Grammy's Kitchen · Goulash · Country Goulash
One of 109 goulash recipes we measured
from www.allrecipes.com
It ranks #1 of 109 for gravy quality among the goulash recipes we compared. 89 cooks on www.allrecipes.com rate it 4.5★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 109.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 26% | 63% |
| fat | 0% | 1% |
| aromatics | 43% | 33% |
| salt | 1% | 1% |
| vegetables and beans | 94% | 107% |
| collagen idx | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| marbling idx | 0.6 | 0.6 |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 907 g | 2 pounds lean ground beef |
| 150 g | 1 large yellow onion, chopped |
| 9 g | 3 cloves garlic, chopped |
| 21 g | 3 tablespoons paprika, or to taste |
| 5 g | 2 teaspoons ground black pepper, or to taste |
| 12 g | 2 teaspoons seasoned salt, or to taste |
| 850 g | 2 (15 ounce) cans tomato sauce |
| 227 g | 1 (8 ounce) can tomato paste |
| 237 g | 1 cup water, or as desired |
| 210 g | 2 cups uncooked elbow macaroni |
Method: 3 steps, published by www.allrecipes.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“For my family, goulash has to have diced tomatoes and celery, with a squirt of yellow mustard and a little sugar to cut the acidity of the tomatoes, in addition to the ingredients listed here. Cut back on the paprika too. 3 TBS is a bit much. 1 - 2 TBS is bett” — a cook, 3★
“I used half the ground beef. The paprika put this over the top! I used 2 T of paprika. I used 2 cans of diced tomatoes and 1 can of tomato sauce. I used 3 or 4 T of Kikoman. Also replaced water with beef broth. It did not need extra salt. I put a bay leaf in a” — a cook, 5★