Simple Way to Make Green Chili Mac &Cheese

Hey everyone, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, green chili mac &cheese. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Great idea to add the green chilies to Mac and cheese. I used the Sandi chili from a local farm. Green chiles kick up this Mac & Cheese.

Green Chili Mac &Cheese is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Green Chili Mac &Cheese is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

Easiest Way to Make Green Chili Mac &Cheese

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook green chili mac &cheese using 11 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

Ingredients

The ingredients needed to make Green Chili Mac &Cheese:

1. Prepare 1 Tabs oil
2. Prepare 1/4 cup diced red bell pepper
3. Take 1/2 cup sweet kernel corn
4. Take 2 ounces diced red onion
5. Take 6 tsps finely chopped garlic
6. Take 2 cups cooked macaroni
7. Make ready 6 green chilies, roasted, seeded, peeled and pureed
8. Get (Above…I used 1 small can hot and 1 big can mild)
9. Make ready 2/3 cups grated hot pepper jack cheese
10. Get 8 tablespoons heavy cream
11. Take 1/8 teaspoon each salt and pepper to taste

This is essentially your classic mac and cheese with chopped fire roasted hatch green chiles stirred in for a bit of heat. Creamy macaroni and cheese with the kick of mild, roasted green chilis. But for all intents and purposes, I'm going the green chili mac and cheese route with you today. There are tons of low carb mac and cheese recipes using cauliflower on the interwebs these days.

Instructions

Instructions to make Green Chili Mac &Cheese:

1. In a large sauce pan, heat the oil over med-high heat. Add the red bell pepper, corn, onion, and garlic; saute until vegetables are softened, about 5 minutes. (This is what I did differently…I used more red pepper and pureed it with the canned chilies.)
2. Add cooked macaroni, green chilies puree, and cheese; stir until well blended. Fold in heavy cream, season with salt and pepper and serve immediately.
3. Ready in 25 minutes
4. Serves 6 or more if used as a side, otherwise around 4 as main dish.

Green chilies are perfect as they add heat, but no so much that your mouth is burning. Something about that automatically elevates mac and cheese into something a little more elegant. Chili mac has to be pretty incredible for me to want to make it again. And since mac and cheese is always a favorite, I was especially insterested in a new spicy twist on that simple dish. One of our favorite dishes around here is Chef Tom's Smoked Green Chili Mac and Cheese.

As simple as that How to Prepare Green Chili Mac &Cheese

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