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

What were you going to do with this? I'm going to throw it in. 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 going 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 going to start chopping up four cloves of garlic

and I'm going to 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

the 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 going to get married at 3

Okie doke. So I'm putting in 2 teaspoons of dried basil. 2 teaspoons dried oregano

1 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

Okay. That makes sense. All right, I'm going to 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 going to put maybe a couple of cups of water in there So two 14 cans of fire tomatoes They 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 going to 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? Mm

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

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

I love it so much. 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 Deen Network

Mm-hmm. Is this good? Golly, it's so good. Mm-hmm. Thank you