Hungarian Goulash Soup (Gulyasleves)
Ingredients
- 300 gram beef cubed (you can use pork, veal, or even lamb, or a mix)
- 500 gram potatoes cubed
- 150 gram mixed vegetables such as carrot celery, onion, garlic, fresh parsley, chopped/cubed/sliced/cut
- salt sweet paprika powder, as needed
- a dash chili/cayenne powder
- 1-2 tsp caraway
- 3 bay leaves
- 2 tbsp oil the Hungarians sometime use about 30 gram animal fat
Instructions
- Heat oil in your cauldron, saute your onion until translucent.
- Add in cubed beef, stir to coat, and somewhat brown it.
- Add in caraway and bay leaves and enough water to cover. Cook until boiling.
- Add in sweet paprika and a dash of chili powder. To avoid paprika clumping, mix in with water first then pour it into cauldron.
- Add in potato and mixed vegetables. Cook until potatoes and beef are tender.
- Adjust flavor with salt.