Hungarian Veal Goulash Recipes

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large soup pot over medium high heat. Saute onions until soft, then add beef and brown. Stir in caraway seed, marjoram, garlic and paprika. Pour water over all, lower heat to low and simmer for 2 1/2 hours.
• Add potatoes and cook until tender, another 45 minutes to 1 hour. Season with salt and pepper to taste and serve.

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.

Steps:

• Heat oil in large skillet.
• Add veal, onion, and garlic.
• Cook and stir until meat is brown and onion is tender.
• Stir in catsup, worcestershire, sugar, salt, paprika, mustard, cayenne, and 1 1/2 cups water.
• Cover, simmer 1 hour or until meat is tender.
• Blend flour and 1/4 cup water.
• Gradually stir into meat mixture.
• Heat to boiling, stirring constantly.
• Boil and stir 1 minute.
• Serve over noodles.

Steps:

• In a cold, heavy 6 to 8-quart stewing pot, fry bacon over low-medium heat until fat is rendered, and then discard bacon slice.
• Saute onions in the bacon fat for a few minutes, do not allow the onions to brown. If bacon does not provide enough fat, add a little olive oil to prevent the onions from sticking. When onions become glossy, add the beef, sauteing with the onions for about 10 minutes, covered, until the meat is browned.
• Meanwhile, chop and crush the garlic with the caraway seeds; add to meat and onions. Remove pot from heat. Stir in paprika rapidly with a wooden spoon. Immediately after paprika is absorbed, add the warm water. The water should just cover the meat, leaving room for potatoes.
• Add beef bouillon cubes. Cover pot and cook over low heat for about 1 hour.
• While stew is braising, prepare the tomatoes by cutting into 1-inch pieces. Core green peppers and cut into strips. After 1 hour of braising, add the tomatoes and green pepper. Add a little more water, if necessary and a little more salt if you need it. Simmer slowly for another 30 minutes.
• Peel potatoes and cut into bite-sized cubes and set aside in a bowl of water. Add potatoes, and cook another 30 minutes until the potatoes are fork tender and the goulash is done.
• Once goulash is finished, dissolve sour cream and a little of the goulash sauce in a cup. Add to goulash, it should give a creamy consistency. Serve goulash with spaetzle and Cucumber Salad on the side, adding an extra dollop of sour cream to each plate.
• Peel and slice cucumbers very thinly. The side of a metal grater with the wide slots works best here, or you can use a mandoline. Place cucumbers in a flat dish and sprinkle throughout with salt, making sure that all the slices are salted. Leave to rest for 30 minutes. The salt will draw the moisture out of the cucumbers. Cut the onion into paper-thin slices and place in a container. Once the cucumbers have released water, use your hands to squeeze out the excess water and add to the onions. The cucumbers are supposed to be limp, but still crisp.
• In a measuring cup mix vinegar, water, sugar and paprika to create a vinaigrette. Pour over the cucumbers and onions and marinate in the refrigerator for at least 1 1/2 hours.
• Serve with a sprinkle of dill and a little dollop of sour cream if desired.

Steps:

• Cut beef into 1 1/2 inch cubes.
• Peel and slice onions.
• In a 6 quart Dutch oven, heat oil over medium heat. Add beef cubes in a single layer (do not overcrowd) and saute over medium heat.
• Continue cooking, turning to brown on all sides.
• Remove beef to a bowl as it browns. Continue browning the rest of the beef. This will take approximately 30 minutes in all.
• Add onion to drippings; cook, stirring until tender and golden (about 10 minutes).
• Return beef to Dutch oven. Add paprika, salt and pepper, stirring well until combined.
• Stir in 3/4 cup beef broth and bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer covered, 2 hours or until the beef cubes are fork tender.
• While beef cubes cook, prepare sauerkraut.
• In a colander, drain sauerkraut well. Pare potato; grate enough potato to measure 3/4 cup.
• In hot butter in large skillet, saute 1/2 chopped onion until golden ( about 3 minutes).
• Add sauerkraut, potato, caraway seed, brown sugar and 2 cups boiling water.
• Bring to boil; reduce heat; simmer uncovered, stirring occasionally, 20 minutes or until most of the liquid has evaporated.
• Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine the flour and remaining broth; stir until smooth.
• Gradually add to beef mixture, stirring constantly.
• Simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, 15 minutes longer.
• Just before seraving, slowly stir 1/2 cup hot gravy into sour cream in small bowl. Add slowly to beef mixture; stir to blend.
• Heat, but do not boil.
• Serve goulash with sauerkraut.

Steps:

• Cut meat into 1-inch cubes then salt.
• Chop onions and brown in oil.
• Add beef and paprika, simmer for 1 hour.
• Add water, potatoes, bay leaf, and pepper.
• Cover and simmer for 40 minutes.
• Separately mix Bisquick and milk.
• Drop by spoonfuls onto boiling stew and cook, uncovered, for 10 minutes.
• Cover and cook for 10 minutes.
• Serve over cooked, wide egg noodles, top with a dollop of sour cream.

Steps:

• Brown meat on all sides in heavy fry pan or Dutch oven; add onion.
• Combine mustard, paprika, brown sugar, salt.
• Combine Worcestershire sauce, vinegar, ketchup; add to mustard mixture; add to meat; add 1 cup of the water; stir; cover.
• Cook over low heat 2 hours or until meat is very tender.
• Blend flour with remaining 1/2 cup of water; stir until thickened.
• Boil noodles in salted water until tender; drain.
• Serve meat mixture over noodles.
• Eight servings.
• I sometimes use corn starch instead of flour to thicken.Also can be done in a pressure cooker instead of dutch oven as in step 4, to cut time.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Heat oil in a Dutch oven over medium heat. Add onions and garlic; saute until lightly golden, 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in paprika. Rinse veal with water; pat dry. Return Dutch oven to heat, add veal, salt and pepper, and saute until meat is lightly browned, about 10 minutes. Add parsley, marjoram, carrots, celery, peppers, tomato sauce, wine and stock. Place cover on pot, place in oven, lower temperature to 375 degrees. Bake for 2 hours or until meat is fork tender. If gravy seems too thick, add boiling water, a little at a time. Or you can bake it in a slow oven (250 degrees) overnight, which yields a moist, delicious flavor. (According to Weisel this tastes better when made in advance and reheated.) Serve with noodles, rice, or couscous, and Hadassah's favorites, cabbage and baked sweet potatoes. Serves 10.