Best 5 Hungarian Beef Goulash Aka Porkolt Recipes

HUNGARIAN GOULASH

Steps:

• Sprinkle meat chunks with salt and pepper to taste.
• Turn your Instant Pot or pressure cooker to Sauté wait until hot, then add cooking oil.
• Brown the meat â€" leave it alone for a few minutes to get a nice color.
• Remove to a bowl when nicely browned, and add the onion and bell pepper to your pressure cooker. Cook for about 5 minutes.
• Add garlic and sauté til fragrant (30 sec or so)
• Add remaining salt, tomatoes, stock/broth and paprika, and add the meat along with any juices. Stir well
• Cancel the saute. Seal the lid
• Push the meat/stew button and adjust time to 25 minutes.
• Allow it to release pressure naturally for 10 minutes, and then release any remaining pressure.
• Cancel the keep-warm function and turn on Sauté
• Mix the cornstarch with a little water, and add this to the stew. Bring to a brief boil to thicken
• Serve over starch of your choice with a big dollop of sour cream. Traditionally it would be Tarhonya but you can also use potatoes or rice.
• Sauté tarhonya in butter until deeply toasted. Some of the nuggets should be pretty dark brown.
• Heat the broth in a separate pot or the microwave until boiling.
• Pour hot broth over the tarhonya.
• Cover and simmer on low for 20 min until tender.
• Season to taste.

HUNGARIAN BEEF GOULASH AKA "PORKOLT"

Steps:

• Saute beef, onions, bell pepper, and ground cumin in oil until onion is near falling apart over medium-low heat, adding water if needed. Blend in paprika, and add enough water to cover beef.
• Cover and reduce heat to low.
• Cook for 1 1/2 hours, or until beef can be separated with wooden spoon, stirring and adding water occasionally.
• Add "Vegeta," or beef buillion, tomato sauce, pressed garlic and wine. Blend and let simmer for another 5-10 minutes.

HUNGARIAN GOULASH I

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.

HUNGARIAN PORK GOULASH

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, brown pork in oil over medium heat. Stir in onions; cook until onions are tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Add the broth, paprika, caraway seeds, salt and pepper; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 30 minutes or until pork is tender. , Add sauerkraut; heat through. Combine flour and water until smooth; stir into pork mixture. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. , Remove from the heat; stir in sour cream and dill. Return to the heat; cook on low for 1-2 minutes or until heated through (do not boil). Serve over potatoes.

PORKOLT (HUNGARIAN STEW) MADE WITH PORK

Steps:

• Place the bacon in a large, deep skillet, and cook over medium-high heat until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Drain, and reserve the drippings. Add the onions to the bacon and cook together until the onion is translucent. Remove skillet from heat and stir the paprika, garlic powder, and pepper into the bacon mixture. Transfer the mixture into a large stockpot.
• Heat a small amount of the reserved bacon drippings in the skillet again over medium-high heat. Cook the pork chops in batches in the hot drippings until evenly browned on both sides. Use additional bacon drippings for each batch as needed. Remove the pork chops to a cutting board and blot excess fat off the surface of the chops with a paper towel; cut into bite-sized cubes and stir into the bacon mixture.
• Heat a small amount of the bacon drippings in the skillet; cook and stir the bell pepper in the hot drippings until softened and fragrant; drain on a plate lined with paper towels. Stir the cooked pepper into the bacon mixture.
• Pour the tomatoes with liquid and beef broth into a stockpot and place the pot over medium-high heat. Bring to a simmer and reduce heat to medium-low. Cook until the stew begins to thicken, stirring occasionally, about 90 minutes. Stir the sour cream into the stew just before serving.
• Bring a pot with lightly-salted water and bring to a rolling boil; add the egg noodles to the water and return to a boil. Cook uncovered, stirring occasionally, until the pasta has cooked through, but is still firm to the bite, about 5 minutes. Drain well in a colander set in the sink. Ladle the stew over the drained noodles to serve.