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Baked Bacon Chili Mac
This delicious baked chili mac is filled with a bacon based chili and creamy cheesy mac and cheese.
Prep Time
10
minutes
mins
Cook Time
45
minutes
mins
Course:
Dinner, Main Course
Cuisine:
Dinner, main course
Keyword:
Bacon, beans, chili, main course, pasta, Weekend Dinner
Servings:
8
people
Ingredients
14.5
ounce
can of chopped tomatoes - juice included
1
cup
yellow onion - diced
4
ounce
can fire roasted green chilies
1
cup
bacon pieces - cooked
1 - 15
ounce
can chili pinto beans - the seasoned one
liquid included
1 - 15
ounce
can red kidney beans - drained
1/2
teaspoon
chili powder - of you don't want spice reduce to 1/4 teaspoon
16
ounces
macaroni noodles
1/4
cup
salted butter
3
cups
cheddar cheese - shredded
4
cups
milk
1/2
cup
sour cream
1
teaspoon
salt
2
tablespoons
cornstarch
For toppings:
1
cup
cheddar cheese - shredded
1
cup
bacon pieces
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 F.
In a medium pot, add tomatoes, diced onion, and fire roasted chilies and bring to a boil and simmer for 5 minutes.
Add the bacon pieces, chili seasoned pinto beans, drained kidney beans and chili powder, simmer for 3 minutes.
In a large stock pot, boil your macaroni noodles until al dente, drain and return to pot.
In a bowl, whisk cornstarch with milk, sour cream and salt.
Add butter and cheddar cheese to noodles, followed by the milk mixture.
Bring mixture to a boil while you stir, stir until cheese sauce begins to thicken.
Add in chili to macaroni and stir together.
Pour mixture into a deep 9 x 13 baking casserole dish.
Sprinkle the top with cheese and bacon and bake for 30 minutes.
You may need to place a cookie sheet under the dish in case it boils over, if you have a deep enough pan you should be fine.
Let it cool for 15 minutes before serving.