Grammy's Kitchen · Goulash · Authentic Hungarian Goulash (Gulyás)
One of 109 goulash recipes we measured
It ranks #2 of 109 for richness among the goulash recipes we compared. 591 cooks on www.daringgourmet.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 109.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 176% | 63% |
| fat | 6% | 1% |
| aromatics | 102% | 33% |
| salt | 1% | 1% |
| vegetables and beans | 242% | 107% |
| collagen idx | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| marbling idx | 0.5 | 0.6 |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 38 g | 3 tablespoons pork lard (, or butter or bacon grease (pork lard is traditionally used and imparts a great flavor)) |
| 680 g | 1 1/2 pounds yellow onions (chopped) |
| 28 g | 1/4 cup quality genuine imported Hungarian sweet paprika |
| 680 g | 1 1/2 pounds stewing beef ( , cut into 1/2 inch pieces ) |
| 15 g | 5 cloves garlic (,minced) |
| 240 g | 2 red bell peppers (,seeded/membranes removed, cut into 1/2 inch chunks) |
| 120 g | 1 yellow bell pepper (,seeded/membranes removed, cut into 1/2 inch chunks) |
| 822 g | 2 tomatoes (,diced) |
| 122 g | 2 carrots (,diced) |
| 340 g | 2 medium potatoes (,cut into 1/2 inch chunks) |
| 1200 g | 5 cups beef broth ((traditionally just water is used but beef broth adds so much more flavor)) |
| 1 g | 1 bay leaf |
| 6 g | 1 teaspoon salt |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper |
| 1/2 teaspoon crushed caraway seeds ((optional, not traditional in all regions)) |
Method: 1 steps, published by www.daringgourmet.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Made this last night. Clearly when you say it serves 4 it is BIG servings, there are 5 of us, 9, 12, 14 and two adults. I never server anything that is said to serve 6 without doubling it. Needless to say I doubled this. I am SO glad I did!!! I served it over ” — a cook
“Gulyás in Hungary in a paprika soup. The paprika based stew is called pörkölt with several variants added to the name. Most of the ingredients and the base method for gulyás in the recipe above are right, though there are som clear non-traditional Hungarian el” — a cook