This dish is so versatile and just perfect for so many occasions. Serve it for Sunday dinner, a Super Bowl party, backyard pool party, baby shower or when the grandchildren come over for the weekend. No matter when it’s served, you are sure to receive rave reviews.
Check out what my pals over at Spend With Pennies had to say about this fantastic goulash recipe:
“This easy goulash recipe is full of flavor and the perfect way to feed a crowd as it makes a huge batch! Macaroni noodles simmer in a mixture of lean beef, zesty canned tomatoes and delicious pasta sauce creating the perfect comfort food on a budget!”
Ingredients
2 onions, chopped
2 pounds lean ground beef
2 cloves garlic, minced
3 cups water
1 jar tomato based pasta sauce (approx. 26 oz.)
2 (14.5 oz) cans Hunt’s diced tomatoes, undrained
2 bay leaves
black pepper to taste
2 cups Ronzoni macaroni noodles, uncooked
Instructions
- Cook ground beef, onion and garlic over medium-high heat until no pink remains. Drain any fat.
- Add pasta sauce, diced tomatoes, tomato paste, water and seasonings. Simmer covered for 15 minutes.
- Add in the in the macaroni and continue to simmer, covered, stirring occasionally until pasta is tender (about 20 minutes).
- Top with cheese and replace the lid. Let sit about 5 minutes or until melted.
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Quick Tip: You can use mild or hot diced tomatoes for this dish depending on how much heat you want.
Thanks to Holly at Spend With Pennies for this recipe.
There is no tomato paste in the ingredients, but it is listed in the directions. Please check recipe.
How many cans of Tomato paste?
How much tomato paste?
1 6oz can tomato paste and 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
Just wing it. That is what I did.
Hungarian goulash is a totally different dish. Uses beef chunks, onions and is seasoned mainly by sweet Hungarian paprika. Served over wide egg noodles. Just Google it. This, though delicious (I have made both versions), is a totally different dish and is not even remotely related.
i make this but don’t use tomato paste just use heinz ketchup and no water cook the noodles first.
How much tomato paste???
You did not list the tomato paste in the ingredients,how much did you use.
tomato paste…how much? Thanks
Did not list tomato paste or cheese….????
no tomato passte listed in ingredients–how much do you use?
My Mom made this for us a lot as a child but she added Bell Pepper to hers and it was delicious.
How much tomato paste?
You did not list the tomato paste in this recipe, nor the kind and amount of cheese you add at the end.
How much of each, please.
you don’t mention cheese in the ingredient list either. How much is recommended, and what kind of cheese?
No, it doesn’t mention tomato paste. I am guessing a small can. Will try that anyway.
what cheese? not on the list of ingredients either.
How much tomato paste to use?
If you click on the link for Spend with Pennies, it will show original recipe.
the ingrediants dont say anything about tomato paste or cheese. how much do I use