie .Meanwhile cook chicken in non-stick skillet with cooking spray.Cook 5 to 7 minutes,stirring frequently.
• 2. Drain macaroni and add to chicken.Stir in the rest of ingredients.Spoon into baking dish and bake at 350 for 20 minutes or until heated all the way through.Serve with nacho chips.

FIESTA MAC

Steps:

• Prepare the macaroni and cheese dinner as directed on the box, cooking the macaroni for only 8 minutes.
• Meanwhile, brown the ground beef with the green bell peppers in a skillet; drain.
• Add the meat mixture, corn and salsa to the prepared macaroni and cheese dinner, mixing well.
• Cook until heated through, stirring occasionally.

EASY CHEESY CHILI MAC

Steps:

• Prepare Mac and Cheese as directed on box but do not add cheese packets yet (just the butter and milk).
• While Mac and Cheese is cooking, put the 2 cans of chili into a microwave safe bowl and heat up in microwave for 3 minutes.
• Add the mac and cheese (minus the cheese) into the bowl with the chili and mix.
• Cut up the 4-6 hotdogs (smaller or bigger, depending on what your preference is) and heat them up in the microwave for about a minute or so.
• Add the hotdogs to the macaroni and cheese (minus the cheese) and chili mixture.
• Last but definitely NOT least, add the cheese packs to the chili mac mixture in the bowl. This way the cheese covers ALL the ingredients so everything is cheesy =) .