{"id":6452,"date":"2026-07-08T09:48:53","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T09:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/?p=6452"},"modified":"2026-07-08T09:48:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T09:48:53","slug":"american-goulash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/08\/american-goulash\/","title":{"rendered":"American Goulash"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>American Goulash (One-Pot Beef &amp; Macaroni)<\/h1>\n<h2>Ingredients<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>1 pound (450 g) ground beef<\/li>\n<li>1 tablespoon olive oil<\/li>\n<li>1 medium onion, diced<\/li>\n<li>3 cloves garlic, minced<\/li>\n<li>2 cups elbow macaroni, uncooked<\/li>\n<li>1 can (14.5 oz) diced tomatoes<\/li>\n<li>1 can (15 oz) tomato sauce<\/li>\n<li>2 cups beef broth<\/li>\n<li>1 tablespoon tomato paste<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon Italian seasoning<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon paprika<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd teaspoon garlic powder<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd teaspoon onion powder<\/li>\n<li>Salt and black pepper, to taste<\/li>\n<li>1 cup shredded cheddar cheese (optional)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Instructions<\/h2>\n<h3>Step 1<\/h3>\n<p>Heat the olive oil in a large pot over medium heat. Add the ground beef and cook until browned, breaking it apart as it cooks. Drain any excess fat.<\/p>\n<h3>Step 2<\/h3>\n<p>Add the diced onion and cook for about 4 minutes until softened. Stir in the garlic and cook for 30 seconds.<\/p>\n<h3>Step 3<\/h3>\n<p>Mix in the diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato paste, beef broth, Italian seasoning, paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, and pepper.<\/p>\n<h3>Step 4<\/h3>\n<p>Bring the mixture to a boil. Stir in the uncooked elbow macaroni.<\/p>\n<h3>Step 5<\/h3>\n<p>Reduce the heat to low, cover, and simmer for <strong>12\u201315 minutes<\/strong>, stirring occasionally, until the pasta is tender.<\/p>\n<h3>Step 6<\/h3>\n<p>If using cheese, stir in the shredded cheddar until melted and creamy.<\/p>\n<h3>Step 7<\/h3>\n<p>Taste and adjust the seasoning. Serve hot with grated Parmesan cheese and fresh parsley if desired.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prep Time:<\/strong> 10 minutes<br \/>\n<strong>Cook Time:<\/strong> 30 minutes<br \/>\n<strong>Total Time:<\/strong> 40 minutes<br \/>\n<strong>Servings:<\/strong> 6<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American Goulash (One-Pot Beef &amp; Macaroni) Ingredients 1 pound (450 g) ground beef 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 medium onion,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6453,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6452"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6454,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6452\/revisions\/6454"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}