CHILI WITH MACARONI
This hearty dish of Chili with Macaroni has been a family favorite for a really long time. Great to enjoy on a cold day!
If you love this delicious recipe you will definitely want to give this Sausage, White Bean and Pasta Soup a try. It’s a wonderful winter dish!
❤️WHY WE LOVE THIS RECIPE
There are many opinions about pasta in chili but we enjoy it. We make many different variations of chili but this one is great. We also use spaghetti at times or really any pasta you have on hand. It also stretches this dish, makes it last longer. Great way to stretch a dish!
🍴KEY INGREDIENTS
- Ground beef
- Ground turkey
- Chili hot beans
- Kidney beans or pinto beans (I use whatever I have available)
- Onion
- Diced tomatoes
- Salt and Pepper
- Garlic powder
- Chili powder
- Elbow macaroni
SWAPS
This recipe can be made with all ground turkey or all ground beef or half and half. You can also make this with ground pork or ground chicken. It’s super versatile and a dish you can make to your liking very easily. You can also add a chili packet for added flavor.
🍽️HOW TO MAKE
This is made in a skillet but you can easily make up the meat, throw it in a crock pot and add the rest of the ingredients, minus the pasta. You will want to add that before you eat, so it doesn’t get overcooked.
📖COOKING STEPS
Step 1
Brown turkey, beef and onion in skillet and drain. Add remaining ingredients, bring to a boil, then turn to simmer for about an hour.
⭐TIP
We love to serve this with cheese and a little sour cream. Of course you have to have saltine crackers!
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STORING, REHEATING & SERVING SIZE
We store in the refrigerator, reheat in the microwave or on the stove and it makes about 6-8 servings.
Chili with Macaroni
Ingredients
- 1 lb. ground beef
- 1 lb. ground turkey
- 1 regular can chili hot beans
- 1 regular can kidney beans or pinto beans I use whatever I have available
- 1 large onion chopped
- 2 regular cans diced tomatoes
- Salt and Pepper to taste
- 1 tablespoon garlic powder
- 3 or 4 tablespoons chili powder
- 1 cup elbow macaroni uncooked
- 3 or 4 cups water
Instructions
- Brown turkey, beef and onion in skillet and drain. Add remaining ingredients, bring to a boil, then turn to simmer for about an hour. Makes 6 to 8 servings.
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I’d like to comment on your Tomatoes & Macaroni. When I saw the picture my grandmothers face immediately came to mind. She made this dish often.
Thank you for posting this wonderful dish. Honestly I’d forgotten about it.
I so enjoy your wonderful recipes & have made many of them.
So glad you’re enjoying the recipes! Those dishes are grandmothers made are the BEST!
Thanks southern lady for this recipe….I will be trying it, and I have lived in the south my entire life and I have always added macaroni to my chili, but it may be because my Mom lived for several yrs. in Indiana.
Macaroni to Chili ~ just like mom made, she was from Cedar County Kentucky.
I don’t like hot food, when i make this and omit the the can of hot chili beans, would i add two of one of the other beans?
Just one, Elaine.
I grew up in Ky, in Frankfort, Momma always had macaroni in her chili, I didn’t know others didn’t til I moved away from Ky. My family loves it that way and we live in Florida now…
I am wondering Sidneyanne if you ever prepare anything besides Southern recipes. I probably have as many Northern people on my site as I do Southern. I also have people from all over the world and everyone is welcome here. I have never limited myself in cooking or life. Diversity is a wonderful thing. There are 3 chili recipes on the site and they are all different. Just because I am Southern and try to be a lady doesn’t mean I can’t cook anything I want or offer dishes that might appeal to everyone. A lot of Texans I know are positive and diversified happy people.
You are quite a lady and an awesome one! Thank you for all you do to brighten my day and my table. My family & friends rave about your recipes that I make and think I am the greatest cook ever. Shhh thank you! I am making this chili for my friends at dog training class tonight in celebration of the Seahawks win!
I Start MY CHILI Out – with A BIG CAN or BOTTLE of V-8 Juice ! Also has Celery in it too !
In Wisconsin, chili is always made with macaroni, only I like to use elbow spaghetti. The smaller cut of pasta tastes better. Don’t cook your pasta till it is soft. I rinse it in cold water before I add the cooked pasta to the chili. It’ll mush up in the hot chili if it is fully cook when you add it to the chili because it will continue to cook in the hot chili. Don’t try to skip a step and add the raw pasta to the chili to cook it, or you will have casserole!
I put the macaroni in my chili uncooked all the time and never had a problem.
One question. Is that one cup of cooked macaroni or uncooked macaroni?
It is uncooked, Garald. Thanks for bringing to my attention. I just added to recipe that it is uncooked.
This was really good. Back again to make it today.
Well, I never thought of this. Sounds sooo good. Going to try it!
I use spaghetti (broken into pieces) for my chili. But I’ll try the macaroni! Looks great.
I made this last week and my daughter loved it. We ate on it for days. Thanks for sharing it!
Hi Nancy, So happy you enjoyed this recipe. Thanks for letting me know.
Judy, always add macaroni to my chili. With Fall arriving it is always so good and easy to make. Take care…
Chili recipe with macaroni looks good, I love to put macaroni in my soup
This is the same as I make. In Wisconsin, our chili always has macaroni in it. It seems so naked without it! But, I’ve had some really good texas spicy chili that’s served with rice that is delcious also.
I am not a huge chili fan, I usually load mine up with crackers. I LOVE the idea of macaroni in chili! I think my boys (who aren't chili lovers either) would like it better with noodles too!
I love your chili!!!