Great Minnesota Goulash

This Great Minnesota Goulash recipe is a very popular meal created and eaten by families throughout Minnesota.  Every family has a variation of a recipe, this is one of the many.

Supplies

• Large kettle or dutch oven
• Kosher salt
• Elbow noodles
• Onion
• Green pepper
• Lean ground beef
• Salt
• Pepper

Ingredients

• 2 cans of tomato juice (46 fl oz)
• 2 bags of elbow macaroni noodles (16 oz)
• 1 green pepper
• 1 yellow onion
• 2 lbs lean ground beef
• Salt
• Pepper

Directions

• Dice up one onion and one green pepper
• Cook diced onion and green pepper to soften
• Boil enough water to cook 24 ounces of elbow macaroni noodles.  Add kosher salt to the water
• Remove diced onion and green pepper from cooking
• Brown 2 pounds of lean ground beef
• Add diced onion and green pepper to browned ground beef
• Add half of the tomato juice to ground beef, onion, and green pepper
• Add strained al dente elbow macaroni noodles and add the rest of the tomato juice (2 cans total)
• Add salt and pepper to desired taste
• Cook until tomato juice has reduced
• Serve in a bowl