Italian Style Goulash

This is an easy and very hearty Italian Style Goulash made easy with fresh plum tomatoes, beans, pasta, and peppers.


The Traditional American Goulash has many other spices including paprika in it, no beans, and a classic dish using elbow macaroni.


Our Italian Style Goulash is seasoned with fennel and fresh herbs with lean ground beef.


It's a hearty stew-like soup perfect for a chilly evening we called stoup because it was filling and so chunky.


Mom and grandma knew how to stretch a meal on a budget and in our Italian family, this was one of our favorite meals.


Any kind of pasta you like but mom and grandma used either ditalini or small shells sometimes.


If you like goulash and economical meals you may also like to try Grandma's Escarole and Beans recipe, it another family favorite.


Scroll down to get this delicious recipe Grandma use to make back in the 1960s.

Feeding a Large Family Economically

Italian food like this can feed a large family and back in the 1960s when we were growing up we had this easy meal for dinner often.


Dried beans, pasta, ground beef all were staples in our pantry and all of the kids loved it.


Of course, there are no beans in the American style goulash and you can actually consider this as a chili instead with pasta.


After all the years past we still enjoy a delicious bowl of Italian American style goulash, it's always welcome on our tables.

Ingredients You Will Need

• cannellini beans rinsed and drained or use dried beans soaked and boiled in saltwater
• ground beef hamburger meat
• sweet red peppers cleaned and sliced
• fennel seeds
• fresh garlic finely minced
• chopped fresh celery leaves 
• fresh plum tomatoes put through food processor leaving medium-sized chunks or use canned whole plum tomatoes chopped 
• ditalini
• tomato sauce
• Cabernet wine
• olive oil
• salt, pepper, cayenne pepper
• granulated garlic
• fresh basil leaves chopped
• sprig of fresh parsley chopped
• dried oregano
• Garnish: grated cheese to sprinkle on top, red pepper flakes

Cooking Tools and Cooking Methods 

1. dutch oven
2. measuring spoons
3. knife
4. cutting board
5. food processor
6. cooking utensils

Other Cooking Methods

1. Instant Pot: sear the meat first,  drain fat, add all the other ingredients and pressure cook 30 minutes, boil pasta to package instructions, and add after you remove the pressure per instructions manual
2. Slow Cooker: saute the meat on the stovetop first, drain fat, add all the ingredients except pasta to the slow cooker. Place on low 4 to 6 hours on high 2 to 4 hours. Boil pasta to package instructions and add to the cooked mixture. 
3. Oven: place the meat in a dutch oven. Add all the rest of the ingredients and bake at 350 for 45 minutes. Boil pasta to package instructions and add to the cooked mixture in the dutch oven.

Other Additions or Substitutions

• use cooked boneless chicken or pork instead of ground beef
• use any kind of pasta you like
• add chopped onions
• add sliced mushrooms
• sliced carrots
• peas
• chickpeas
• black or red beans

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Comfort Food

If you have never tried the Italian version, it's time to make this down-home comfort food!


I just love this dish especially on cooler days in the fall and all winter long.


It sure does the trick and feeds a large family on a budget!

Italian Style Goulash

Yield: 8

Author: Claudia Lamascolo

Prep time: 20 MinCook time: 45 MinTotal time: 1 H & 4 M

This is a delicious Italian Style Goulash using fresh plum tomatoes, beans, pasta, and Cabernet wine in the sauce. A delicious Italian American pasta dish and a complete meal all in one bowl. A Classic dish with beans added and much much more our way.

Ingredients

• 2 cans cannellini beans rinsed and drained or use dried beans soaked and boiled in saltwater
• 2 pounds of ground beef hamburger meat
• 5 long sweet red peppers cleaned and sliced
• 1 teaspoon fennel seeds
• 4 cloves of fresh garlic finely minced
• 3 tablespoon chopped fresh celery leaves
• 2 pounds of fresh plum tomatoes put through food processor leaving medium-sized chunks or use canned whole plum tomatoes chopped
• 1 1/2 cups cooked ditalini drained
• 1 cup leftoverTraditional Sunday Italian Sauce or store-bought
• 1/2 cup Cabernet wine
• olive oil
• salt, pepper, cayenne pepper
• 1 teaspoon granulated garlic
• 2 fresh basil leaves chopped
• 1 sprig of fresh parsley chopped
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• Garnish:
• grated cheese to sprinkle on top
• red pepper flakes

Instructions

1. In a large deep fry pan, add around 3 tablespoons of olive oil and saute meat for around 3 minutes with the fennel seed, drain some of the fat out.
2.  Add the garlic and peppers and saute for another 2 minutes. 
3. Sprinkle with salt, pepper, granulated garlic, a pinch of cayenne pepper. 
4. Stir in the drained and rinsed beans.
5. Add the tomatoes, wine, any leftover sauce around 1 cup or use canned, simmer for around 30 minutes stir in the herbs and celery leaves.
6. Cook the pasta in another pan to package instructions and drain.
7. Do not rinse.
8. Add to the cooked pasta.
9. Serve with crusty Italian bread. 
10. Garnish with grated Pecorino Romano Cheese and red pepper if preferred and fresh chopped parsley.

Calories

549.26

Fat (grams)

24.21

Sat. Fat (grams)

8.69

Carbs (grams)

35.94

Fiber (grams)

7.51

Net carbs

28.43

Sugar (grams)

9.38

Protein (grams)

45.06

Sodium (milligrams)

550.08

Cholesterol (grams)

117.70

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Disclosure: This recipe was posted in 2015, edited, and re-published in 2021.