Elbow macaroni with ground meat

Cooking method

1. Step 1:

   

   How do you make elbow macaroni with ground meat? Gather the ingredients. Choose durum-wheat pasta — it doesn't go mushy and is much tastier and more wholesome. You can use store-bought ground meat or grind your own at home. Any meat works — beef, pork, chicken, turkey. Mine is beef. Wash, peel, and finely chop the onion and carrot.

2. Step 2:

   

   First, put a large pot of water on for the pasta. At the same time, set a skillet over the heat — that way the pasta and the meat finish together. Pour oil into the skillet and add the chopped onion and carrot. Sauté the vegetables over low heat for 5 minutes, stirring so they don't burn. Once the water boils, salt it and add the macaroni.

3. Step 3:

   

   Add the ground meat to the skillet with the vegetables and keep cooking, breaking it up with a spatula. Fry the meat for about 5 more minutes.

4. Step 4:

   

   Wash the tomato and grate it. Instead of a fresh tomato, you can use any tomato sauce (I used gorloder, a spicy tomato-garlic sauce). Add the grated tomato or sauce to the meat. Add salt and spices. Stir and cook the meat a few minutes longer.

5. Step 5:

   

   By now the pasta has finished cooking. The time depends on the brand and shape, so check the package. Drain it in a colander and let the water run off. Then add the macaroni to the meat and vegetables.

6. Step 6:

   

   Stir well and warm everything together.

7. Step 7:

   

   Serve the macaroni with ground meat right away, hot. Enjoy!