Ground Beef Slumgullion Recipes

GOULASH

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a Dutch oven or heavy-bottomed pot over medium heat. Add the onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 1 minute.
• Add the beef and cook, stirring and breaking up the meat with a wooden spoon, until browned and no longer pink, about 8 minutes. Add 1 teaspoon salt, a few grinds of pepper, the paprika, and Italian seasoning to the beef and stir to combine. Cook, stirring, until the paprika begins to toast and become fragrant, about 1 minute. Stir the tomato paste into the beef mixture to coat, then cook until the paste thickens and deepens in color, about 2 minutes.
• Add the diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, Worcestershire and beef broth to the beef mixture and stir, scraping up any browned bits from the bottom of the pot, to combine. Bring the mixture to a boil over medium heat. Reduce the heat to medium low and add the cavatappi. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the pasta is al dente, 8 to 10 minutes.
• Remove the pot from the heat. Gently stir in the parsley and Cheddar until combined and the cheese starts to melt. Divide the goulash among 6 bowls and top with more shredded Cheddar and chopped parsley.

SLUMGULLION

Steps:

• Fry the ground beef and onion in a large skillet until cooked completely. Drain any excess fat then add in the garlic, saute until fragrant.
• Place the ground beef mixture into the bottom of a slow cooker.
• Add in all of the remaining ingredients, except the macaroni. Stir.
• Cover and cook on HIGH for 4-5 hours or on LOW for 7-8 hours.
• Half an hour before you are ready to eat, add in the macaroni noodles and stir until mixed through.
• Cover and cook until the macaroni is soft, stirring once in a while to ensure that the macaroni doesn't stick to the bottom of the pot. If needed, add more beef broth to thin out the sauce at the end.
• Remove from heat and serve with cheese sprinkled on top.

SLUMGULLION

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain and place in large saucepan.
• Meanwhile, in a large skillet, brown beef over medium heat; just before beef is browned, stir in onion.
• Add beef mixture to pasta, and stir in tomato sauce, mushrooms, garlic, salt, pepper and stewed tomatoes. Cook over low heat, 10 to 15 minutes, or until heated through.

SLUMGULLION

Steps:

• Fill a large pot with cold water. Cover and bring water to a boil. Salt the water and cook the macaroni until al dente. Drain and return to large pot. Cover and set aside. You can also do this while you are prepping and preparing the meat.
• In a large skillet, heat the olive oil and add the 2 cloves of smashed garlic to the oil. Saute on medium heat and cook for 2-3 minutes. Stir in the chopped onion and mix to coat with garlic oil. Season the onions with a pinch of salt and black pepper. Saute until soft and transluscent. Remove smashed garlic pieces.
• Add the ground beef, breaking up any clumps to form small to medium small bits. Season with salt, pepper (and Accent if you are using that seasoning). Brown the meat and drain off any excess liquids.
• Add meat/onion mixture to the pot of cooked macaroni. Add the 2 cans of diced tomatoes and the 1 can of tomato sauce. Fold in the 1 can of white beans and mix in gently to the macaroni, beef and tomatoes. Taste and adjust any seasoning at this time. Cover and heat through on low-med lo heat for at least 30 min to blend flavors.
• When reheating leftovers, it the macaroni seems to be absorbing the tomato's liquids add more tomato sauce, tomato juice or one 16 oz of diced tomatoes. I've even used a can of V8 to rehydrate.

SLUMGULLION

Steps:

• Brown ground beef in pot and remove to bowl. Do not drain.
• At the same time prepare macaroni according to directions on package. Drain.
• Saute onion and garlic in grease from the ground beef until opaque and remove to bowl with ground beef. Drain off grease, and return beef, onion, and garlic to pot.
• Add tomatoes, beef broth, corn, cream of mushroom soup, and Velvetta. Cook on medium heat until Velvetta is melted.
• Add Macaroni and serve.