I absolutely love pasta, anything with a good noodle and red sauce will find a happy place in my stomach. I have been eating goulash all my life, its been a family meal since I was just a little kid up in Michigan. so I decided that today I would try to make it for myself and I was not disappointed by the outcome!
The recipe today calls for:
- Hamburger meat
- diced tomatoes
- diced onions
- Italian seasoning
- salt and pepper
- minced garlic
- Italian bullion
- Bay leaves
- and lots of tomato juice
The recipe starts off easy by placing minced garlic, onions and hamburger in a bowl, mashing it all up to brown and cook. I was really nervous pouring out the portions of the ingredients as I haven't made any pasta style foods in years and I was concerned on watching that while making sure everything was cooked through properly as well. After that cooked through enough I add in the salt and pepper, Italian seasoning, bullion and fire roasted diced tomatoes and stir soak up more flavor! My mom said to mention a tip to be extra careful with your bullion because its so salty, that even a little is quite a lot. While the sauce was cooking up I set the noodles in a stock pot to boil up to softness and added in the tomato juice to the sauce mix. While I made this dish in about an hour my mom said you can treat it like chilies or stews, the longer you leave it to simmer and soak up flavors.
I wasn't very confident going in but afterwards I like to think it was a great first time with the dish!
I plan to make this again for sure! I think next time I'll add another step and transfer the goulash into a oven pan and add some cheese on top to bake into a ziti of some kind.
Your Goulash looked mighty tasty. I will always go for just about any pasta dish, and I agree with you. I was also told awhile back that there has to be a balance between bouillon and salt. I am not a big fan of tomatoes, but if it is in a recipe and looks as delicious as yours, I will go for it everytime.
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