Grammy's Kitchen · Goulash · Hungarian Goulash
One of 109 goulash recipes we measured
from gypsyplate.com
27 cooks on gypsyplate.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 | 132% | 63% |
| fat | 5% | 1% |
| aromatics | 35% | 33% |
| salt | 0% | 1% |
| vegetables and beans | 168% | 107% |
| collagen idx | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| marbling idx | 0.8 | 0.6 |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 43 g | 3 Tbsp lard, butter or oil, divided |
| 907 g | 2 pounds chuck roast, cut into 1 inch chunks |
| 300 g | 2 large yellow onions, diced |
| 120 g | 1 red bell pepper, diced |
| 120 g | 1 yellow or orange bell pepper, diced |
| 15 g | 5 large garlic cloves, finely chopped |
| 822 g | 2 medium tomatoes, diced |
| 28 g | 1/4 cup Hungarian sweet paprika (see note 1) |
| 1/2 tsp caraway seeds, slightly pounded (optional) | |
| 1 g | 1/2 tsp black pepper |
| 2 g | 2 small bay leaves |
| 1200 g | 5 cups of beef broth |
| 122 g | 2 large carrots, peeled and cut into chunks |
| 340 g | 2 medium potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks |
| salt to taste | |
| parsley, chopped for garnish |
Method: 17 steps, published by gypsyplate.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I don’t see many recipes online for authentic Hungarian Goulash. With my husband being Hungarian I have been making this specialty for decades. My recipe is almost identical to yours except that I do not use caraway seeds and use butter instead of lard. Many t” — a cook
“I went online to buy Hungarian Paprika like you suggested but missed that it didn’t say “Sweet” – so is just Hungarian Paprika going to work?” — a cook