Goulash
Ingredients
- 1 lb of ground beef (or ground Turkey)
- 3 cups elbow macaroni
- 4 8oz cans Spicy Hot V-8
- Onion flake
- salt
- coarse ground black pepper
- butter (not Margarine)
Instructions
Partially brown ground meat in a large skillet. Brown but do not cook though, make sure center of meat is still somewhat pink. At the same time boil the elbow macaroni in a large saucepan. Boil in water with a little salt added. Boil only slightly longer than you would normally. The macaroni needs to be chewy but not soft.
Empty the browned meat into a bowl and set aside. New place 2 Tbsp butter in skillet over medium heat. Drain water from macaroni.
After the butter has melted, place macaroni in skillet and cook until macaroni just starts to brown. This is an important step, as it prevents the macaroni from becoming mushy later when combined in the saucepan. Be sure to use a spatula to scoop and stir the macaroni so it doesn't stick to the skillet during cooking. Move macaroni casually while cooking.
Place empty saucepan on medium heat and pour one can of V8 into pan. Heat until it starts to boil while you are browning the macaroni in the skillet. Add meat from bowl to saucepan. Heat. Add slightly browned macaroni to saucepan. Add 3 more 8oz cans of V8, heat until it starts to boil. Turn heat down to low and let simmer for 20 minutes.
