Instant Pot Cajun Goulash is hands down one of my husbands favorite meals.
Goulash is one of those recipes I honestly had never tried until I got married! The word goulash just sounded strange and as a picky eater if it looked or sounded weird I wasn’t going to eat it. When it comes to marriage I have found that it requires a lot of give and take. So here I am the world’s pickiest eater eating Goulash! Who have I become?
What was one food you refused to eat but once you finally tried it you couldn’t believe you wasted all those years not eating it?
To my surprise when I actually caved and tried this delicious dish I absolutely loved it! I couldn’t believe I had been missing out on all these amazing flavors and spices my whole life. I now make this recipe all the time for my family and it is almost always gone immediately! My kiddos love it, Brady loves it and I love it! The best part is the whole dish is made right in the Instant Pot so clean up is minimal!
In this recipe I use Elbow Chickpea Pasta (Corkscrew works great too!) because it is packed full of protein and fiber! You are welcome to use regular pasta if your family prefers.
This is a perfect meal to make when you running short on time and need to get dinner started. It will satisfy anyone’s cravings and can be warmed up at anytime, and taste as good as it did when it first come out of the Instant Pot.
I hope your family enjoys this Cajun Goulash as much as mine does!
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INSTANT POT CAJUN GOULASH
Serves 6
INGREDIENTS
2 tbsp Grass Fed Butter
1 Red Bell Pepper, sliced
1 Green Bell Pepper, sliced
1 Onion, sliced
Salt and Pepper
1 lb 10 oz Ground Turkey
1 tbsp Minced Garlic
4 Tomatoes, diced
2 cups Homemade Chicken Broth
1 cup Full Fat, canned Coconut Milk
8 oz Elbow Chickpea Pasta (Corkscrew works great too!)
5 tsp Cajun Seasoning
Cayenne Pepper
Green Onion/Chives
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Pre-Heat your Instant Pot using the SAUTE function. When the display panel reads HOT add butter, bell peppers, and onion to the pot. Season generously with salt and pepper and sauté for 3 minutes, then add ground turkey and minced garlic.
2. Once the turkey has cooked through and vegetables have softened add remaining ingredients, layering in the order specified.
3. Put the lid on the pot and turn the vent valve to the SEALING position. Press CANCEL and select the MANUAL/PRESSURE COOK function. Use the +/- buttons to set the pot for 4 minutes.
4. When the pot is finished cooking open the vent valve to quickly vent the pressure. Once the pin drops remove the lid, CANCEL the keep warm function, and let sit so that the noodles absorb all of the yummy juice. It will be a bit soupy when you remove the lid, the longer it sits and cools the more water is absorbed and the yummier it becomes! Top with cayenne pepper and green onions or chives, Enjoy!
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Instant Pot Cajun Goulash
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp Grass Fed Butter
- 1 Red Bell Pepper sliced
- 1 Green Bell Pepper sliced
- 1 Onion sliced
- Salt and Pepper
- 1 lb 10 oz Ground Turkey
- 1 tbsp Minced Garlic
- 4 Tomatoes diced
- 2 cups Homemade Chicken Broth
- 1 cup Full Fat canned Coconut Milk
- 8 oz Elbow Chickpea Pasta
- 5 tsp Cajun Seasoning
- Cayenne Pepper
- Green Onion/Chives
Instructions
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Pre-Heat your Instant Pot using the SAUTE function. When the display panel reads HOT add butter, bell peppers, and onion to the pot. Season generously with salt and pepper and sauté for 3 minutes, then add ground turkey and minced garlic.
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Once the turkey has cooked through and vegetables have softened add remaining ingredients, layering in the order specified.
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Put the lid on the pot and turn the vent valve to the SEALING position. Press CANCEL and select the MANUAL/PRESSURE COOK function. Use the +/- buttons to set the pot for 4 minutes.
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When the pot is finished cooking open the vent valve to quickly vent the pressure. Once the pin drops remove the lid, CANCEL the keep warm function, and let sit so that the noodles absorb all of the yummy juice. It will be a bit soupy when you remove the lid, the longer it sits and cools the more water is absorbed. Top with cayenne pepper and green onions or chives, Enjoy!
Excellent and so easy. Couldn’t find pasta noodles so I used regular macaroni. Great! Will be making this again. How do up pin this or save it to a recipe box?
Could you use unsweetened Almond milk?
Sure!
There isn’t ANYTHING Cajun about this!
No coconut milk and no chickpea pasta.
This is more Indian goulash.
When I name a recipe I name it based on taste, ingredients take a back seat in the naming process. I encourage you to try it! 🙂 It doesn’t taste like Indian cuisine but cajun. I use coconut milk as a substitute for heavy cream and chickpea pasta because it tastes the same as regular pasta but doesn’t contain gluten or grain.
This tastes 100% Cajun and 110% delicious!!! Pure perfection!!
Where can I buy that pasta? The amazon listing says by the case..
Thanks
Whole Foods, Walmart, Target, etc 🙂
Fresh Thyme and Whole Foods has the pasta
So this pasta really holds up in the IP?? I just bought some of this brand and was wondering if I can use it in there for meals. So many GF pastas go all weird and yucky just on the stove top.
Hi Dee! It held up great! I was impressed. 🙂
Wonderful !! I’ll let you know how it goes. I look forward to trying your recipe and this new pasta
This is a wonderful recipe. I used brown rice quinoa pasta and it turned out great. I made the spice mix that you linked to, next time not so much cayenne, but it is nice that I can adjust that easily. Great job!!!
Can regular pasta be used here?
Absolutely!
Just made this! It was so easy and so delicious. Definitely a Cajun kick to it! I just bought your week three meal plan and some other stuff that you have posted on your amazon account. Your weight loss is inspiring! Hopefully I can get disciplined like you have, and stop my bad habits!
3 words….Best. Recipe. Ever!
Is there enough room in the 6 qt. to double this? It sounds like a good meal to have leftovers of!
It’s a fantastic meal to have leftovers of! It’s so funny that you ask, I just doubled it tonight for dinner, so yes! 🙂
I have this in my instant pot right now. I used grass fed hamburger and put 2 lbs. in and just left the rest like it was. Can’t wait to taste it. I’ve been eating pretty healthy but still need to lose about 30 pounds. I’ve been making more of your recipes and they are all good. Thanks.
Hi Mary! I hope you enjoyed it! It’s one of my husbands favorites! 🙂
Brit, what brand ground turkey are you using now? Jennie o’ used to be 1 lb plus but they changed it and now only 1 lb. That’s the only one we seem to like.
I use the organic Foster Farms from Costco. 🙂
Can I used coconut oil instead of butter? we can’t use butter
Sure!
Yummo! This goulosh was eaten up by everyone but the picky 10 year old who eats with his eyes, wink wink. Thank you Brittany!
This was delicious! I made this last night and everyone loved it, including my 19 month old. It was so good that I’m making it again right now (I’m making a double batch this time). Thank you!
YAY! That makes me so happy! I am so glad ya’ll liked it! It’s my husbands favorite. 🙂
what is the specified order to place the ingredients in the pot after sauteing everything?
Made this last night. Very tasty!!!! I don’t have access to the chickpea pasta (but will definitely purchase online) and need to figure out where to buy grass-fed butter (I live in Germany…and looking online…I should have no problem finding it here). Will definitely make this again!!!!
Oh my goodness! Just made this tonight and it was totally delicious! Don’t have an Instant Pot, but it was super easy to make on the stovetop 😊 Love it!
I don’t have an instant pot so will try to make this old school. Is this still good for weight loss? Your story is inspiring!
Okay, so I really want to try this because of all the comments, but I’m assuming that its spicy right? We have a few people in this house that aren’t fans of spicy (including me). How do I adjust that?
If you don’t want spice, just leave out the Cajun seasoning and cayenne completely. I would replace it with a big spoonful of sweet paprika plus a big dash each of garlic powder and onion powder. That’s a more traditional goulash anyway 🙂
I only have a crockpot. Thoughts on what changes I’d need to make to make it in the crockpot? Thanks for any tips.
Can you use a can of diced tomatoes with liquid if you don’t have fresh tomatoes on hand?
Also, would cumin work instead of cajun seasoning or cayenne pepper? We have a cayenne pepper allergy in the house 🙁 He’s not too happy about it.
Thanks for sharing and all you do! So far, my family has loved all the recipes of yours that I’ve tried 🙂
I tell you what; your recipes do not disappoint! So happy I found you. Love this dish and all the others as well!
Is that really 1LB 10 oz turkey? That seems like an odd amount but very specific. It is in between 1.5 lbs and 2 lbs. Just wanted to make sure I’m reading that correctly?
Thanks for this awesome recipe! My husband loved it so much that half an hour after dinner, he said, “Thanks again for dinner, it was really super. Can I give you a hug?” Too funny. 🙂
I used Banza Cavatappi (my store was out of the Banza Elbow pasta) and it worked great; I think I’ll probably use that in the future. For the Cajun Seasoning, I used a Creole Seasoning I had handy. To get close to the 1 lb 10 oz for the meat, I bought a 3 lb. chub of 90% lean ground turkey and used half, froze the rest.
Thanks again – I really appreciate your recipes and plan to purchase your cookbook.