I first tried cooking this dish when I was living in London using Delia Smith’s Cookbook as my guide and it turned out to be super delicious and my family and I fell in love with this dish ever since. This is a fairly easy dish to prepare and it won’t mind hanging around if your guests are late. It goes so well with some crusty bread or rice.

So is Hungarian goulash a soup or a stew? Well, it is somewhere in between. If cooked in the proper way, goulash has a nice and evenly thick consistency, almost like a sauce. Top it with some sour cream and sprinkle a little more paprika and it will make a perfect dish.

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Serves 4 people

INGREDIENTS:

700g chuck beef

3 tablespoons of olive oil

2 large onions, roughly chopped

2 cloves of garlic, crushed

1 round tablespoon plain flour

2 to 3 tablespoons of Hungarian paprika (I used smoked paprika)

600g fresh tomatoes, roughly chopped

1 medium green or red pepper, deseeded and cut into strips

150ml sour cream

Salt

Black pepper

METHOD:

Preparation for the Beef:

1. Rinse and cut the beef into 4cm cubes.
2. Heat up a non-stick pan/pot and add 2 tablespoon of olive oil into it.
   
3. Brown the beef cubes (a bit at a time) on all sides.
4. Dish out the browned beef cubes and set aside.

Preparation to cook the Goulash:

5. Using the same pan, add 1 tablespoon of olive oil.
6. Stir in the chopped onions and cook for about 5 minutes or until they turn a pale golden colour.
7. Then add in the crushed garlic.
8. Transfer the brown beef into the pan/pot.
   
9. Sprinkle in the flour and paprika and stir to soak up the juices.
   
   
10. Add in the tomatoes and season with some salt and pepper.
11. Bring it to boil and then lower the heat to low and cook for 1 hour 15 minutes or till beef is tender.
    
12. Stir in the stripped green/red peppers into the goulash and cook for a further 20 minutes.

Serving of the Goulash:

13. Just before serving, dish the goulash into a bowl and top a notch of sour cream and sprinkle a little more paprika over it. Serve with some crusty bread or rice.