Goulash

Goulash is a very traditional Hungarian meat and vegetable stew. It is very regional with many variations. This is my more international take on the goulash that I grew up with. It is one of the easiest dishes to make!

This fed 6 adults so if you have a smaller family and don't want leftovers then half this. 

Ingredients

For the stew

2  lbs ground beef

2 Tbsp butter

• 4 cups chicken broth
• 3 28oz cans Stewed Tomatoes 
• 1 large yellow onion, diced
• 3 Tbsp crushed garlic
• 1 lb Elbow Noodles
• Garlic Salt to taste
• Pepper to taste
• Creole Seasoning to taste
• Pinch Red pepper flakes
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    UTENSILS YOU WILL NEED

    Frying pan 

      Stew Pot

      Pot to cook noodles

      Cutting Board

      Cutting knife

      Stew stirring spoon

      Fork and butter knife

Directions

1. Saute diced onion and garlic with butter in stew pot until onions are soft. Season with 1 tsp garlic salt and tsp pepper.                                                 
2. Add un-drained cans of stewed tomatoes one at a time taking a fork and butter knife to cut up the tomatoes slices into smaller pieces. I hate getting big chunks of tomato slices so this is a personal preference to cut them up into more manageable pieces.
3. Next add chicken broth, turn burner up to 6 and let stew during following steps.
4. Begin browning ground beef in frying pan. No oil needed. If anything I often drain excess grease  out of pan as I go or else you just have ground beef boiling in fat. Yuk!
5. Once beef is browned drain well in colander, shaking the colander a few times to help drain off excess grease, add meat to stew, stirring well. 
6. Boil water for noodles remembering to add salt and a Tbsp of oil.
7. Cook elbow noodles for about 8 minutes or until cooked slightly less than done. They may cook a     little more in the stew and the last thing you want is mushy noodles.
8. Add noodles to stew and stir well turning the burner down to a simmer (Low 1-2).
9. From here on out the seasoning is going to be to taste. The base flavor is already there. I like just       a smidge of heat so I add a couple red pepper flakes and about a tablespoon of my favorite Creole     Seasoning pictured here.                                                                 
10. Let the stew sit for about 30 minutes then serve up and Enjoy!!

Corn muffins also go well with a nice bowl of stew :)