Goulash

Hey, y'all

I'm so glad you're here on the Paula Deen Network because right now is a very special time for me

This is my hot little Latino daughter-in-law, Claudia Deen. She married my son, Bobby

and I pulled Claudia in here into the kitchen today because I know that you cook very light and very healthy

every day of your life, but there's one special day that Bobby asked for this dish

Every birthday, he says, Mama, today is goulash day. Goulash, it's kind of like Hamburger Helper, y'all

And he loves it. So I want you to know how I do it, okay

Perfect. I'm ready. Okay, chop up that bell pepper. Like small pieces

Yes, and don't waste a drop now. And what were you going to do with this? I'm going to throw it in there

No, no, no. Look at that. You just pop that stem out, and we're going to use every bit of it. Okay

Now, while you're doing that, Cloud, I'm going to put in two pounds of ground beef

and we're going to brown this off. This is a lean ground beef so I going to put just a little olive oil in there to help it move about Not much All right I to chop the onions So see you got the better job of the two

I may have some onion goggles in here. Onion goggles? Look at here

I want some of those, too. These are great. Well, you just put your pair on, honey

How's that? This is a surefire way to not cry while you're cutting onions in cloud

Tell everybody what you were doing this morning. Well, I went to Tybee Island to do a sprint triathlon

A triathlon, in case y'all didn't understand her accent. Do you know where I would be if I had done a triathlon

In bed. I'd be at the funeral home. That's where I'd be

they'd be stuffing me in my box for my dirt nap. I'm gonna start chopping up four cloves of garlic

and I'm gonna smash them. See how you smash them first, Cloud

Mm-hmm. That helps you to be able to chop them. Huh. So Claudia tell everybody where you from honey and how you met Bobby and all that stuff Well I originally from Caracas Venezuela and I met Bobby around three years ago

when I moved to Savannah. Where'd you meet him? At the gym

In the gym, imagine. Yep. So when are we going to have a baby

I don't know. Ask him. What you mean, ask him? I don't know

I say that's your shot. to call. Do you think so? Yes, I think so

Will I still be alive? Of course you'll be alive. Yay. You'll go to the baby's wedding and everything

I'll go to the baby's wedding? Yeah. Is it gonna get married at three

Okie doke. So I'm putting in two teaspoons of dried basil. Two teaspoons dried oregano

One teaspoon of garlic powder. And cloud, you or Bobby would probably never do this

but I don't drain my meat. Okay. I don't drain that fat off

because that fat represents the flavor. Yes, so... Doesn't it... All right, I'm gonna put a few teaspoons of my hot sauce

Is it okay that I'm stirring up the thing all the time? Yes, you stir it. Okay, good. You stir it up, girl

So I gonna put maybe a couple of cups of water in there So two 14 cans of fire tomatoes Is this smelling good already

Yes, it's smelling good already. And a 29-ounce can of tomato sauce

So we're going to put the lid on that and let it cook for about 20 minutes

And then we would come back and add our noodles. and then we would put that lid on

and we're gonna cook it probably for a good hour. Oh, wow

A good hour because you want it nice and thick. Yummy. All right, so you see how nice and thick that this has gotten

Mmm. At the end, you'll want to check it for seasoning. I smell something that smells good to me

Happy birthday! Oh! Surprise! What is the green stuff? That's just parsley, fresh parsley

Have you tried it yet? No, but I will. Well, this is clouds. I've got clouds on

Thank you. Oh, yeah. All right, so what do you think, Bobby

I love this one. This is one of those recipes that comes directly from that Dean family table

But for this recipe and more, y'all stay tuned here on the Paula Dean Network

Mm-hmm. Because it's goody. Golly, it's so good. Mm-hmm. Thank you