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Goulash Soup ~ A Taste of Hungary
Hungarian Goulash (Gulyás) is easy to make! A few simple ingredients are transformed into an incredibly flavored soup. The word Gulyás means Herdsman or COWBOY. Simmering soup over the camp fire became a standard herdsman’s dinner in Hungary.
This authentic recipe is from my Hungarian neighbor. It was handed down to her from her grandmother.
Red carrots contain lycopene (another form of carotene), a pigment also found in tomatoes and watermelon.
INSTRUCTIONS
In a cast iron pot brown onion ‘half way’ in the oil (lightly limp). Then add 4 garlic halves. Brown until golden colored.
Add caraway seeds (a must have!) and stir.
Add beef cubes. Stir until beef is brown and caraway seeds are nicely distributed.
Add 2 cups of water
Add: tomatoes, bell peppers, tomatoes paste, Hungarian paprika, salt, black pepper, and or chilli pepper.
Add water so that it covers the beef by 2 inches. Cover the pot and cook at medium heat (barely boiling) for 2 hours. (Note: You can place the dutch oven directly in the oven at low heat: 325°F, 160°C.)
Check after 1 hour and stir. Cook until beef is tender. Approx. 1 more hour.
Add water if the level of the liquid falls an inch.
Put in carrots and cook for 20 mins. 2.5 hours cooking time in total.
Tri-Coloured Carrots (The Yellow Carrots Look Like Potatoes)
Grass Fed Veal Makes A Difference In Flavour
Food Tips
Alternative cooking methods: (1) Pressure cooker: Time: 1 hour 10 min. (2) Slow cooker: Cook Time: 8 hours. Storage: Frig. : 5 days, Freezer: 3 months. OPTIONS: Serve over noodles, mashed potatoes, rice or spatzle.
Hungarian herdsmen enjoying their gulyás soup (left side). Added to the soup were wild onions and caraway that grew on the fields. Paprika was added in the 1800’s.
This makes a very large pot of soup! If you’d like to freeze some of it, do it before adding the carrots (vegetables)!
This recipe is truly “Simply Splendid”. I made it yesterday and was able to get grain fed veal at the market. WOW!!! Best ‘Goulash’ Soup I have ever had! 🙂
Hello from Australia ! Altho’ Estonian-born this very foodie country has been home for most of my life. That period included a four-year marriage to a Hungarian who cooked brilliantly in his off-hours . . . we even managed to spend a long summer in Budapest and its environs. Goulash soup made pretty much your way was forever on the menu and one of the dishes I learnt to cook – it came with the territory ! Eating mostly Asian food these days I have not had the soup=pot on a while . . . you make it very inviting ! Thanks !!
This recipe is truly “Simply Splendid”. I made it yesterday and was able to get grain fed veal at the market. WOW!!! Best ‘Goulash’ Soup I have ever had! 🙂
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So happy to hear it! 🧨 💖
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I did not miss the potatoes. I thought I would. Nope! 🙂 I will make it again to impress my friends! A real winner! ::) 🙂
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I agree! 💖 I think the secret ingredient is the caraway seed. But, its all of it! 💖
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Hello from Australia ! Altho’ Estonian-born this very foodie country has been home for most of my life. That period included a four-year marriage to a Hungarian who cooked brilliantly in his off-hours . . . we even managed to spend a long summer in Budapest and its environs. Goulash soup made pretty much your way was forever on the menu and one of the dishes I learnt to cook – it came with the territory ! Eating mostly Asian food these days I have not had the soup=pot on a while . . . you make it very inviting ! Thanks !!
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So glad to hear from a fellow foodie.💞 You better make some goulash ..for old times sake! 💞 for goodness sake! 💞
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Happy New Year and what a lovely photo! You and hubby? Goulash is extraordinary! Thanks for sharing! 🔔🍮🍂🍮🍂🌺🥂
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No, my dear. Those are my Hungarian cousins at a Goulash cook off. 💞…they won with this recipe! 💞 🙂
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Such a healthy soup for those chilly winter days..The meat is so tender, I’m sure you could use any cut for this recipe. Lovely. 💞
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