Soup’s On: Easy and Delicious One Pot Goulash Recipe

I don’t know about you, but now that fall is here, I can’t stop craving soup! We have already made chili twice and last week we made butternut squash and pumpkin soup {which we LOVED}. These soups are made in the crockpot, which is super convenient if you plan ahead and make them in the morning or afternoon. However, sometimes I want soup on SHORT notice. This week my husband chose the soup and he picked goulash. The ingredients sound a bit like chili, but this dish has central European roots and it reminds me of an Italian pasta dish turned into a soup.

The ingredients are simple (you probably have most of them in your pantry already), and the soup cooks in a single pot in less than an hour. With just a few substitutions, you can easily make the soup vegetarian and/or gluten free. We used Impossible crumbles instead of ground meat, and vegetable broth instead of chicken or beef broth. As of a couple months ago, Impossible can be ordered right off their website. It is also available at Kroger and Meijer. I am also gluten free, so we used gluten free macaroni noodles and tamari. We used the Jovial brand noodles and they were the perfect texture and did not fall apart like some gluten free noodles do.

Check out the recipe below:

Ingredients

• olive oil
• 1 pound ground meat or meat substitute
• ½ yellow onion, diced
• 1-2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 cup broth (I used vegetable)
• 1 can (14.5 oz.) diced tomatoes in juice
• 1 can (14.5 oz.) tomato sauce (Red Gold is my favorite!)
• 1 teaspoon soy sauce (I used low sodium tamari so it would be gluten free)
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
• ½ tablespoon paprika
• 1 cup uncooked elbow macaroni

Directions

1. Heat soup pot on medium-high heat. Once heated, add olive oil and ground meat or meat substitute. Cook until brown. Drain if greasy and return to pot. Return pot to stove on medium-high heat.
2. Add onion, garlic, and bay leaf. Cook approximately 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
3. Add broth, diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, soy or tamari sauce, Italian seasoning, paprika, and salt and pepper. Stir to combine.
4. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer for 15 minutes.
5. Stir in the macaroni, cover, and cook until the pasta is cooked (approximately 20 minutes).
6. Remove from heat and serve. ENJOY!

I am already thinking about my favorite pasta fagioli soup recipe for next week…What is your favorite soup recipe?

Katie G.

PS (confession): My family never made goulash, so when my husband started talking about it (over a decade ago), I thought it was just another name for chili with noodles. It wasn’t until fairly recently I found out it was something else…haha