Hunters Goulash Recipes

AUTHENTIC HUNGARIAN GOULASH (GULYáS)

Steps:

• Melt the pork lard or butter/oil in a Dutch oven or other heavy soup pot over medium high heat and cook the onions until beginning to brown, about 7-10 minutes. Add the beef and cook until the beef is just starting to brown, 7-10 minutes. Add the bell peppers, tomatoes, and garlic and cook for another 6-8 minutes. Remove the pot from the heat and stir in the paprika, salt, pepper and caraway (if using) (note: paprika becomes bitter if at all scorched). Add the beef broth, bay leaf, return to the stove and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium, cover and simmer for 40 minutes. Add the carrots and potatoes. Return to a boil, reduce the heat to medium, cover, and simmer for another 30-40 minutes or until the beef is nice and tender. Add salt to taste. Remove the bay leaf.

AUTHENTIC HUNGARIAN GOULASH

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large soup pot over medium high heat. Saute onions until soft, then add beef and brown. Stir in caraway seed, marjoram, garlic and paprika. Pour water over all, lower heat to low and simmer for 2 1/2 hours.
• Add potatoes and cook until tender, another 45 minutes to 1 hour. Season with salt and pepper to taste and serve.

BIGOS (HUNTER'S STEW)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Heat a large pot over medium heat. Add the bacon and kielbasa; cook and stir until the bacon has rendered its fat and sausage is lightly browned. Use a slotted spoon to remove the meat and transfer to a large casserole or Dutch oven.
• Coat the cubes of pork lightly with flour and fry them in the bacon drippings over medium-high heat until golden brown. Use a slotted spoon to transfer the pork to the casserole. Add the garlic, onion, carrots, fresh mushrooms, cabbage and sauerkraut. Reduce heat to medium; cook and stir until the carrots are soft, about 10 minutes. Do not let the vegetables brown.
• Deglaze the pan by pouring in the red wine and stirring to loosen all of the bits of food and flour that are stuck to the bottom. Season with the bay leaf, basil, marjoram, paprika, salt, pepper, caraway seeds and cayenne pepper; cook for 1 minute.
• Mix in the dried mushrooms, hot pepper sauce, Worcestershire sauce, beef stock, tomato paste and tomatoes. Heat through just until boiling. Pour the vegetables and all of the liquid into the casserole dish with the meat. Cover with a lid.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 2 1/2 to 3 hours, until meat is very tender.

HUNTER'S GOULASH

Steps:

• Fry bacon until almost crisp; drain.
• Add crumbled ground beef and onion; brown evenly and drain.
• Stir in beans and tomatoes.
• Add chili powder and cumin.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Bring to boil.
• Reduce heat, cover and simmer 45 minutes to 1 hour.
• Grease upper inside edge of a 2 qt casserole dish.
• Spoon in hot mixture.
• Combine all corn bread topping ingredients and mix until smooth.
• Spoon over meat mixture.
• Bake in a preheated 425 degree oven 25 to 30 minutes.

MADER'S HUNGARIAN GOULASH

Steps:

• In large, heavy pot, fry onions in hot oil until golden brown, about 10 to 15 minutes.
• Add paprika and stir well.
• Add meat, cover and let meat brown lightly, stirring frequently.
• Add stock, tomato paste, salt and vinegar.
• With mortar and pestle, or flat part of heavy knife, mash lemon rind with garlic and caraway seeds.
• Add to meat mixture.
• Cover and simmer very gently about 30 minutes, or until meat is tender.
• Add additional water in small quantities if needed.
• Serve with boiled potatoes, noodles or dumplings and a fresh, crisp roll.