American Goulash

This delicious old fashioned ground beef goulash is a recipe reminiscent of what your grandma may have served. Made with bell peppers, onions, tomato sauce, diced or crushed tomatoes, Worcestershire sauce and elbow macaroni pasta. An easy dinner that tastes great and feeds a large family or a small crowd. Freezer friendly too.

Course Dinner

Cuisine American

Recipe Type Beef, Camping, Casseroles, Crockpot, Fall, Kid-Friendly, Pasta, Quick Dinner, Rainy Day, Served Hot

Skill Level Easy

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 20

Total Time 30

Servings Servings

Calories 305kcal

Author Angela G.

Equipment

Ingredients

Pasta

8 oz elbow pasta

Beef and Vegetables

1 lb ground beef
1 bell pepper any color, seeded and diced
1 onion diced
1 teaspoon garlic paste

Sauce

15 oz tomato sauce
14.5 oz petite diced tomatoes or crushed tomatoes for smoother sauce
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon sugar more or less to taste
½ teaspoon salt more or less to taste

Optional Toppings

grated Parmesan cheese
red pepper flakes
Italian spices
olives
artichokes

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Instructions

Cook pasta. In a dutch oven, cook elbow macaroni according to package, drain and set aside.
Cook beef with vegetables. Set the dutch oven to medium-high heat and add ground beef, diced bell peppers and onion. Cook until ground beef is brown and peppers and onions are soft, about 10 minutes.
Add garlic paste and cook for an additional minute.
Make sauce. Stir in tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, Worcestershire sauce, olive oil, sugar and salt to taste.
Combine. Add cooked pasta to sauce and stir to combine.
Add toppings. (Optional) Offer Parmesan cheese, red pepper flakes, Italian spices, olives and/or artichokes as optional toppings.

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Notes

To cook the pasta in the sauce instead of cooking and draining it first: Add pasta uncooked plus 1 and ½ cups of water. Cook pasta and sauce over medium heat, stirring occasionally, for 15-20 minutes of until pasta is desired tenderness.

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