I ladled it into a large bowl and put cheese between layers and left it in the bowl a bit longer than the 2 min it would have taken otherwise. As I hoped much of the chicken broth absorbed so it was closer to a mac and cheese. It was, as advertised, DAMN DELICIOUS!! As is everything I’ve tried from this site. Because I have a 2 and 4 year old I only used 1 tsp of chili powder but otherwise I kept it all the same. So, comments in mind, I used a little over 1 lb of ground beef, 1 full can of beans for each-white and red, 16 oz of elbow pasta (whole box) and the whole packet of grated cheese (2 cups). I have a small fridge right now and I’m lucky to cook anything, let alone deal with odd leftover portions of meat and canned beans.
I also didn’t love the odd measurements, as others have commented on as well. If I hadn’t dug around the comments as I usually do I’d have been pulling my hair out thinking I messed it up.
So when I first saw this recipe I too assumed it was a mac and cheese with some chili elements added, not a chili/mac and cheese hydrid-which is what this is. The 2 1/2 year old ate two helpings! That’s rare! Overall, a good base recipe to build on and tailor to you liking. It was delicious though, and my kids enjoyed it. If I were to do the recipe again, I would add an extra can of tomatoes, use beef broth instead of chicken broth, less noodles, and definitely add the siracha/hot sauce. I did add more chicken broth to compensate for the noodles. It turned out a bit more gumbo-like or stew-like that soupy like the picture for obvious reasons. It’s slightly less than 3/4’s, which is…I’m not sure. It’s also very difficult to get exactly 10 oz of noodles in the pot. The way I buy my beef though, it’s very inconvenient to only use the 8 ounces. I also accidentally put in a whole pound of beef and a whole box of macaroni noodles (16 oz) because I wasn’t paying attention and didn’t realize the recipe cut it down like that. I added Siracha to mine to give it a bit more kick since the seasonings by themselves were a tad bland.
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