Now that I am eating meat and the cold weather is setting in, I found myself craving goulash. It was one of the few things my mom made that I liked (sorry mom, but you admittedly don't like to cook). The true midwest version involves hamburger, tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, and elbow noodles. Some people may use onions and green peppers also. That's it, pretty easy.
I am calling my version the jazzed up version. It includes gluten-free noodles, ground turkey, mushrooms and black olives. It honestly combines my mom's spaghetti sauce and goulash recipes. Like most pasta dishes (and soup), I think this tastes the best on day 2 and 3!
Gluten-Free Goulash
Serves 4-6
Ingredients
Note: My version is drier. Feel free to add more spaghetti sauce if you would like a soupier version. You can also use regular pasta instead of gluten-free pasta.
-1 Pound ground turkey
-9 Ounces gluten-free pasta of choice, I like the spirals
-8 Ounces fresh mushrooms, roughly chopped
-1 Can of black olives (5 ounces), drained and roughly chopped
-1 Large clove of garlic, minced
-1 Quart spaghetti sauce (I like to use a quart of my homemade sauce)
-1 Tablespoon cooking fat of choice
-Optional: Italian seasoning (if spaghetti sauce is bland)
Directions:
-Cook ground turkey over medium heat in a large skillet or dutch oven until no longer pink, 5-10 minutes.
-Transfer ground turkey to a bowl.
-While turkey is cooking, cook pasta per package directions. When done, drain and run under cold water to stop the pasta from cooking, set aside.
-In the large skillet, or dutch oven (I used a 3-1/2 quart dutch oven), heat up the 1 tablespoon of cooking fat over medium heat.
-Add in the mushrooms and garlic. Cook for approximately 5 minutes, stirring occassionally.
-Add in the olives and spaghetti sauce.
-Once the spaghetti sauce is heated up, add back in the ground turkey and noodles.
-Once everything is heated up to your liking, serve.
Hi -
ReplyDeleteThe one thing I remember Linda making was/is an awesome spaghetti sauce from scratch. Yummy!
Auntie