American Goulash

The formula

Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 109.

	this recipe	typical
liquid	1%	63%
fat	5%	1%
aromatics	36%	33%
salt	0%	1%
vegetables and beans	220%	107%
collagen idx	0.8	0.8
marbling idx	0.6	0.6

Adapts cleanly: egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)

Ingredients

Weights computed by us.

27 g	2 tablespoons olive oil
160 g	1 cup diced yellow onion (1 onion)
118 g	1 cup diced red pepper (1 pepper)
8 g	1 tablespoon finely minced garlic (3–4 cloves)
454 g	1 pound lean ground beef (93/7)
33 g	2 tablespoons tomato paste
6 g	1 tablespoon italian seasoning
2 g	1 teaspoon paprika
3 g	1 teaspoon chili powder
1 g	1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1 g	1/4 teaspoon onion powder
	Salt and pepper
425 g	1 (15-ounce) can tomato sauce
822 g	2 (14.5-ounce) cans fire-roasted crushed tomatoes
5 g	2 teaspoons beef bouillon powder ()
32 g	2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
2 g	2 bay leaves
113 g	1 cup freshly shredded sharp Cheddar cheese
315 g	3 cups uncooked elbow macaroni

Method: 6 steps, published by www.chelseasmessyapron.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.

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