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Firecracker Fiesta Mac & Cheese

This rich, creamy mac and cheese offers an explosion of zesty flavor with Bush’s Best® Easy Entrées® Taco Fiesta® Black Beans, pickled jalapeños, fresh green onions and crushed cheese-flavored tortilla chips to top it off. Vegetarian? Yes. Boring? No. This bold, loaded mac and cheese is bursting with both familiar comfort and the excitement of something new.

  • Prep Time

    15 Mins

  • Cook Time

    10 Mins

  • Serves

    12

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 ½ lb Bush’s Best® Easy Entrées® Taco Fiesta® Black Beans
  • 4 ½ lb mac & cheese cheddar sauce
  • 3 lb mini shells pasta, cooked
  • 1 ½ cups green onions, fresh, chopped
  • 1 cup, divided, pickled jalapeños (set aside ¼ cup for garnish)
  • ¾ cup cheese flavored tortilla chips, crushed
Serving dish piled high with macaroni and cheese, jalapeños, and beans.DOWNLOAD RECIPE SHEET

INGREDIENTS

  • 1 ½ lb Bush’s Best® Easy Entrées® Taco Fiesta® Black Beans
  • 4 ½ lb mac & cheese cheddar sauce
  • 3 lb mini shells pasta, cooked
  • 1 ½ cups green onions, fresh, chopped
  • 1 cup, divided, pickled jalapeños (set aside ¼ cup for garnish)
  • ¾ cup cheese flavored tortilla chips, crushed

DIRECTIONS

  1. Warm beans to a slight simmer (or above 160 degrees F).
  2. Warm mac & cheese cheddar sauce and fold in freshly cooked al dente pasta shells.
  3. Add in fresh chopped green onions and pickled jalapeños. Mix well.
  4. To plate, place two scoops of green onion-jalapeño mac & cheese into a bowl, about 10 oz. Top with black beans and garnish with crushed tortilla chips and extra jalapeños. Serve immediately.
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