Recipe: Appetizing Green Chili Mac &Cheese

Green Chili Mac &Cheese. Great idea to add the green chilies to Mac and cheese. Creamy, spicy, comforting hatch green chile mac and cheese. It's hatch chile season and as all the posters at the grocery store say, "hatch chile is here, it's now or next year!" The Roaring Fork green chile mac & cheese recipe uses so little cheese, it must be a misprint.

You could add some grilled chicken. In a medium saucepan, heat the cream and add the chiles, tomatillo, and garlic. Creamy macaroni and cheese with the kick of mild, roasted green chilis. You can cook Green Chili Mac &Cheese using 11 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Green Chili Mac &Cheese

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

But for all intents and purposes, I'm going the green chili mac and cheese route with you today. 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.

Green Chili Mac &Cheese instructions

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..

And since mac and cheese is always a favorite, I was especially insterested in a new spicy twist on that simple dish. There are tons of low carb mac and cheese recipes using cauliflower on the interwebs these days. This Green Chili White Cheddar Mac and Cheese is an easy, cheesy family favorite! When was the first time you ate mac and cheese? If you're like me, you grew up on it.