Green Chile Mac and Cheese

Name: Green Chile Mac and Cheese
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 lb rotini; 1 cup roasted Hatch green chiles, chopped; 3 tbsp butter; 3 tbsp flour; 2 cups whole milk; 2 cups Monterey jack, shredded; 1 cup white cheddar, shredded; 1 tsp cumin; salt to taste

A Southwestern-style mac and cheese, loaded with roasted Hatch green chiles and Monterey jack for bold, earthy heat throughout.

Total time

35 min

Prep

15 min

Cook

20 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

American

comfortspicyvegetarian

Ingredients

1 lbrotini

1 cuproasted Hatch green chiles, chopped

3 tbspbutter

3 tbspflour

2 cupswhole milk

2 cupsMonterey jack, shredded

1 cupwhite cheddar, shredded

1 tspcumin

saltto taste

Instructions

Saute the green chiles in butter for about 2 minutes until fragrant.

Whisk in the flour, then gradually add the milk, cooking until thickened.

Off the heat, stir in the cheeses and cumin until melted and smooth.

Cook the pasta until al dente, drain, then fold it through the sauce and serve with lime wedges.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.

Calories

172

Protein

4.6g

Fat

12.7g

Carbs

10.4g

Fiber

0.2g

Sodium

53mg

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