Instant Pot Goulash
How to make Goulash in the instant pot!
Last year, I came up with an easy goulash recipe that took about 40 minutes to make, with only 10 to 15 minutes of actual cooking time. This made a complete, hearty, one-pot meal that was also kid-friendly, and I was pretty happy with it.
But lately, I’ve been making a whole bunch of meals with my Instant Pot, and it got me to thinking. Could the Instant Pot make that easy goulash even easier and faster?
Turns out, it can.
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This Instant Pot Goulash has all the same great stuff my original Grandma’s Easy Goulash: lean ground beef, tomatoes, noodles, cheese, and plenty of zesty seasoning. And it cooks in about half the time of the original.
You still have to brown the beef with onion and seasoning, but you can do that right in the Instant Pot on the sauté setting. Then you just toss in the rest of the ingredients (except the cheese) and cook it for five minutes on high pressure. Remove the bay leaves, add the cheese, and voilà – dinner is served.
Instant Pot Goulash – because the only thing better than an easy one-pot meal is a really easy one-pot meal.
Instant Pot Goulash
Printable recipe directions and ingredients at bottom of post.
DIRECTIONS:
- Turn the Instant Pot onto saute. When hot, add ground beef garlic, seasoning salt, pepper and onion. Cook until meat is browned.
- When meat is browned drain fat if needed, then add tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, Worcestershire sauce, broth, parsley, oregano, noodles, and bay leaves. Set your Instant Pot to manual high pressure for 5 minutes. When timer is up preform a quick release of pressure.
- Take out bay leaves and give everything a good stir. Stir in 1/2 cup of cheese, until melted. Sprinkle the remaining cup of cheese over the top of the mixture. Replace the lid and let the cheese melt.
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Ingredients
- 2 pounds lean ground beef
- 2 teaspoons seasoned salt I used Lawry’s
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- ½ cup chopped onion
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 2 15oz cans diced tomatoes
- 1 15oz can tomato sauce
- 2 Tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
- 3 cups beef broth
- 1 TB dried parsley
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 2 large bay leaves
- 2 cups dry elbow noodles
- Kosher salt and pepper to taste
- 1.5 cups shredded sharp cheddar cheese
Instructions
- Turn the Instant Pot onto saute. When hot, add ground beef garlic, seasoning salt, pepper and onion. Cook until meat is browned.
- When meat is browned drain fat if needed, then add tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, Worcestershire sauce, broth, parsley, oregano, noodles, and bay leaves. Set your Instant Pot to manual high pressure for 5 minutes. When timer is up preform a quick release of pressure.
- Take out bay leaves and give everything a good stir. Stir in 1/2 cup of cheese, until melted. Sprinkle the remaining cup of cheese over the top of the mixture. Replace the lid and let the cheese melt.
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I tried this recipe today, It was easy & fast, and tasted great.
Super easy and so much flavor. I was underwhelmed at first bite but then I noticed a depth of flavor I hadn’t noticed initially. That sounds pretentious. It may be that the first couple bites were too hot and as it cooled it was better. I’ve made it 3 times now so that says something.
I made this recipe today for a pot luck lunch at Church. Everyone who ate it loved it. Only problem is, ran out before 1/2 the line had gone through. I have an 8 quart Instant Pot Duo. I believe that there’s enough room to make a double batch. Question is would I pressure cook for the same time, or will I need to cook it longer? If so about how much longer? Also, will I need to use 4 Bay Leaves instead of two? Thanks
I haven’t ever tried making a double batch of this one Larry, so I can’t say for sure. I think the cooking time should be about the same, and I would only up the bay leaves to 3 🙂 I hope that helps 🙂
Added a few more spices and little bit more pasta and the whole family loved it! Will definitely be making again. Thank you for the recipe!
Quite tasty! I had to cook some additional time for the macaroni.