Hungarian Szeged Or SzÉkely Goulash Recipes

Steps:

• Sear the meats, onions, bell pepper, and garlic in a large deep pan.
• Season with salt and pepper. Add caraway seeds.
• Stir in rinsed and drained kraut.
• Add beef broth.
• Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 2 hours, stirring occasionally. Add water if you need to.
• 20 minutes before goulash is done, stir in sour cream and paprika. Do not allow the goulash to boil at this point.

Steps:

• Sprinkle pork with salt and pepper. In a large skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat; brown meat. Transfer meat to a 4- or 5-qt. slow cooker. In the same skillet, melt butter over medium-high heat. Add onion; cook and stir until tender, 6-8 minutes. Add garlic and paprika; cook 1 minute longer. Pour over meat. Add , sauerkraut and water., Cook, covered, on low until pork is tender, 3-4 hours. Stir in sour cream; sprinkle with poppy seeds. Serve with noodles.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Cube the pork, put it in a large roasting pan and cover it with the chicken broth.
• Saute the bacon with the onions in a small skillet over medium heat and add it to the roasting pan. Stir in the salt, pepper, paprika and caraway seeds. Roast in the oven for 3 hours.
• While the pork is roasting prepare the sauerkraut. Rinse the sauerkraut in cold water and put it into a large pot over medium heat. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer for 30 minutes. Drain and set aside. In a small bowl, whisk together the potato, the flour and the heavy cream. Add the drained sauerkraut and potato mixture to the roasted pork. Stir in the sugar and return the pork to the oven for 1 more hour.
• Remove the goulash from the oven and transfer it to a serving bowl.

Steps:

• 1. Use a covered pot large enough to hold all the ingredients. Put the sauerkraut in just enough water to cover it, add caraway seeds, and simmer with the cover on for two hours (or longer, if you want).
• 2. In a large, heavy skillet melt the butter and brown the pork. Put the pork and the sausage into the pot with the sauerkraut.
• 3. Saute the onion in the skillet until transparent; add the garlic and saute for a few more minutes. Add this to the pot, along with the green pepper and paprika. (You can add some cayenne at this point, if desired.)
• 4. Simmer (with the cover on loosely) for a couple of hours, mixing it up occasionally. Remove from heat and let cool for 30 minutes; then stir in the sour cream and serve.

Steps:

• In an 8-quart heavy kettle cook bacon over moderate heat, stirring, until crisp and transfer with a slotted spoon to a large bowl. In fat remaining in kettle brown chuck in small batches over high heat, transferring it as browned with slotted spoon to bowl.
• Reduce heat to moderate and add oil. Add onions and garlic and cook, stirring, until golden. Stir in paprika, caraway seeds, and flour and cook, stirring, 2 minutes. Whisk in vinegar and tomato paste and cook, whisking, 1 minute. (Mixture will be very thick.) Stir in broth, water, salt, bell peppers, bacon, and chuck and bring to a boil, stirring. Simmer soup, covered, stirring occasionally, 45 minutes.
• Peel potatoes and cut into 1/2-inch pieces. Add potatoes to soup and simmer, covered, occasionally until tender, about 30 minutes. Season soup with salt and pepper. Soup may be made 3 days ahead and cooled, uncovered, before chilling, covered. Reheat soup, thinning with water if desired.

Steps:

• Coat the meat evenly in a plastic bag with the flour, paprika, salt mixture Put oil in a 4 qt Dutch oven and saute the onion until soft.
• Add the meat to the pot and brown the meat all over.
• Add 2-3 tbsp hot water.
• Cover the pot and simmer the meat over fairly low heat for 1 hour, add small amounts of water as needed Shortly before the 1 hour drain the sauerkraut well, rinse it if you wish with cold water to have a milder flavor, drain Mix sauerkraut with the meat and add 2 cups hot water.
• Bring to boiling cover and simmer 1/2 hour or until the meat is tender Remove from heat.
• Gradually blend 1 1/2 cups cooking liquid with the sour cream Blend into the hot mixture, stirring constantly over low heat for 3-5 minutes- do not boil Serve in small bowls.

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large pot or Dutch oven over medium heat. Cook onions in oil until soft, stirring frequently. Remove onions and set aside.
• In a medium bowl, combine paprika, 2 teaspoons salt and pepper. Coat beef cubes in spice mixture, and cook in onion pot until brown on all sides. Return the onions to the pot, and pour in tomato paste, water, garlic and the remaining 1 teaspoon salt. Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer, stirring occasionally, 1 1/2 to 2 hours, or until meat is tender.