Treat your family to a spicy dinner by serving beef and beans over your pasta - a dish that’s ready in 30 minutes.
More About This Recipe
- When you can’t decide between two of your favorite dishes for dinner, why not make them both? That’s what we love about chili spaghetti! While traditional spaghetti is served with meatballs or Bolognese style (meat sauce), imagine the flavor if you serve a hearty chili on top of your pasta! Chili spaghetti is similar to Bolognese but offers a spicy kick thanks to chili beans, green chiles and chili powder. You may have heard of this recipe by its other name: “Cincinnati Chili.” Cincinnati chili is a meat sauce seasoned with Mediterranean spices and is served over spaghetti noodles or hot dogs. Although the concept between Cincinnati chili and this chili spaghetti are basically the same, this particular recipe does not include traditional Cincinnati chili spices like cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice and cloves (but we have that recipe, if you want to try it!). There are more ways to make your spaghetti; head on over here to find them all.
Chili Spaghetti
- Prep Time 30 min
- Total 30 min
- Ingredients 10
- Servings 4
Ingredients
- 12 oz. uncooked spaghetti or vermicelli
- 1 lb. lean ground beef
- 1 medium onion, chopped (1/2 cup)
- 1 (15-oz.) can spicy chili beans, undrained
- 1 (14 1/2-oz.) can diced tomatoes with green chiles, undrained
- 1 (8-oz.) can tomato sauce
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1/2 teaspoon cumin
- 2 oz. (1/2 cup) finely shredded Cheddar cheese
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro, if desired
Instructions
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Step1Cook spaghetti to desired doneness as directed on package. Drain; cover to keep warm.
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Step2Meanwhile, in large skillet, cook ground beef and onion over medium-high heat until beef is thoroughly cooked, stirring frequently. Drain.
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Step3Add chili beans, tomatoes, tomato sauce, chili powder and cumin; mix well. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low; cook 10 to 15 minutes or until sauce is of desired consistency, stirring occasionally.
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Step4Serve sauce over spaghetti. Sprinkle with cheese and cilantro.
Nutrition
705
Calories
23g
Total Fat
43g
Protein
99g
Total Carbohydrate
14g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 705
- Calories from Fat
- 205
- Total Fat
- 23g
- 35%
- Saturated Fat
- 10g
- 50%
- Cholesterol
- 80mg
- 27%
- Sodium
- 1880mg
- 78%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 99g
- 33%
- Dietary Fiber
- 9g
- 36%
- Sugars
- 14g
- Protein
- 43g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 30%
- 30%
- Vitamin C
- 26%
- 26%
- Calcium
- 16%
- 16%
- Iron
- 46%
- 46%
Exchanges:
6 Starch; 6 Other Carbohydrate; 1 Vegetable; 1 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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