Old American Goulash Easy Comforting Weeknight Dinner
Old American Goulash is a comforting one pot meal perfect for an easy dinner or family dinner. This weeknight meal combines simple ingredients for a hearty, flavorful comfort food everyone enjoys.
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: Serves 4
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Standard
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 small onion diced
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 15 ounce can crushed tomatoes
- 8 ounce can tomato sauce
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 cup elbow macaroni pasta cooked measured before cooking
- grated Parmesan cheese for serving
Instructions
- Heat a large saucepan over medium heat and cook ground beef with diced onion and minced garlic until beef is browned and crumbled. Drain off any extra fat.
- Add crushed tomatoes with their juices and tomato sauce to the beef mixture and stir to combine.
- Season the sauce with sugar, Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper then bring it all to a boil.
- Lower the heat and let the sauce simmer for about 10 minutes to blend flavors.
- Stir in the cooked elbow macaroni and allow everything to simmer together for an additional 5 minutes.
- Serve the goulash topped with grated Parmesan cheese.
Notes
- Add in additional veggies your family enjoys! Green peppers, diced tomatoes or mushrooms would all be great additions
- Shredded cheddar cheese can also be added
- A tad of sugar is added to cut the acidity from the tomatoes
Nutrition
- Calories: 434kcal
- Sugar: 8g
- Sodium: 515mg
- Fat: 23g
- Carbohydrates: 31g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 25g