Hearty, flavorful meals need not be expensive, if you start simple and layer on flavor. My mother was not a “Gourmet” cook but regardless impressed on my heart are the memories of steaming, bowls of filling, delicious food served every night. Don’t be intimidated by the long list of ingredients, this is a really simple recipe to follow, only 2 pots, no fancy kitchen tools, no weird foods. The house will smell amazing while this dish is cooking.
Yield: 8
American Goulash
Cook Time
30 minutes
Total Time
30 minutes
Ingredients
- 28 oz. can diced tomatos
- 29 oz. can tomato sauce
- 1 ½ pounds of ground beef
- 1 large onion (diced)
- 1 large green bell pepper (diced)
- 3 garlic cloves (minced or diced fine)
- ½ c green pepper
- 1 cup of water
- 1 tsp. rosemary
- 4 to 5 leaves of basil fine chopped or 2 tsps. dry
- 2 tsp. oregano
- 1 ½ tsp. cumin
- 2 tsp. salt
- 2 tsp. ground pepper
- 1 bay leaf
- 2 ½ cups uncooked macaroni noodles
Instructions
- Step 1) In a large pot brown ground beef, onion, and pepper
- Step 2) Add both kinds of tomato’s, seasonings, garlic, water, and stir.
- Step 3) Cover pot, simmer for 15-20 minutes-stirring occasionally
- Step 4) While simmering, boil macaroni noodles, and drain.
- Step 5) Add cooked macaroni to mixture, allow to simmer another 5 minutes.
You can use fresh or dry herbs, but fresh basil really brightens the dish up tremendously. I fine chop a little extra and garnish with a drop of sour cream and fresh chopped basil.
Ash
This looks delicious! I can’t wait to try it! On the list of ingredients you have one green bell pepper then garlic and then 1/2c of green pepper. What kind of pepper is the second one? Thanks!
Savanah
Sorry for the typo! It was just supposed to be 1 green bell pepper!
cherilynne churchill
My mom made this for her Home Ec class back in 1954…. we grew up with it. super budget friendly recipe..