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Paula Deen’s Goulash is the ultimate comfort food to feed a large crowd. It is loaded with flavor and made with simple ingredients.
This classic comfort food is perfect for an easy weeknight meal. All the ingredients cook easily in a large Dutch Oven for a delicious southern goulash recipe.
I am a busy mom and have been making one pot meals for years. Our family also likes One Pot Italian Chicken Pasta, Hungarian Goulash and One Pot Cheesy Taco Pasta.
What's in this post: Paula Deen’s Goulash
What is goulash?
This goulash is made with ground beef, tomato sauce, spices and noodles for a complete meal idea. Serve with a side of homemade garlic bread for dipping into the hearty mixture.
If you have a large crowd over for the big game or for the holidays, make this delicious goulash recipe.
Ingredients
- Lean Ground Beef
- Yellow Onions
- Minced Garlic
- Diced Tomatoes
- Italian Seasoning
- House Seasoning
- Seasoning Salt
- Elbow Macaroni, uncooked
House Seasoning:
- Salt
- Pepper
- Garlic Powder
Skip to the bottom of the post and find the complete ingredients in the recipe card.
Goulash Recipe Paula Deen Variations Ideas:
- Change Meat – If you prefer, you can make this recipe with ground turkey.
- Veggies – This is a great recipe to sneak in vegetables. You can add in slice mushrooms, stewed tomatoes, or chopped zucchini.
- Beans – Feel free to add in beans to this soup. It is a great addition.
Step by Step Instructions:
Step 1 – In a Dutch oven, sauté ground beef over medium-high heat until it browns. Break up the meat as you cook it. Drain any excess grease.
Step 2 – Add garlic and onions to the pot and cook for 5 minutes or until tender.
Step 3 – Pour 3 cups of water into the pot. Add diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, bay leaves, Italian Seasoning, House seasoning, seasoned salt, and soy sauce. Stir to combine.
Step 4 – Add the elbow macaroni and mix in. Cover the pot once again with the lid. Then let it simmer over medium low heat for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Pro Tips:
- Cooking Ground Beef – Cook the ground beef in the Dutch Oven. If you the beef is sticking to the pan add in olive oil. Make sure to drain extra grease before mixing with the other ingredients.
- Cook Veggies – Cook the onions and garlic until they are tender.
- Macaroni Noodles – There is no need to cook the noodles before adding with the other noodles to goulash paula deen recipe.
FAQ’s
This soup is naturally thick. But the key is to add the noodles when the zesty tomato sauce and beef have come to a boil. Then add in the noodles.
You can also add in cornstarch slurry to thicken the mixture.
This hearty macaroni noodles soup is a complete meal. We recommend serving with light side dishes. These are some of our favorites.
Green Salad
Air Fryer Garlic Bread
Roasted Vegetables
Store the leftovers in an air-tight container in the fridge. The leftovers will last up to 4 days.
More Easy Paula Deen Recipes:
- Paula Deen Cinnamon Rolls
- Easy Paula Deen Deviled Eggs
- Paula Deen Pumpkin Bars
- Paula Deen Strawberry Cake
- Paula Deen Ooey Gooey Butter Cake
The next time you need a quick dinner, try this recipe. Then please leave a comment letting us know what you think.
Paula Deen’s Goulash
Ingredients
- 2 pounds lean ground beef
- 1 large yellow onions chopped
- 1 Tablespoon minced garlic
- 3 cups water
- 2 tomato sauce 15 oz.
- 2 diced tomatoes 15 oz.
- 2 tablespoons Italian seasoning
- 3 bay leaves
- 3 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon House Seasoning recipe follows
- 1 tablespoon seasoned salt
- 2 cups elbow macaroni uncooked
House Seasoning:
- 1 cup salt
- ¼ cup pepper
- ¼ cup garlic powder
Instructions
- In a Dutch oven, saute ground beef over medium-high heat until it browns. Break up the meat as you cook it. Drain any excess grease.
- Add garlic and onions to the pot and cook for 5 minutes or until tender.
- Pour 3 cups of water into the pot. Add diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, bay leaves, Italian Seasoning, House seasoning, seasoned salt, and soy sauce. Stir to combine.
- Add the elbow macaroni and mix in.
- Cover the pot once again with the lid and let it simmer over medium low heat for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Remove from heat and take out the bay leaves. Let the goulash cool slightly before serving.
The amount of water changes in the ingredients when you increase the recipe, but it doesn’t change in the directions
Yes, sorry about that Nikki. Use the updated water amount in the ingredients when increasing the recipe. Thanks!
Love this recipe when I have it as a go to For company with salad and garlic bread. Also for my go to for comfort food when I am under the weather. So easy to make.
Excellent goulash! Made it for the first time today. Beat my old recipe! Delicious! Did add around 2 cups of shredded cheddar cheese too.
Linda – I’m so glad you enjoyed it! Thank you so much for sharing and for the positive review! I bet the addition of the cheddar cheese was delicious in this goulash!
Made this tonight and it was very easy and 1 pot but as far as Awesome ,we were not impressed it was good but pretty basic.
Carrie,
Can I half this recipe? There are 2 us of retired people. I would love to try it, but would I cut everything in half?
Thank You
Delicious
Thank you Nancy!
Goulash has always been my husband’s favorite. I was looking for ground beef recipes and saw this one, and decided to give it a try. Hands down his favorite recipe now! Not sure which secret ingredient it was that earned it this 5 star rating, but I’ll take it!
Woohoo! I love hearing this Susan! Thank you for sharing and thank you for the positive review!
Are you sure it’s takes a cup of salt
Yes, this makes a big batch.
You make a batch of the house seasoning using the cup of salt, then use only 1 tbsp of that for this recipe and the rest saved for later use. Never add a cup of salt to one recipe 🙂
Dee, that is just the House Seasoning recipe. The recipe calls for 1 Tablespoon of house seasoning, then states “recipe below”. Does seem like a lot of salt tho!!
Is the salt amount correct? 1 cup?
Sharon – the house seasoning is made separately and then only 1 Tablespoon of that seasoning mixture is used to make these goulash.