Description
Delicious old fashioned ground beef goulash just like grandma made — hearty, comforting, and full of flavor. Made with bell peppers, onions, tomato sauce, diced or crushed tomatoes, Worcestershire sauce and elbow macaroni pasta. An easy, family-friendly dinner that’s budget-friendly, freezer-friendly, and perfect for feeding a crowd.
Ingredients
Scale
- 8 oz elbow pasta
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1 bell pepper, seeded and diced
- 1 onion, diced
- 1 tsp garlic paste
- 15 oz tomato sauce
- 14.5 oz petite diced tomatoes
- 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1/2 tsp salt
- Grated Parmesan cheese (optional topping)
- Red pepper flakes (optional topping)
- Italian spices (optional topping)
- Olives (optional topping)
- Artichokes (optional topping)
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: Offer Parmesan cheese, red pepper flakes, Italian spices, olives and/or artichokes as optional toppings.
Notes
You can cook the pasta directly in the sauce by adding 1 and 1/2 cups of water and simmering for 15-20 minutes. Leftover goulash stores well for 3-5 days refrigerated or 4-6 months in the freezer.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 415 kcal
- Sugar: 10 g
- Sodium: 712 mg
- Fat: 19 g
- Saturated Fat: 6 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 12 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 43 g
- Fiber: 4 g
- Protein: 20 g
- Cholesterol: 54 mg
Keywords: American Goulash, ground beef pasta, comfort food, easy dinner, one-pot meal