Grammy's Kitchen · Goulash · Classic American Goulash
One of 109 goulash recipes we measured
from therecipecritic.com
It ranks #1 of 109 for gravy quality among the goulash recipes we compared. 80 cooks on therecipecritic.com rate it 4.7★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 109.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 70% | 63% |
| fat | 0% | 1% |
| aromatics | 16% | 33% |
| salt | 2% | 1% |
| vegetables and beans | 167% | 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)
Weights computed by us.
| 907 g | 2 pounds ground beef |
| 150 g | 1 large diced onion |
| 12 g | 4 cloves minced garlic |
| 710 g | 3 cups water |
| 8 g | 1 tablespoon beef base (or bouillon) |
| 850 g | 2 (15-ounce) cans tomato sauce |
| 850 g | 2 (15-ounce) cans diced tomatoes ((one petite diced)) |
| 48 g | 3 tablespoons soy sauce |
| 12 g | 2 tablespoons Italian seasoning |
| 18 g | 1 tablespoon seasoned salt |
| 5 g | 2 teaspoons paprika |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon black pepper |
| 3 g | 3 bay leaves |
| 210 g | 2 cups elbow macaroni noodles (uncooked) |
| 113 g | 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese |
| fresh chopped Italian parsley (for garnish) |
Method: 5 steps, published by therecipecritic.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I would love to try a meal plan here. However, I viewed the meal plan for this week and noticed a meal for 8 servings. We are a household of two? My struggle would be the steady stream of food and grocery shopping (it’s almost easier to have a family of eight ” — a cook
“This is the third time that I’ve made this recipe and I tweaked it to my taste. I only used 1 tsp of soy sauce, left out the water and the beef bouillon. I added a little extra garlic and some green pepper. I also added 1 tsp white sugar to even out some of th” — a cook, 5★