Hungarian Bean Goulash (Babgulyás) Recipe

Ingredients

• 300 g dried beans (soaked overnight) or 2 cans beans
• 400 g beef (cut into cubes)
• 1 onion (chopped)
• 2 tbsp oil or lard
• 1½ tbsp Hungarian paprika
• 2 cloves garlic (minced)
• 2 carrots (sliced)
• 2 potatoes (cubed)
• 1 bell pepper (chopped)
• 1 tomato (chopped) or 1 tbsp tomato paste
• 1 tsp caraway seeds
• 1 tsp salt
• ½ tsp black pepper
• 1–1.2 L water or broth

Instructions

1. Heat oil and sauté onion until soft.
2. Add paprika and stir quickly.
3. Add beef and cook until lightly browned.
4. Add garlic, tomato, bell pepper, caraway seeds, salt, and pepper.
5. Pour in water/broth and add soaked beans.
6. Simmer 60–90 minutes until meat and beans are tender.
7. Add carrots and potatoes.
8. Cook another 20–30 minutes until vegetables are soft.

Serve hot with bread.