Vintage Hamburger Goulash

INGREDIENTS

• 1

  lb ground beef, browned
• 2

  onions, large chopped
• ¹⁄₂

  teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 1

  (16 ounce) bag elbow macaroni
• 1

  (28 ounce) can crushed tomatoes
• 1

  teaspoon garlic salt (I use Lawry’s)
• ¹⁄₄

  teaspoon pepper
• 1

  teaspoon chili powder

• DIRECTIONS

  • Saute beef, 1/2 tsp of red pepper flakes and 2 onions in large frying pan. Drain excess fat. Lots of onions makes this good.
  • Meanwhile, in another pan cook macaroni in boiling, salted water until tender. Set aside until almost ready to serve.
  • When beef and onions are finished cooking, add the canned, crushed tomatores and approximately 1/2 cup water; also add garlic salt, pepper, chili powder and mix well.
  • Simmer for about 20 minutes; then add cooked macaroni noodles and mix well when ready to serve. If you add the macaroni noodles too soon, they may over cook and get mushy.