Goulash (comfort food, best, meat, cooking)

[Bennysmom]

[quote= Originally Posted by lisak64 View Post
Here you go:

2 lb. beef chuck
1 tsp. salt
2 onions, white or yellow
2 Tbsp. lard or shortening
2 Tbsp. imported sweet paprika (most important to use real hungarian paprika for ultimate flavor)
2 bay leaves
1 Qt. water
4 peeled and diced potatoes
1/4 tsp. black pepper
Cut beef into 1 inch squares, add 1/2 tsp. salt. Chop onions and brown in shortening, add beef and paprika. Let beef simmer in its own juice along with salt and paprika for 1 hr. on low heat. Add water, diced potatoes and remaining salt. Cover and simmer until potatoes are done and meat is tender. Prepare egg dumpling batter:

1 egg
6 Tbsp. flour
1/8 tsp. salt
Add flour to unbeaten egg and salt. Mix well. Let stand for 1/2 hour. Drop by teaspoonful into Goulash. Cover and simmer 5 minutes after dumplings rise to surface.

Serve hot with dollops of sour cream.

Serves 6.....[/QUOTE]

lisak64,
OMG! I just made this last night. Thank you for the recipe. It was delicious. I will probably always make it this way now.
Everyone here needs to try this. All I can say is YUMMY!!

[ssg II]

Ours was the typical ground beef, onions, garlic, tomato & pasta. Sometimes I added shredded processed cheese.

I can't wait to do the real thing, thanks to lisak!

[Chinolala]

Originally Posted by Bennysmom

lisak64,
OMG! I just made this last night. Thank you for the recipe. It was delicious. I will probably always make it this way now.
Everyone here needs to try this. All I can say is YUMMY!!

You made it! Wow, that was fast! You must've been really curious, lol! I'm glad that you enjoyed it. I haven't made it in awhile...now I have the craving for it. I'll have to add the stuff to my grocery list for this week.

[Bennysmom]

Originally Posted by lisak64

You made it! Wow, that was fast! You must've been really curious, lol! I'm glad that you enjoyed it. I haven't made it in awhile...now I have the craving for it. I'll have to add the stuff to my grocery list for this week.

You betcha! We did our shopping yesterday morning and I was excited to try this. I really liked the egg dumplings, what a nice added bonus, and with the sour cream, mmmmm good!!
I emailed the recipe to my mom, she is excited to try it.

Thanks again. I am always willing to try new recipes.

[MB2]

I have eaten goulash in Germany and Hungry (Hungaria), and it is absolutely DELICIOUS!
I must say, the one I had eaten in Hungry definitely cleared up your sinuses, and was eaten there with a homemade schnaps the farmer distilled himself, and fresh baked bread. lol
The versions of both included hot and sweet paprika, and included beef cubes.
The meat is being browned, which will serve as a base for the sauce. Good goulash is a bit time consuming, with a very low cooking temp, and long cooking time. (The beef cubes will be like butter at the end of the cooking process, and the paprika taste will have fused.)
OK, that's it....I LOVE Goulash, and I am drooling now.....lol.

[happymom4]

My moms goulash (now mine) is
ground beef, seasoned with salt/pepper, drained
tomato soup
corn, draned and either elbow macaroni or shell macaroni...yum! My kids love it, my husband hates it,lol...I guess it all depends on what you were brought up with.
His families goulash has tomato sauce in it and other stuff...I never make his

[lowlow]

You need to post the recipe - who cares what the "correct" name is, sounds delicious

[doni]

Knorr has a package sauce mix "Goulash" add beef stew meat and onion.
Very good. Serve over rice or noodles. This has the paparika and seasoning already in it. I precook the meat in a pressure cooker first so it is nice and tender.

[jhlcomp]

Originally Posted by Jaxson

Here in my part of IN this is how we do it:

Ground beef, browned & drained
Diced onions & bell pepers
Elbow mac
Red kidney beans
Can diced tomatoes
Tomato Juice

Brown the ground beef with the onions and bell peppers; drain well. (I put ground cummin on the raw beef first) After cooking the macaroni according to package, drain it then combine it with all the other ingredients. Salt and pepper according to taste. Cook on low for 20 minutes

We like to eat it with chewy Italian bread and butter.

Sounds yummy, but I had to do a double take when I saw your recipe Good lesson for me - what's in a name??

I always associated Goulash with Hungarian Goulash which is:


2 lb. beef chuck
1 tsp. salt
2 onions, white or yellow
2 Tbsp. lard or shortening
2 Tbsp. imported sweet paprika (most important to use real hungarian paprika for ultimate flavor)
2 bay leaves
1 Qt. water
4 peeled and diced potatoes
1/4 tsp. black pepper
Cut beef into 1 inch squares, add 1/2 tsp. salt. Chop onions and brown in shortening, add beef and paprika. Let beef simmer in its own juice along with salt and paprika for 1 hr. on low heat. Add water, diced potatoes and remaining salt. Cover and simmer until potatoes are done and meat is tender. Prepare egg dumpling batter:

1 egg
6 Tbsp. flour
1/8 tsp. salt
Add flour to unbeaten egg and salt. Mix well. Let stand for 1/2 hour for flour to mellow. Drop by teaspoonful into Goulash. Cover and simmer 5 minutes after dumplings rise to surface.

Serve hot with dollops of sour cream.

OR


INGREDIENTS
2 tablespoons butter
2 large onions, diced
2 pounds flank steak
1/8 teaspoon caraway seed
1/4 teaspoon dried marjoram
1 clove garlic, minced
5 tablespoons paprika
2 cups water
4 large potatoes, peeled and cubed
salt and pepper to taste


DIRECTIONS
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.

[dojilynn]

Originally Posted by happymom4

My moms goulash (now mine) is
ground beef, seasoned with salt/pepper, drained
tomato soup
corn, draned and either elbow macaroni or shell macaroni...yum! My kids love it, my husband hates it,lol...I guess it all depends on what you were brought up with.
His families goulash has tomato sauce in it and other stuff...I never make his

That's funny. My husband hates his mother's recipe for goulash, but he loves mine. It was the only thing I could cook "better than mom" when we first got married.