Crock Pot Goulash

Lisa1's Note:

Seems like everyone in the Midwest has a recipe for goulash that has nothing to do with the Hungarian kind. This was my mom's recipe, which I adapted for the crock pot after living in a apartment with an unruly oven that would set off the smoke alarm no matter how often I cleaned it. This is a very simple recipe, but it's my brother's favorite meal in the world (thus I make it for him every Christmas Eve). Good with garlic-cheese bread.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 50 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs 30 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 1 (7 ounce) box pasta shells or 1 (7 ounce) box elbow macaroni
• 1 lb ground beef
• 1 tablespoon onion powder
• 1 (28 ounce) jar traditional spaghetti sauce (I use Ragu)
• 1 (4 ounce) jar sliced mushrooms, drained (optional)
• parmesan cheese (for serving)

Directions:

1. Cook pasta according to package directions. Drain.
2. Brown meat. Drain.
3. Combine meat, pasta, spaghetti sauce, onion powder and mushrooms(if using) in crock pot. Mix well.
4. Cover. Cook on High for 1 hour.
5. Reduce heat to Low for 30 minutes.
6. Serve with Parmesan cheese.

Reviews

[bmcnichol]

This was a good basic dish. I made this exactly as written and we all enjoyed it.

[Husker Fan]

I made this today for lunch. I did on thing different and that was to season the ground beef with garlic. About 1 Tbsp. We liked it and the kids ate it up. "We like this kind of biscetti" is what I kept hearing!! Served with cheesy garlic bread. Although this is not the type of goulash I am used to it is def. a keeper!

[VickyJ]

Hello there, Lisa! I made this for our Sunday dinner. There are two things I did different: substituting chopped onion for the onion powder ( didn't have any) and putting in a Tbsp of garlic powder. Other than that, it was the same. Thank you so much for the great dinner. I'll be making this again, because it was so easy!