I needed a quick dish to feed some unexpected dinner guests and came up with this Hamburger Tomato and Veggie Goulash. It turned out AWESOME and is definitely the best goulash I’ve ever tasted!
It seems crazy to call something like goulash delicious, but it was. I am definitely keeping this on the rotation. It’s also super easy and the whole family and the guests gobbled it right up.
Down home Comfort food at its finest.
I used onion, garlic, carrots, bell pepper, celery, green beans and tomatoes which gave it a really awesome depth of flavor that was perfectly complimented by the al dente macaroni and nicely browned beef. Mmm, yum, I wish I had a big bowl right now.
I also whipped up a quick batch of this amazing fast Artisan Bread and happened to have some Strawberry Freezer Jam on hand to serve with it. Everything was delish!
More quick and painless dinners
- 1 lb Elbow Noodles, cooked al dente (Make sure you salt the water when cooking the macaroni)
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 3 carrots, thinly sliced (halved if they are big)
- 2 large stalks of celery, finely chopped
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- ½ of a yellow, orange or red bell pepper, diced
- 2 cloves of garlic, crushed or finely chopped
- ¼ cup fresh chopped parsley or two tbsp dried parsley
- 1 cup frozen green beans
- 1 (8 oz) can tomato sauce
- 1 (15 oz) diced tomato (I like fire roasted)
- 1½ tbsp brown sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- ½ tsp dried basil flakes
- ¼ tsp ground pepper
- Dash of red pepper flakes
- Heat Olive Oil in a large deep skillet or dutch oven style pan, add hamburger, carrots, celery, onion, bell pepper and garlic. Add salt, pepper and red pepper flakes. Cook until meat is completely browned.
- Add tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, frozen green beans, brown sugar and basil. Simmer until carrots and beans are tender.
- Add cooked and drained macaroni noodles and stir until thoroughly mixed. Taste and add salt and pepper if necessary.
- Serve with sour cream and cheese if desired.
I love your recipes and am really happy they can be printed. You can’t print recipes from a lot of the websites. Thank you.
Thank you Glenna, I am so glad you like them and I am happy to provide recipes that can be printed.
I made this because I had the ingredients on hand and because I thought it might be grandchild-friendly. It turned out to be surprisingly tasty for me, the grandmother! Very flavorful! I will test it out on the grandsons tonight.
Thanks Janie! This is actually one of my very favorite recipes. I hope your grand kids love it!
making this tonight…can’t wait to try it
Great, hope you loved it!
This was a hit with the whole family!
Yay! My kids like this too! Thanks for reminding me about it, it’s been a while since we had it!