Authentic Hungarian Goulash

The formula

Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 109.

	this recipe	typical
liquid	132%	63%
fat	0%	1%
aromatics	34%	33%
salt	0%	1%
vegetables and beans	207%	107%
collagen idx	0.8	0.8
marbling idx	0.8	0.6

Where it stands out

• #1 of 109 for gravy quality

Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)

Ingredients

Weights computed by us.

	6 strips of chopped bacon
907 g	2 pounds of beef shanks cut into 1” cubes
300 g	2 peeled and medium diced yellow onions
9 g	3 finely minced garlic cloves
120 g	1 seeded and medium diced red bell pepper
118 g	1 banana or cubanelle pepper cut into rings or medium diced
1233 g	3 cored and medium diced vine ripe tomatoes
3 g	1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
7 g	1 tablespoon sweet Hungarian paprika
236 g	1 cup red wine
960 g	4 cups beef stock
2 g	2 bay leaves
340 g	2 peeled russet potatoes cut into 1” chunks
183 g	3 peeled and large diced or thickly sliced carrots
	optionally add 1 cup each of large diced peeled celeriac root and turnips
	salt and pepper to taste

Method: 10 steps, published by www.billyparisi.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.

“I haven't even added in the salt and pepper, nor the carrots and potatoes- we're ready to eat it as is! The aroma is intoxicating! Growing up with a predominantly Eastern European and Scandainavian parent set, the caraway is in the pot! (Yes - I snuck a tastin” — a cook, 5★

“I did not add caraway seeds., used red pepper and poblano pepper. The carrots were still hard so i cooked longer. Everything had thickened up so I added 4 cups beef stock more, a lil roast beef flavored boullion, a lil beef kitchen bouquet and a lil Corn” — a cook, 5★