Time to ditch plain old spaghetti! Instant Pot Goulash is going to be your new favorite thing!
My 4-year-old son is obsessed with spaghetti. I mean we literally have it for dinner almost 3 time a week. I pretty much hate it now, but we we have both come to a manual understanding that if I want dinner to go off with out a hitch, I serve spaghetti. That is until I made Instant Pot Goulash!
I was able to pass Goulash off as small spaghetti to my little one who ate the whole bowl! Goulash (AKA American Chop Suey) is something that honestly I grew up hating. I never liked red sauce as a kid. One day as an adult, something just clicked and now I LOVE it.
Recently I revisited the idea of making Goulash at my husbands request and boy am I glad I did. It tuned out amazing thanks to the Instant Pot! It was so convenient to be able to brown my meat and cook everything in (four minutes I might add!!) right in the same pot! I will totally be making this again!
This is the perfect busy weeknight meal to satisfy the whole family! And, cooked in only 4 minutes, its faster (and cheaper than take out)! Save your self some time and money by throwing this on your weekly menu plan!
Instant Pot Goulash
Turn the Instant Pot onto saute. When hot, add ground beef garlic, salt, pepper, and onion. Cook until meat is browned.
When meat is browned drain fat then add tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, Italian seasoning, soy sauce, water, noodles, and bay leaves.
Set your Instant Pot to manual high pressure for 4 minutes. When timer is up preform a quick release of pressure. Take out bay leaves and give everything a good stir. Top with Parmesan Cheese and enjoy!
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1 large onion
- 3 cloves garlic
- 2 15- ounce cans tomato sauce
- 2 15- ounce cans diced tomatoes
- 2 tbsp Italian seasoning
- 3 tbsp soy sauce
- 3 cups elbow noodles
- 2 1/2 cups water
- 3 bay leaves
- salt and pepper to taste
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Turn the Instant Pot onto saute. When hot, add ground beef garlic, salt, pepper, and onion. Cook until meat is browned.
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When meat is browned drain fat then add tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, Italian seasoning, soy sauce, water, noodles, and bay leaves.
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Set your Instant Pot to manual high pressure for 4 minutes.
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When timer is up preform a quick release of pressure.
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Take out bay leaves and give everything a good stir.
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Top with Parmesan Cheese and enjoy!
If you are looking for another delicious and quick meal check out this Instant Pot Chicken, Broccoli, and Rice or Instant Pot Cashew Chicken!
Or check out these awesome Chicken Taco Bowls from Wondermom Wannabe! They are to die for and are perfect for larger families (it makes a ton)!
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Made this tonight and my family loved it!. I added 1/2 chopped green pepper and only one 15 oz can of tomato sauce. I was afraid 2 cans would be too much. Also cut the water to 2 cups. Consistency was perfect! Thanks for the recipe. I’m new to the instant pot and trying different recipes.
Loved this recipe. Didn’t have a lot of tomato sauce so I used 2- 8oz cans with 2 diced tomato cans and it was perfect. Also only used 2 cups of water. My husband had seconds. I can’t beliece how good this is. Thank you so much for a wonderful and quick recipe.
Do you cook the noodles first or add in straight from.the box?
Hi Paula! You toss them in straight from the box (uncooked).
I’m assuming the noodles are NOT cooked first?
Right! You toss them uncooked into the pot.
Easy. Tastes great. Went with 2 8-ounce cans of tomato sauce instead of 2 15 oz cans.
Made this last night and it turned out great. Like others I did 2- 15oz cans diced tomatoes, 15oz tomato sauce and 2 cups water and the sauce part was perfect. Also did half ground beef and half ground sausage. After you vent I suggest putting it all in a large serving dish or it continues to cook and the pasta will get on the overdone side.
I made this tonight to rave reviews! I increased to 5 minutes because I like my macaroni a little softer.
I like a sweeter goulash so added tomato soup instead of tomato sauce. As well as a tblsp brown sugar. Soooooo yummy
Hi Kimberly! How much tomato soup did you substitute with? 🙂
So sad, it burned on the bottom and never came to pressure. Any suggestions? I didn’t add any water initially, should I have added water?
Yes, you need to add the 2 1/2 cups of water the recipe calls for because the tomato sauce alone is to thick to come to pressure
Do you put in the water from the diced tomatoes as well?
Can you use spaghetti sauce instead? I don’t have tomato sauce on hand and can’t go get it.
You could!
Made on the stove with some adjustments. Used only one 8oz can tomato sauce, one 15oz can diced tomatoes, no water or bay leaves. Ground beef was pre-cooked the day before. Added some diced zucchini. Used one TBSP Italian seasoning and two TBSP Soy sauce. Added some crushed red pepper. Absolutely delicious! Will definitely make again.