Mum's Macaroni - some people call it "Goulash"

Mum's Macaroni - some people call it "Goulash"

This is another recipe that comes from home.  We all have our favorite cooks.  I call mine "Mum".  This is a variation of her recipe as she makes it just a little differently than what I did here.

Ingredients

1 pound elbow macaroni
1 pound ground beef
1 onion diced
1 large can of stewed tomatoes 
Pepper to taste
2 tablespoons butter
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon oil

Stuff you will need

1 large pot to cook the macaroni
1 collander (strainer)
1 large skillet
1 oven safe casserole dish (Optional)

Directions

Add water, salt and oil to the one pot to boil the macaroni.  I only use medium heat.  Saves electricity and if you think it boils the water any faster, well, I am sure your right, but not that much faster.  Once the water is boiling, add the macaroni and turn the heat off.  Cover and let sit for 20 minutes.  The macaroni will cook in the pot while the heat is off.  The nice part about this, NO boil over.

Fry the onions and pepper in butter till they are translucent.  I have never timed it, but about 5 minutes, perhaps a little more.  Do you like pepper?  Then add a lot.  Don't like a lot of pepper, then don't add a lot.

Once the onions are done, add the hamburger.  In the video, I am sure it's more than 1 pound of ground beef that I have added.  Fry up the beef till browned.

Drain the ground beef and add it back to the skillet.  Add the stewed tomatoes.

Drain the cooked macaroni and add that to the skillet.  Mix it all up and you got "Goulash".

To get "Mum's Macaroni", put the Goulash into an oven safe casserole dish and into the oven for 30 to 40 minutes at 350 F.  This will brown the top of the casserole.

I like adding extra salt to this before I eat it.  Not too much though, the Doctor said I have high blood pressure and should avoid salt.

Comments and suggestions are ALWAYS welcome.