Best Green Chile Mac Cheese Recipes

GREEN CHILE MAC 'N CHEESE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a baking pan with cooking spray.
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook elbow macaroni in the boiling water, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 8 minutes. Drain.
• Combine heavy cream, Mexican cheese, pepper Jack cheese, green chiles, Greek yogurt, flour, salt, and black pepper in a large bowl. Add the cooked macaroni and stir well. Pour into the prepared baking pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until cheeses are melted, about 20 minutes. Turn on the oven's broiler. Broil until cheese on top is nicely browned, about 5 minutes more.

THIRTY-LAYER GREEN CHILE MAC AND CHEESE

Steps:

• For the pasta: Mound the "00" flour on a clean work surface and make a well in the center. Crack the eggs into the well and beat with a fork. Add the olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Slowly work the flour from the edges of well into center until a dough ball starts to form. Knead for 3 to 5 minutes, until very smooth. Wrap in plastic and let rest at room temperature for 30 min.
• Divide the dough into four pieces and cover with a damp towel. Using a pasta roller set to the thickest (widest) setting, roll one piece of dough out into a sheet. Fold the sheet in half and pass it through the roller again on the same setting. Reduce the setting and repeat, rolling and folding the dough and passing it twice through the machine before going to the next setting. Continue in this manner until the thinnest setting has been used. Repeat with rest of the dough.
• Let rest on a baking rack for 10 to 15 minutes, until the moisture is reduced by about half.
• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• For the cheese sauce: Add the butter and all-purpose flour to a heavy-bottomed pot over medium heat. Cook, stirring continuously, until blond and smooth. Whisk in the milk and bring to a boil. Add the mustard, hot sauce and cheeses, slowly at first; cook, whisking, until smooth and combined. Add salt and pepper to taste.
• For the green chile puree: To a blender, add the olive oil and the sherry vinegar, garlic, shallot and chiles. Blend until smooth. Season with salt and pepper.
• To assemble dish: Bring 4 cups salted water to a boil. Cut the pasta sheets to fit a buttered 10-inch square casserole dish. In batches, cook the pasta sheets for 1 minute in the boiling water; immediately submerge in an ice bath to stop cooking.
• Spread a ladleful of cheese sauce in the bottom of the casserole dish; arrange pasta sheets on top to fit the dish. Ladle in more cheese sauce, just to cover, then liberally spread with green chile puree. Cover with more pasta sheets. Repeat the layers all the way to the top of the casserole dish. Sprinkle the Parmesan on top.
• Bake until golden brown and delicious, and the center has reached 160 degrees F, about 15 minutes.

BAKED GREEN CHILE MAC & CHEESE

Steps:

• For the Smoked Cheese: Place 16 oz of the shredded cheddar and the 8oz of shredded mozzarella cheese into a shallow pan or cookie sheet. Using a smoke tube with oak pellets, light and place in your unlit Traeger for one hour. Alternatively, you can use Traeger's Cold Smoker accessory to smoke the cheese.
• When ready to cook, set the temperature to 300℉ and preheat, lid closed for 15 minutes.
• While grill heats, place a large disposable aluminum half pan in the Traeger with the butter. Remove the pan from the grill after the butter has fully melted.
• Add the noodles to the pan, along with the half and half, heavy whipping cream, 16 oz of the cold smoked cheddar, all of the smoked mozzarella cheese, and the cream cheese broken into small pieces. Add the green chiles to taste (12 oz for mild and 16 oz for spicy) and stir to combine.
• Place the pan in the grill and bake for 2 hours, stirring every 20 minutes. If macaroni and cheese looks like it is getting dry, add a little more half and half and stir to combine.
• During the last 20 minutes of cooking, sprinkle the remaining (unsmoked) cheddar cheese on top and add a light dusting of Traeger Prime Rib rub. Serve hot. Enjoy!

ONE-DISH GREEN CHILE MAC & CHEESE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350ºF.
• Mix evaporated milk, VELVEETA and chiles in microwaveable 2-qt. casserole sprayed with cooking spray.
• Microwave on HIGH 5 min. or until VELVEETA is completely melted and sauce is well blended, stirring after 3 min. Stir in 2% milk, then macaroni; cover.
• Bake 45 min. or until macaroni is tender, stirring after 30 min. Top with shredded cheese; bake. uncovered, 10 min. or until melted. Top with pico de gallo.

GREEN CHILE MAC & CHEESE

Steps:

• Preparation: Roast the peppers until blackened. Place peppers in a bag and leave sealed to steam. Put butter in skillet and then add shallots. Cook shallots until slightly caramelized and set aside. After chiles have cooled to lukewarm or cooler, remove skins. Turn on oven to 450 F. Dice one of the Poblanos & the Anaheim and set aside. Roughly chop the other two Poblanos and put in a blender. Add the vegetable stock and brown sugar to the blender and puree. Using a mixing bowl, combine all ingredients except for a 1/4 cup of each cheese. Season with salt and pepper to taste.Once combined, put into lightly buttered cast iron pan. Top ingredients with remaining cheese. Put pan on stove top on medium-high. Cook for about 5 minutes until the bottom forms a crust. Place in oven for about 15 minutes or until the top forms a nice golden brown crust. Remove from oven and let rest for 5-10 minutes. Garnish with parsley.