Cheesy American Goulash*

By srumbel

Also known as American Chop Suey, chili mac, or just goulash, this is classic American ground beef goulash casserole with a cheesy kick. Just follow these easy step by step photo instructions — great comfort food.
from 101cookingfortwo.com

Ingredients

• 1 pound ground beef
• 1 cup dry pasta
• 1 onion small or 1/2 medium
• 2 cloves garlic
• 15 oz tomato sauce
• 14 1/2 oz diced tomatoes
• 1 teaspoon basil
• 2 teaspoon seasoning salt I used Lowery’s
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
• 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese

Details

Preparation time 20mins
Cooking time 50mins

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 convection. And start heating water for cooking pasta.

Start brown 1 pound of ground beef over medium high heat.

Start cooking 1 cup of pasta and chop one small or 1/2 medium onion.

Add the onion to the ground beef about 5 minutes into cooking and cook the pasta to al dente which should be about 2 minutes short of done.

Add two cloves of minced or crushed garlic to the burger the last few minutes of cooking the ground beef.

Prep a large baking dish with PAM.

To the baking dish add 1 15oz can tomato sauce, 1 14 1/2 oz diced tomatoes, 1 tsp basil, 2 tsp seasoning salt (I used Lowery’s), 1/2 tsp pepper. Mix well.

Drain the ground beef and add that along with the pasta and mix well.

Stir in 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese.

Top with 1/2 cup mozzarella.

Bake until golden brown. About 30 minutes.


Recipe Notes
Pro Tips:

This is not an easy recipe to cut down due to full cans of things. It is good refrigerated for 3-4 days and will freeze well.

You can skip all the cheese, cook the pasta a bit more and make this a stovetop recipe. But the cooking in the oven helps tastes to blend.

If you feel "goulash" must have more paprika than what is in the seasoning salt, add 1 teaspoon of paprika.

Vary the cheeses to what you like
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Like many casseroles, I feel it is better the second day.

Servings: 6