Saturday, August 20, 2011

Chili Mac 'n' Cheese

I like the Whitson moist chili seasoning, and I order it by internet from Texas.  The link is below.
1 onion, minced
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 lbs hamburger
Fry above until meat is brown.
1 jar Whitson chili seasoning
1/4 cup water
Add to meat and simmer 15 miinutes.
1 lb elbow macaroni
Cook according to package directions.

Spread macaroni in 13x9 inch pan.
Top with meat.

Cook cheese sauce.  I'm guesstimating here, because I just add stuff.  If you have a good cheese sauce recipe, I'm sure it will be fine.
1 stick butter
1/2 cup flour
3 cups milk
Cheeses like cheddar, American, Velveeta, Colby Jack, Munster
I add about 2 cups of cheese in cubes so it melts better.
Melt butter in sauce pan and add flour.  Cook for a couple of minutes, stirring constantly.  Slowly add milk and heat, stirring constantly, until mixture almost boils.  Add cheese, and continue cooking and stirring until cheese is almost completely melted.  Pour over meat in 13x9 pan and cook at 350 for about 20-30 minutes.

I made this recipe up, and it is very flexible.  You could add chopped veggies, make chili some completely different way, use different pasta, etc.  Use what you've got in the house.
Fed to Bart and Mollie.  Irene and Allen both bussing at a local restaurant.  Irene said they were short staffed again today because the bussers are heading back to college.  I convinced Allen (with Bart saying it would never work) to get dressed up and bring a resume and completed application to the restaurant when the manager arrived at 2 pm.  He started working at 3!  This will be evenings and weekends, just until the end of September, when he goes back to Edinburgh for his last year of school at the Royal Dick School of Veterinary Medicine.  One of his friends recently changed her facebook name to include "Royal Dick" in it.  Anyway, Allen and Irene can have leftovers when they get home around midnight.

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