Salsa Mac

Author: Maxwell Hawkins
Total Time: 30 minutes
Yield: 6 servings

Ingredients

• 2 Tbsp. butter
• 3 Tbsp. flour
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 1 cup salsa
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 2 1/4 cup (14 oz.) Velveeta; cut into 1/2 inch cubes
• 3 cups uncooked macaroni noodles
• 1 lb. ground beef

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
2. Grease 9×13 inch casserole dish.
3. Fill medium saucepan with water, and bring to a boil. Cook macaroni noodles according to package directions, and lay out in casserole dish. set aside.
4. cook ground beef in a medium sized skillet until brown. remove from skillet and set aside.
5. Add butter to skillet. Once melted, slowly add flour while mixing together with butter. cook for 1 minute, stirring constantly with a rubber spatula, then gradually add milk while continuing to mix.
6. Add salsa and salt. bring to a boil, stirring constantly until mixture thickens
7. Remove from heat. Add in Velveeta. stir until melted. If needed, place mixture back on low heat, stirring constantly until Velveeta melts.
8. Add ground beef to mixture.
9. Pour mixture evenly over macaroni noodles in casserole dish.
10. Bake in oven for 15 minutes. Allow 5 minutes to cool, then serve.

Notes

Max developed this dish to use impossible meat instead of ground beef, so it can be made vegetarian with no further substitutions.