Mikes Goulash Recipes

CLASSIC GOULASH

Steps:

• Cook and stir the ground beef in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat, breaking the meat up as it cooks, until the meat is no longer pink and has started to brown, about 10 minutes. Skim off excess fat, and stir in the onions and garlic. Cook and stir the meat mixture until the onions are translucent, about 10 more minutes.
• Stir water, tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, soy sauce, Italian seasoning, bay leaves, and seasoned salt into the meat mixture and bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Stir macaroni into the mixture, cover, and simmer over low heat until the pasta is tender, about 25 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat, discard bay leaves, and serve.

MIKE'S GOULASH

Steps:

• 1. Brown meats. Add remaining ingredients along with enough water to make desired consistency. You want it rather thick. This is more like a casserole in a pot consistency rather than a sauce.

4-INGREDIENT QUICK & EASY GOULASH

Steps:

• Cook macaroni in salted water, according to package directions. Drain well. Return to the cooking pot.
• While macaroni is cooking, brown the ground beef and chopped onion together; drain. Add tomato soup, a little salt, and a little pepper, to taste. Stir to combine and heat until the soup is heated through.
• Add ground beef-soup mixture to the macaroni; stir together until well combined. Season with additional salt & pepper, to taste.

GOULASH

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a Dutch oven or heavy-bottomed pot over medium heat. Add the onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 1 minute.
• Add the beef and cook, stirring and breaking up the meat with a wooden spoon, until browned and no longer pink, about 8 minutes. Add 1 teaspoon salt, a few grinds of pepper, the paprika, and Italian seasoning to the beef and stir to combine. Cook, stirring, until the paprika begins to toast and become fragrant, about 1 minute. Stir the tomato paste into the beef mixture to coat, then cook until the paste thickens and deepens in color, about 2 minutes.
• Add the diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, Worcestershire and beef broth to the beef mixture and stir, scraping up any browned bits from the bottom of the pot, to combine. Bring the mixture to a boil over medium heat. Reduce the heat to medium low and add the cavatappi. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the pasta is al dente, 8 to 10 minutes.
• Remove the pot from the heat. Gently stir in the parsley and Cheddar until combined and the cheese starts to melt. Divide the goulash among 6 bowls and top with more shredded Cheddar and chopped parsley.

PICKY MIKE'S GOULASH

Steps:

• In a stew or dutch-oven pot, saute meat and chopped onions until brown.
• Pour off any grease (I use lean turkey, so I don't have extra grease).
• Add to browned meat& onions all of the remaining ingredients (the order doesn't matter).
• Stir and bring to boil, then turn down to medium-low or simmer and put lid on pot.
• Simmer 20 minutes or until noodles (or potatoes) are done.
• Stir occasionally to keep from sticking to bottom of pot.