THE FIRST DINNER RECIPE I EVER LEARNED TO MAKE: 4-INGREDIENT GOULASH
Dana Ivy
This goulash is the most delicious, crave-worthy, simple dinner that is sure to be in your weekly meal lineup. The whole family will LOVE it!
Course Main Course
Cuisine American
- 1 lb ground beef my mom uses ground turkey but I think ground beef is way better!
- 1 lb elbow noodles I fancy the gluten-free noodles from Ancient Harvest, Barilla, or Ronzoni the most
- 2 6 oz. cans Contadino tomato paste with Italian Herbs If you can't find this brand, it's okay but it's important that you get tomato paste with Italian herbs! You CAN do it without but the favors won't be as robust.
- 1 cup fresh grated parmesan
- salt and pepper to taste
Cook noodles according to package directions
While noodles are being cooked, start to cook your ground beef in a pot. Once it's cooked through, drain, then add the ground beef back into your pot.
Drain your noodles and add to your pot with ground beef. Pot can be on very low heat.
Stir in your tomato paste. Some people like it heavy {use all two cans}, while you might not like as much {use maybe 1.5 cans}. There is no right way!FYI I personally like A LOT of tomato paste in this but when I went to make this recipe I realized I only had one can in my house! It still totally worked and was still SO good. I just prefer more typically. Add in half cup of the parmesan cheese! Stir!
At this point, taste it. Add in your salt and pepper to taste. I usually add 2-3 tsp of salt and a few pinches of pepper.
Serve hot!! Add a few pinches of the remaining parmesan cheese to the meal as a topper on all plates being served!
Keyword goulash, ground beef, noodles,