Easy Hungarian Goulash Soup

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	145%	63%
fat	5%	1%
aromatics	109%	33%
salt	1%	1%
vegetables and beans	378%	107%
collagen idx	0.8	0.8
marbling idx	0.5	0.6

Where it stands out

• #3 of 109 for richness
• #5 of 109 for heat level
• #108 of 109 for depth of browning

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

Ingredients

Weights computed by us.

567 g	1-1/4 pounds beef stew meat, cut into 1-inch cubes
27 g	2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
600 g	4 medium onions, chopped
18 g	6 garlic cloves, minced
5 g	2 teaspoons paprika
	1/2 teaspoon caraway seeds, crushed
1 g	1/2 teaspoon pepper
1 g	1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
6 g	1 teaspoon salt, optional
822 g	2 cans (14-1/2 ounces each) reduced-sodium beef broth
300 g	2 cups cubed peeled potatoes
256 g	2 cups sliced carrots
	2 cups cubed peeled rutabagas
1588 g	2 cans (28 ounces each) diced tomatoes, undrained
2 g	1 large sweet red pepper, chopped
	Sour cream, optional

Method: 3 steps, published by www.tasteofhome.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.