poverty meal

Name: Poverty Meal
Yield: 4
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 tablesp. - vegetable oil; 1 lb. - ground beef; 1 large - onion, chopped; 2 cloves - garlic, minced; salt - season to taste (see *note); pepper - season to taste (see *note); 2 - (14.5 ounce) cans stewed tomatoes; 2 cups - water; 8 ounces - elbow macaroni, uncooked; Garnish: - the dish with kraft grated parmesan cheese

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Cindi Marie Bauer

Marshfield, WI

Updated on Jan 30, 2014

This is a quick, cheap, easy meal to prepare, plus it's also very good! I especially enjoyed this topped with grated parmesan cheese. You can serve it without the cheese, then it reminds me of Goulash. I came across this recipe back in 2009 at Recipezaar, which Malriha originally posted the recipe. This is a very popular recipe, as it already has over 500 reviews.

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method Stove Top

yield 4 - 5

Ingredients

1 tablesp. - vegetable oil
1 lb. - ground beef
1 large - onion, chopped
2 cloves - garlic, minced
salt - season to taste (see *note)
pepper - season to taste (see *note)
2 - (14.5 ounce) cans stewed tomatoes
2 cups - water
8 ounces - elbow macaroni, uncooked
Garnish: - the dish with kraft grated parmesan cheese

How To Make poverty meal

Step 1

In a large deep skillet, heat the vegetable oil. (I used my chicken fryer when preparing this meal.)

Step 2

Add the ground beef, and cook until the meat has browned 3/4's of the way.
Step 3

Now add the onion and garlic, and finish browning the meat and onion. Drain off any excess grease.
Step 4

Season meat and onion with the salt and pepper.
Step 5

Now add the stewed tomatoes, the can of water, and the uncooked macaroni. Bring to a boil, then lower the heat to almost a simmer. Cook and stir occasionally for 15 to 20 minutes, until the macaroni is cooked through. (Do not cover the skillet while cooking this dish.)
Step 6

Once cooked, serve immediately, and sprinkle each serving with the parmesan cheese.
Step 7

*Note: If desired, you can substitute Lawry's Seasoned Salt for the table salt, and substitute Lawry's Seasoned Black Pepper for the black pepper.
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