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American Goulash I
An American twist on a European standard. Hearty, filling meal.
Ingredients
- 1 kilo ground beef, OR ground pork
- 2 medium onions, chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, smashed and chopped
- 2 cups water
- 2 cans skinless tomatoes in tomato juice, chopped
- 1 can corn, drained
- 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 pinch salt
- ground black pepper, good shaking
- 2 cups dry elbow macoroni, OR spiral pasta
Instructions
- In large pot over medium heat, add onion and garlic, saute until transparent.
- Then add ground beef or pork to the onions, mix, and over medium heat until cooked through, drain the fat.
- Add 2 cups of water, the diced tomatoes with the tomato juice, all seasonings, and bay leaf and simmer for 15-20 minutes.
- Add pasta and corn, mix, and allow to simmer an additional 20 minutes or until the pasta is tender. Add a little water as needed. Remove bay leaf before serving.
Notes
200 Baht for ground beef, 125 Baht for ground pork. 42 baht per can for tomatoes and corn. Macaroni and other ingredients, minimal. Cost would be for beef: $9.60 for 2 people for 3 days, or $1.60 per person per day. For pork: $7.40 for 2 people for 3 days, or $1.25 per person per day.
This is an easily tailored recipe to suite your tastes or to what you have on hand. No corn on hand, use mixed mixed vegetables, no canned tomatoes on hand, use fresh and tomato juice. No tomato juice on hand, make from tomato paste. Endless possibilities.
Adapted from an internet recipe.
Gypsy Stew II
I took the Gypsy Stew I grew up with a bit further, and made this with ground pork instead of beef and added some other ingredients. Link to the shortcut is listed in the Recipe Notes section.
Ingredients
- 1-1¼ kilos ground pork, (2 - 2 1/2 lbs)
- 4 shallots, chopped
- 1 green bell pepper, chopped
- 1 red bell pepper, chopped
- 4 cloves garlic, smashed and chopped
- 1 can button mushrooms, drained, sliced (or use fresh)
- 1-1½ cups green olives with pimento, sliced
- 2-3 cans condensed cream of mushroom soup, Shortcut
- 1 tablespoon extra light olive oil, or as needed
- toast, pasta, or rice, prepared, for serving
Instructions
- In a pot, heat a tablespoon of olive oil, when hot, add the shallots and bell peppers. Saute until the shallots are translucent and the peppers are tender. Add the garlic and saute for another 30 seconds.
- Add the ground pork and cook until no longer pink, stirring often and breaking up meat a bit as well. Drain fat.
- Add mushrooms, soup, and olives, and mix together. Reduce heat to low and simmer for about 15-20 minutes or until heated through. For a more soupy stew, use 3 cans of soup and for a thicker stew use 2 cans of soup.
- Serve over rice, pasta, or toast.
Notes
Ground pork will run about 150-170 Baht per kilo. The soup is 54 Baht or so per can, not a $1 dollar meal but very inexpensive and will last 2 people several days.
Shortcut: Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup.
Variants: 1. Top each serving with a fried egg. 2. This is an easy recipe to use canned ground pork to in order to cut down cooking time, simply add the drained pork after the onion and pepper is sautéed, break it up and let it heat through then continue with the remaining steps.
My modification of my Mom's recipe by Lee Thayer. Thailand.
Gypsy Stew I
This was a staple when I was growing up, easy to make, common ingredients, and tasty. Family recipe taught to me by my parents as I was growing up. Feel free to serve this over toast, hot cooked noodles, or even rice. Link to the shortcut is listed in the Notes section.
Ingredients
- 750 grams ground beef, or ground pork, ( 1½ lb)
- 1 onion, diced
- 1 jar green olives with pimento, sliced, (354 g/12 oz net weight)
- 2 cans condensed cream of mushroom soup, (10½ oz / 298 g each), Shortcut
- black pepper, as desired, to taste
- toast, for serving
Instructions
- Add the beef or pork and the onion to a pot, cook until no pink remains. Season with black pepper as desired while it is cooking. Drain off excess fat, place pot back on low heat.
- Add soup and sliced olives.
- Mix everything together and heat through, stirring occasionally.
- Prepare some toast. Tear up a few slices of toast on a plate and ladle mixture over the toast, enjoy.
Notes
Beef runs about 150 Baht/750 grams, pork will cost about 75 Baht/750 grams. For 4 servings, using beef this is about $1.10 per serving, using pork this is about 55 cents per serving.
Shortcut: Cream of Mushroom Soup.
Variant: 1. Top each serving with a fried egg.
Updated on 3 May 2022.
