Goulash (Hungarian Beef and Paprika Stew) Recipe

Goulash (Hungarian Beef and Paprika Stew) Recipe

HomeCooking Tips, RecipesGoulash (Hungarian Beef and Paprika Stew) Recipe

This old-fashioned goulash is packed with vegetables and beef for a hearty winter meal.

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Beef Goulash – Hungarian Beef Goulash Recipe – Paprika Beef Stew

Serious Eats / J. Kenji López-Alt

I love goulash in all its forms and there are many. There’s the American dish of ground beef tomato sauce peppers and pasta a dish I knew as American chop suey growing up in the Northeast. And then there’s the classic Hungarian version of small cubes of beef or pork in a brothy stew flavored with paprika. But in the winter months the version I seek out is the rich hearty Hungarian-American version made with large chunks of beef carrots and potatoes in a stew flavored with onions garlic peppers and lots of great paprika.

If you realize that there is not much difference in technique between goulash and beef stew it is a fairly simple preparation. I will go into more detail about the new rules of beef stew in this article but here is a quick summary of the main techniques: