Pecos Pasta

Rating: 3.67 stars
6 Ratings
  • 5 star values: 0
  • 4 star values: 4
  • 3 star values: 2
  • 2 star values: 0
  • 1 star values: 0

A fast dish to prepare when you are short on time, but still need to provide a hot, nutritious meal.

By Dianne VanHuss

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Recipe Summary

Servings:
4
Yield:
4 servings
Nutrition Info
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Ingredients

4
Original recipe yields 4 servings
The ingredient list now reflects the servings specified

Directions

  • In a large pot of boiling salted water cook macaroni past until al dente. Drain well.

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  • Meanwhile, in a large skillet melt the butter or margarine and add chopped green bell pepper and chopped onion. Cook vegetables until tender. Add chili beans, corn, salt and pepper. Simmer on low heat for 5 minutes. Stir in cooked and drained macaroni. Cover and cook on low 5 minutes.

  • Serve warm.

Nutrition Facts

Per Serving:
315 calories; protein 11.9g; carbohydrates 49.2g; fat 9.7g; cholesterol 25.5mg; sodium 1336.3mg. Full Nutrition
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Pamela Dituro
Rating: 4 stars
12/14/2012
I've made this for years, but with a few different variations. 1st and most importantly, I put ground beef in mine along with 1 chili seasoning for every lb. of beef. 2nd, loads of cheddar chz. 3rd, I prefer the texture of the rotini noodle to elbow macaroni. Then I top it off with extra cheddar and some hot giardiniera. I find this to be a much more satisfying meal. I usually make enough to be frozen and reheated at a later date. P.S. ALL my friends RAVE about this! I guess what I really transformed this into is a glorified chili but it's AWESOME.... ENJOY!!!! Read More
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Most helpful critical review

HKWEDDLE
Rating: 3 stars
08/20/2008
It was pretty good. Tasted like it was missing something though. Read More
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(6)
6 Ratings
  • 5 star values: 0
  • 4 star values: 4
  • 3 star values: 2
  • 2 star values: 0
  • 1 star values: 0
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Pamela Dituro
Rating: 4 stars
12/14/2012
I've made this for years, but with a few different variations. 1st and most importantly, I put ground beef in mine along with 1 chili seasoning for every lb. of beef. 2nd, loads of cheddar chz. 3rd, I prefer the texture of the rotini noodle to elbow macaroni. Then I top it off with extra cheddar and some hot giardiniera. I find this to be a much more satisfying meal. I usually make enough to be frozen and reheated at a later date. P.S. ALL my friends RAVE about this! I guess what I really transformed this into is a glorified chili but it's AWESOME.... ENJOY!!!! Read More
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HKWEDDLE
Rating: 3 stars
08/20/2008
It was pretty good. Tasted like it was missing something though. Read More
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Papa77
Rating: 4 stars
08/09/2011
Been making this for years it's a great easy dish. I've always spiced it up with some extra chopped red chilies and also cover with shredded cheddar. Read More
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House of Aqua
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Rating: 3 stars
11/05/2015
My family didn't care for this recipe but I thought it was okay. It was a bit on the dry side but it's easily adjustable. I added in some tomato sauce and seasoning. It was a quick and easy to make meal. Read More
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Molly
Rating: 4 stars
02/14/2015
This was a good meatless dinner. I used all the ingredients, just served it differently. Because my DH isn't a huge fan of meatless, I added an extra can of chili beans to give the dish extra substance. Not exactly sure about the beans, I bought a can of Bush's® Chili Magic (15.5oz) and Brooks® Chili Beans (15.5 oz)and used the listed amounts of all the other ingredients. Because our 2-yr. old niece was eating with us, I had to use mild beans, otherwise I would have bought hot beans. I didn't mix the cooked pasta in the dish as I knew there would be leftovers. So instead, I served the beans mixture over mini penne pasta. This is how I would do so, again. I pulled a small portion out for our niece and then added cayenne pepper to ours. I thought the non-cayenne pepper was good but we really enjoyed the spiced up version. Cottage Cheese, fresh strawberries and French bread were served with the dish. We have plenty of leftovers for lunch today. Read More
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