Texas Goulash Recipes

LUNCH LADY TEXAS GOULASH

Steps:

• Cook and stir ground beef, bell pepper, and onion in a large pot over medium-high heat until beef is browned and crumbly and vegetables are soft, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Pour pinto beans into a saucepan and cook over medium heat until heated through, about 5 minutes. Stir in tomato paste.
• Combine 2 cups plus 2 tablespoons water, chili powder, sugar, salt, and pepper in a small bowl; stir into the beef mixture. Add pinto bean mixture. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes.
• While goulash cooks, bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook elbow macaroni in the boiling water, stirring occasionally, until tender yet firm to the bite, about 8 minutes. Drain.
• Mix cooked macaroni into the goulash, cover, and simmer for 30 minutes to 1 hour.

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.

TEXAS GOULASH

Steps:

• 1. Use a large pot and add your ground beef,onions,salt,peppers and garlic.
• 2. In a medium pot boil your pasta.Cook ala dente because it will continue to cook when all mixed.
• 3. When the meat mixture is done add all remaining ingredients.Cook until throughly hot.Add pasta and adjust sauce as you like.turn heat on low and simmer for about 15 minutes stirring every 5 minutes.
• 4. Serve with a salad and hot garlic bread.

TEXAS GOULASH

Steps:

• In a 3 quart saucepan, heat 2 cups of water on medium heat.
• While the water is heating, in a deep (3-inch) cast iron skillet or other large pot, crumble the ground chuck. Stirring and breaking up the meat, cook over medium high heat until no longer pink. Remove the meat from the skillet and drain the fat; set meat aside.
• Add 1 tablespoon of olive oil to skillet and heat over medium heat. To the oil, add onion, bell pepper, and celery. Cook and stir the vegetables until softened, then add the minced garlic cloves and continue cooking for 2-3 minutes.
• Add the meat to the vegetables, the two cups of hot water, and the rest of the ingredients, except the macaroni.
• Let sauce cook for 30-40 minutes, adding additional water, if needed.
• While the sauce simmers, refill the saucepan with water and cook macaroni according to package directions. Drain macaroni and add to meat/sauce mixture and stir.
• Serve with warm, crusty homemade or French bread.

TEXAS GOULASH

Steps:

• In a large skillet brown ground beef and onion. Add beef and remaining ingredients, EXCEPT cheese, to crock pot. Cook on low setting for 3 1/2 hours.
• Before serving add cut up pieces of Velveeta cheese to the goulash and let steam until melted. Serve immediately.