Slow Cooker Cheesy Chili Mac is total comfort food. The easiest and best slow cooker chili recipe, and pasta, totally covered in cheese!
My grandmother used to put macaroni noodles in chili when we came home for lunch from grade school. She made the best lunches. I can’t help but love this version of that dish now. Slow Cooker Cheesy Chili Mac totally reminds me of then!
Frankly, so many of the recipes I make regularly now are because of both of my grandmothers! They were both amazing in their own special way and both knew how to feed a small army of satisfied soldiers in the kitchen! I have always tried to be exactly like them or as much as humanly possible!
Ingredients in Slow Cooker Cheesy Chili Mac
- ground beef, pork, turkey, chicken or sausage
- onion
- celery
- carrots
- garlic
- diced tomatoes
- kidney beans or chick peas
- corn
- thyme
- salt
- pepper
- chili powder
- brown sugar
- worcestershire sauce
- pasta
- cooking spray
Options
- hot sauce
- green onions
- sour cream
- shredded cheese
How to make Slow Cooker Cheesy Chili Mac
Turn slow cooker up to high and coat with cooking spray.
Crumble your ground meat all over the bottom of the slow cooker.
Pour in the canned tomatoes over top of the raw ground meat.
Add onions, celery, carrots, garlic, kidney beans or chick peas, corn, thyme, salt, pepper, chili powder, thyme, brown sugar and Worcestershire sauce.
Cover and turn slow cooker down to low for 7-8 hours.
Remove lid and stir chili well with a wooden spoon.
Boil water and make pasta according to package directions.
Rinse and drain.
Mix with chili as you are serving.
Serve with green onions, shredded cheese and sour cream. Enjoy!
If you decide that this Slow Cooker Cheesy Chili Mac recipe is not for you, take a moment to check below at some of our other favorite pasta recipes. Hopefully you find something you want to try!
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Slow Cooker Cheesy Chili Mac
Equipment
- large slow cooker
Ingredients
- 1 pound lean ground beef, pork, sausage, turkey, chicken
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 2 ribs celery, chopped
- 2 carrots, chopped
- 2 tblsp garlic, minced
- 1 can (28 oz) canned tomatoes, diced, undrained
- 1 can (15 oz) red kidney beans or chickpeas, rinsed and drained
- 1 can (15 oz) corn, rinsed and drained
- 2 tsp thyme leaves, dried, ground
- 1 tsp pepper or cayenne
- 1 tsp salt
- 2-3 tblsp chili powder to taste
- 2 tblsp brown sugar, packed
- 2 tblsp Worcestershire sauce
- 2 cups cooked pasta of your choice
- cooking spray
Options
- hot sauce
- green onion. thinly sliced
- cheese, shredded
- sour cream
Instructions
- Turn slow cooker up to high and coat with cooking spray.
- Crumble your ground meat all over the bottom of the slow cooker.
- Pour in the canned tomatoes over top of the raw ground meat.
- Add onions, celery, carrots, garlic, kidney beans, corn, chick peas, thyme, salt, pepper, chili powder, thyme, brown sugar and Worcestershire sauce.
- Cover and turn slow cooker down to low for 7-8 hours.
- Remove lid and stir chili well with a wooden spoon.
- Boil water and make pasta according to package directions. Rinse and drain.
- Mix pasta with chili as you are serving.
- Serve with green onions, shredded cheese and sour cream if desired. Enjoy!
Notes
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