Grammy's Kitchen · Goulash · Hungarian Goulash Soup (Gulyas Leves)
One of 109 goulash recipes we measured
It ranks #1 of 109 for gravy quality among the goulash recipes we compared. 89 cooks on www.thespruceeats.com rate it 4.1★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 109.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 0% | 63% |
| fat | 0% | 1% |
| aromatics | 22% | 33% |
| salt | 0% | 1% |
| vegetables and beans | 18% | 107% |
| collagen idx | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| marbling idx | 0.7 | 0.6 |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 300 g | 2 medium onions (finely chopped) |
| 28 g | 2 tablespoons bacon fat (or vegetable oil) |
| 1361 g | 3 pounds beef chuck roast (fat removed and cubed) |
| 7 g | 1 tablespoon sweet Hungarian paprika |
| 244 g | 4 carrots (peeled and cut into 1/2-inch rounds) |
| 2 g | 2 parsley roots (peeled and cut into 1/2-inch rounds) |
| 1 g | 1 small bunch parsley (tied with butcher's twine) |
| Optional: 4 medium potatoes (peeled and cut into 1/2-inch pieces) | |
| 1 teaspoon Vegeta seasoning | |
| Optional: 1/2 teaspoon caraway seeds | |
| 236 g | 2 Hungarian wax peppers (or banana wax peppers, seeded and cut into 1/2-inch pieces) |
| Pinch hot Hungarian paprika | |
| Salt to taste |
Method: 6 steps, published by www.thespruceeats.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I'm hungarian. There is a few things I have to say... First when the onion ready remove the pot from the heat. Mix the paprika in the pot. Stir the beef in the mixture then put back on the high heat.The carrots need more time to cook than the parsnip. After th” — a cook
“bay leaves (babérlevél) are also a must” — a cook