What was in your Mom's Goulash?

[WinnieinWA]

Mine was:

elbow macaroni cooked

hamburger cooked with salt and pepper, garlic and diced onion.

canned stewed tomatoes

tomato sauce

tomato paste

 

All mixed together. It was a real comfort food for me. :)

 

Anyone else?:confused:

[jessemon]

Mine was:

elbow macaroni cooked

hamburger cooked with salt and pepper, garlic and diced onion.

canned stewed tomatoes

tomato sauce

tomato paste

 

All mixed together. It was a real comfort food for me. :)

 

Anyone else?:confused:

Just add some corn and some red pepper flakes and paprika and you got it.....:D

[pmfan]

Mine was:

elbow macaroni cooked

hamburger cooked with salt and pepper, garlic and diced onion.

canned stewed tomatoes

tomato sauce

tomato paste

 

All mixed together. It was a real comfort food for me. :)

 

Anyone else?:confused:

That's it. :D

[Scooter-n-GB]

That's it. :D

 

In these parts, we called that American Chop Suey!! :p

[bluedazy2]

Our goulash was just leftover spaghetti (the meat sauce added to the thin spaghetti), topped with mozzarella cheese and baked in the oven until hot. A very nice and easy meal.

[capncarp]

Anything that couldn't run faster than my Mom!:eek: ;)

 

My mom made a lot of different goulash/hash/casserole dishes from pretty much what she had on hand. She could make just about anything taste good and did it on a pretty slim budget.

 

Never say you'd *NEVER* eat something-- 'cause you've just never been hungry enough yet.

[ancldaca]

Goulash at home was a meat stew with paprika that was served usually with Spaetzle although sometimes with pasta. I love the Goulash that Princess serves on the Oktoberfest Buffet on Wednesday nights at the Cafe Caribe!!!

[bakechef]

In these parts, we called that American Chop Suey!! :p

 

Oh my goodness, I haven't heard it called that since I left Maine. People looked at me like I had 2 heads when I called it that.

 

MAC

[bakechef]

Goulash at home was a meat stew with paprika that was served usually with Spaetzle although sometimes with pasta. I love the Goulash that Princess serves on the Oktoberfest Buffet on Wednesday nights at the Cafe Caribe!!!

 

Now that's goulash, when I made it for my SO and he took the leftovers to work, everyone said "that's not goulash, where is the macaroni?" I guess the macaroni version is what most grew up with here, it in no way resembles Hungarian Goulash, but I like both.

 

MAC

[cruzermon]

Good thing I'm reading this so that I know to check the ingredient list if ever I order this out. I'd be surprised if I got the "chop suey" version.

 

Actually, my goulash is better than my mom's. The main ingredients are cubed beef shank, browned first, (toss in the bones later for richness), ground toasted whole caraway seeds, and about 3 onions worth of carmalized onions, as well as the obligatory paprika., and a bunch of other flavor developers. As Emeril would say, this is a food of love. And, DW absolutely insists I serve spaetzle, but it has to be sauteed in butter until crispy.

 

One of the things that makes winter time so nice.

[AuntieBon]

Mine was:

elbow macaroni cooked

hamburger cooked with salt and pepper, garlic and diced onion.

canned stewed tomatoes

tomato sauce

tomato paste

 

All mixed together. It was a real comfort food for me. :)

 

Anyone else?:confused:

 

Forget the tomato sauce and tomato paste and that's my mom's version. Took the hamburg out earlier to make this for dinner tomorrow.

 

I never heard it called American Chop Suey until I went to junior high.

[golf43]

My mom's is.......

 

elbow macaroni

ground chuck

tomato soup

 

I added shredded cheese. Its tasty.

 

Thats what we call goulash.

[WinnieinWA]

Good thing I'm reading this so that I know to check the ingredient list if ever I order this out. I'd be surprised if I got the "chop suey" version.

 

Actually, my goulash is better than my mom's. The main ingredients are cubed beef shank, browned first, (toss in the bones later for richness), ground toasted whole caraway seeds, and about 3 onions worth of carmalized onions, as well as the obligatory paprika., and a bunch of other flavor developers. As Emeril would say, this is a food of love. And, DW absolutely insists I serve spaetzle, but it has to be sauteed in butter until crispy.

 

One of the things that makes winter time so nice.

 

Now that sounds absolutely marvelous!!!!!!! Thank you!

[suezyq50]

Mine was:

elbow macaroni cooked

hamburger cooked with salt and pepper, garlic and diced onion.

canned stewed tomatoes

tomato sauce

tomato paste

 

All mixed together. It was a real comfort food for me. :)

 

Anyone else?:confused:

 

No tomato paste. She would under cook the macaroni and add tomato juice. She would bake it. With 10 mouths to feed, we had it often!

[Mrs007]

Actually, ours is different and we call it "Grandma's Goulash".

 

1 lb ground beef browned and crumbled

add to that 2 cans Chef Boyardee or Franco American spaghetti in tomato and cheese sauce.

1/3 - 1/2 cups ketchup

1 jar mushrooms

a good dash of course ground pepper

mix all together and let it simmer about 20 - 30 minutes

 

My grandma always made this for me when she made the real chop suey for my parents. (I HATE chop suey!) I still make this comfort food and hubby loves it when I say - "how bout Grandma's Goulash tonight" :D

[bettyboop42413]

Here's my recipe.......I made it last week *drools*

 

1 pound ground beef

1 1/2 cups elbow macaroni

1 quart stewed tomatoes

2 teaspoons paprika

1 tablespoon chili powder

1/2 cup chopped sweet onion

1 clove garlic, minced

6 ounces tomato paste mixed with a couple cans of water

 

In large saucepan brown ground beef, drain. Add tomatoes, onions, garlic, paprika, chili powder, macaroni and tomato paste. Simmer until macaroni is tender.

[Aurori]

Wow, it's been ages since i had it... but here it is!

 

medium sea shells

1lb ground beef

1 chopped onion

1 clove garlic

1 large can tomato juice

1 can stewed tomatos

 

Dollup a bit of butter into each bowl and pour it in. Was almost like a goulash soup!

 

 

 

...damn, now im hungry.

[Senoj84]

It would be spagetti noodles, bbq sauce and hamburger. I hated it.

[Tralynn222]

Oh this is too funny! My mother's was made with macaroni, ground beef and Ragu (mushroom flavored) sauce. We had it a lot too. Cheap and fed a family of six. Today I make my own sauce but still prepare the rest of it the same way. (Not as often though)

[Nebr.cruiser]

My mom's was made with elbow macaroni, browned hamburger, onions, tomato soup with a little brown sugar and worcestershire sauce added. My MIL used ketchup instead of the soup.

 

Not exactly gourmet, (and not really goulash) but we liked it!

[cassieroll]

The recipe in the OP is my mom's recipe and she added shredded or parm cheese to the top. We've always called it Hamburger Macaroni Casserole. LOL

[fresnel468]

Ro-tel diced tomatoes and green chiles make a good alternative to plain diced tomatoes....

[starchildath]

I think it is a New England thing to call it American Chop Suey, but add some sauteed onion and green bell pepper, and it's just like mom makes! This is one of my kids' favorite meals!

 

Andrea

[sandytoesrose]

My mom made goulash with macaroni, ground beef, sauteed onion and green pepper, and tomato soup seasoned with salt and pepper.

[serval_girl]

Mine made Hungarian style-chunks of stew beef sauteed with onions hungarian paprika sour cream and pepper to make a nice brown sauce. We would put it on buttered egg noodles or garlic-cream cheese mashed potatoes. Yum!