Replace the cheddar cheese with pepper Jack Stir in 2 cups shredded cooked chicken (leftover or rotisserie from the supermarket), one 3½-ounce can chopped green chiles (or ½ cup chopped roasted fresh green chiles), and cup salsa verde into the finished mac ’n’ cheese Sprinkle with chopped fresh cilantro and scallions CHEESY CHILI MAC Here’s a really important question: why doesn’t chili mac always come with extra cheesy-goo? Now that we have good recipes for Easy Weeknight Ground Beef Chili (here) and Ultra-Gooey Stovetop Mac ’n’ Cheese (here), it’s easy to do Just stir the two together, toss them into a casserole dish with some extra cheese, and bake off the whole thing ... Beef Chili (here) and Ultra-Gooey Stovetop Mac ’n’ Cheese (here), it’s easy to do Just stir the two together, toss them into a casserole dish with some extra cheese, and bake off the whole thing