Goulash Recipe
One-pot goulash the way most of us grew up on it — Ground Beef Goulash, Crockpot Goulash, Old Fashioned Goulash, Goulash Soup — for busy weeknights.
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dinnerGround Beef Goulash
Delicious American take on the classic Hungarian dish!
Chrissie HIngredients
- 1 tsp Olive oil
- 1 medium Onion diced
- 3 cloves Minced garlic
- 1 lb Ground beef
- To taste Salt & pepper
- 1 tsp Paprika
- 2 tsp Italian seasoning
- 2 tsp Tomato paste
- 15.5 oz Diced tomatoes can
- 15 oz can Tomato sauce
- 1 tsp Worcestershire
- 1 cup Beef broth
- 8 oz Elbow noodles
- 1/2 cup Shredded cheddar
- 2 tsp Parsley
Instructions
- 1Cook onion and garlic in oil until softened.
- 2Add ground beef to onion mixture and cook until brown adding paprika, salt and pepper and Italian seasoning.
- 3Add tomato paste to meat. Then the can of diced tomatoes, broth, tomato sauce and Worcestershire sauce. Bring mixture to boil and then add the elbows on medium low heat.
- 4Cook until pasta is done. Remove from heat and stir in cheese and parsley. Serve.
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Goulash is the dinner you can make half asleep and still get right. Ground beef, onion, garlic, tomatoes and elbow macaroni, all in one pot, and everybody comes back for seconds.
Cooks on Pepper reach for this collection on the nights the fridge is thin and the kids are hungry at six. It stretches a pound of beef, it uses what's already in the pantry, and it reheats better than it had any right to.
Every recipe here is a real version somebody makes at home — Ground Beef Goulash with olive oil, onion and minced garlic, Homemade Goulash with macaroni and tomatoes, Crockpot Goulash for the slow cooker, Goulash Soup for a brothier bowl, plus Old Fashioned Goulash, Faye's Goulash and American Goulash.
Quick Tips
- 1
Brown the beef first
Cook the ground beef over medium-high for 6 to 8 minutes until there's real browning, then drain off all but a tablespoon of fat.
- 2
Cook the onion in the drippings
Add the diced onion to the hot pan and cook 4 to 5 minutes until soft, then the garlic for just 30 seconds so it doesn't scorch.
- 3
Undercook the macaroni
Pull the elbows 2 minutes shy of the box time, or cook them right in the sauce — they keep soaking up liquid as the pot sits.
- 4
Let it rest ten minutes
Take the pot off the heat and let it stand 10 minutes before serving so the sauce thickens and clings to every noodle.
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