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Easy Ground Beef Goulash Recipe

Name: Ground Beef Goulash
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Ingredients: 8 ounces elbow macaroni; 1 tablespoon vegetable oil; 1 pound ground beef (90/10); 1 medium yellow onion (chopped); 1 tablespoon paprika; 3 cloves garlic; 1 large red bell peppers; ¼ cup red wine; 3 tablespoons soy sauce; 14 ounces diced tomatoes; 26 ounces tomato puree; 2 bay leaves; 1 cup Cheddar cheese

By Maike | Published: October 2, 2020

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If you're looking for an easy to make delicious comfort food recipe, you're going to love American Goulash.

Perfectly cooked ground beef cooked in a deliciously spiced tomato sauce, with tender pasta, and topped with Cheddar cheese.

American Goulash is quite different from Hungarian Goulash which is a beef and onion stew. And another great recipe for the colder seasons.

Ingredients

1 tablespoon VEGETABLE OIL
1 pound GROUND BEEF
1 medium ONION - diced
3 cloves GARLIC - minced

For the Sauce

3 tablespoons SOY SAUCE
1 tablespoon PAPRIKA
⅓ cup RED WINE
2 BAY LEAVES
14-ounce can DICED TOMATOES
1 RED BELL PEPPER - diced
26 ounces TOMATO PURÉE/STRAINED TOMATOES
16 ounces ELBOW MACARONI
1 cup CHEDDAR CHEESE - shredded

How To Make American Goulash

STEP: Browning the beef + STEP: Adding Spices to the cooked beef mixture

Brown ground beef, onions, and garlic.
Add paprika, soy sauce, and red wine.

STEP 3 - Add strained tomatoes, diced tomatoes, and bay leaf. Simmer. Add elbow macaroni (not shown)
Step 4 - add cheddar cheese and combine well

Add strained tomatoes, diced tomatoes, and bay leaves. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low heat and simmer for 20 minutes. Stir occasionally.
Stir in cooked pasta and cheese. Reserve 2 tablespoons of cheese. Once the cheese has melted, serve immediately. Drizzle with remaining Cheddar cheese.

Recipe Tips

You can make American Goulash as a one-pot meal. In which case you'd cook the pasta in the sauce.

I don't do that. While one pot pasta dinners are great in theory, I've never been a fan. Pasta emits starch during the cooking process. That in itself is not a bad thing.

In fact, using a cup of starchy water to make a delicious pasta sauce is a great cooking hack. It's how I make Shrimp Carbonara. But having all that extra starch mix with the goulash. It just doesn't work for me.

So in this recipe, I cook the pasta separately (according to package instructions). And afterward, add the cooked pasta to the goulash.

More Easy Comfort Food Recipes

Beef Stew - classic, hearty stew recipe.
Easy Cheesy Chicken Parmesan - pure comfort food
Chicken Meatloaf - perfect for quick weeknight dinners
Roasted Lemon Chicken - lemony, savory chicken dinner
Roasted Salmon - versatile dinner

Ground Beef Goulash

A family favorite for a cozy weeknight dinner that is delicious and easy to put together.

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Prep: 10 minutes

Cook: 30 minutes

Total: 40 minutes

Servings 4

Course Main Course

Author Maike

Ingredients

▢ 8 ounces elbow macaroni
▢ 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
▢ 1 pound ground beef 90/10
▢ 1 medium yellow onion chopped
▢ 1 tablespoon paprika
▢ 3 cloves garlic
▢ 1 large red bell peppers
▢ ¼ cup red wine
▢ 3 tablespoons soy sauce
▢ 14 ounces diced tomatoes
▢ 26 ounces tomato puree
▢ 2 bay leaves
▢ 1 cup Cheddar cheese

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Instructions

Brown ground beef, onions, and garlic.
Add paprika, soy sauce, red wine, strained tomatoes, diced tomatoes, and bay leaves. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer for 20 minutes.
Stir in cooked pasta. Add all but 2 tablespoons of Cheddar cheese. Stir until well combined and the cheese has melted. Serve and drizzle with remaining Cheddar cheese.

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