Easy Classic Goulash recipe

Name: Easy Classic Goulash
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 5 min
Total time: 1 h 25 min
Ingredients: 3 cups water; 2 pounds lean ground beef; 3 bay leaves; 2 (14.5 ounce) cans diced tomatoes; 2 (15 ounce) cans tomato sauce; 6 cloves garlic, chopped; 3 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce; 2 tablespoons Italian seasoning; 2 large yellow onions, chopped; 1 tablespoon seasoned salt, or to taste; 0.5 cup sofrito sauce (such as Goya®); 2.5 cups uncooked elbow macaroni

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Heat a large pot or Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Cook and stir beef in the hot pot until browned and crumbly, about 10 minutes; drain and discard grease. Stir onion and garlic into beef; cook and stir until onion is translucent, about 10 minutes.

Step 2

Stir tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, water, sofrito, Worcestershire sauce, Italian seasoning, seasoned salt, and bay leaves into beef mixture. Bring mixture to a boil, reduce heat to low, cover the pot, and simmer, stirring occasionally, until flavors blend, about 20 minutes.

Step 3

Pour macaroni into beef mixture, cover the pot, and continue simmering until pasta is tender and flavors are completely blended, about 25 minutes. Discard bay leaves.