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Rustic Hungarian-Style Beef and Potato Goulash

Name: Rustic Hungarian-Style Beef and Potato Goulash
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 1 tbsp Cooking oil; 1 Red onion finely chopped; 3 cloves Garlic finely chopped; 2 tbsp Sweet paprika; 1 tsp Ground cumin; 500g Beef mince; 200g Carrot cut into 1 cm pieces; 1 Red pepper deseeded and cut into bite-size pieces; 400g Chopped tomatoes; 500ml Water; 700g Baby potatoes halved or quartered into 2 cm pieces; 2 pinches Salt; 2 pinches Black pepper freshly ground

A warming paprika-rich beef and potato stew with sweet pepper, carrot and a deeply savoury tomato broth.

Dairy-freeGluten-freeHigh fibreHigh protein

Prep: 15 min

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Servings

2

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Servings

1–12 servings

2

Estimated nutrition per serving

Calories: 485 kcal
Protein: 32g
Carbs: 55g
Fat: 16g

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Cook

45 min

Total

60 min

Difficulty

easy

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Ingredients

Goulash

0.5 tbsp
0.5, finely chopped
1.5 cloves, finely chopped
1 tbsp
0.5 tsp
250g
100g, cut into 1 cm pieces
0.5, deseeded and cut into bite-size pieces
200g
250ml
350g, halved or quartered into 2 cm pieces

To season

1 pinch
1 pinch, freshly ground

Get everything ready

Preparation

1
Prepare the vegetables
Finely chop the onion and garlic. Cut the carrot, red pepper and potatoes as described, keeping the potato pieces similar in size so that they cook evenly.
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Step by step

Cooking

1
Soften the aromatics
Heat the oil in a large lidded casserole or deep frying pan over a medium heat. Add the onion with a pinch of salt and cook until softened, stirring regularly. Add the garlic and cook briefly.
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2
Bloom the spices and brown the beef
Take the pan off the heat for a moment, stir in the sweet paprika and cumin, then return it to the heat. Add the beef mince and cook, breaking it up with a spoon, until no pink meat remains.
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3
Build the stew
Stir in the carrot and red pepper, followed by the chopped tomatoes, water and potatoes. Scrape up any flavourful browned bits from the base of the pan. Season with the remaining salt and black pepper.

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4

Simmer until tender

Bring to a gentle simmer, cover with the lid slightly ajar and cook, stirring once or twice, until the potatoes and carrots are tender and the sauce has thickened. If it becomes too thick before the vegetables are cooked, add a small splash of water.

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5

Rest and serve

Taste and adjust the seasoning if needed. Leave the goulash to stand for a few minutes so the sauce settles, then ladle into warmed bowls.

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Rustic Hungarian-Style Beef and Potato Goulash

Ingredients

Goulash

To season

Preparation

Prepare the vegetables

Cooking

Soften the aromatics

Bloom the spices and brown the beef

Build the stew

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Simmer until tender

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