Goulash Base Recipes

Steps:

• Cook and stir the ground beef in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat, breaking the meat up as it cooks, until the meat is no longer pink and has started to brown, about 10 minutes. Skim off excess fat, and stir in the onions and garlic. Cook and stir the meat mixture until the onions are translucent, about 10 more minutes.
• Stir water, tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, soy sauce, Italian seasoning, bay leaves, and seasoned salt into the meat mixture and bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Stir macaroni into the mixture, cover, and simmer over low heat until the pasta is tender, about 25 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat, discard bay leaves, and serve.

Steps:

• Place the onions, carrots and green peppers in a 5-qt. slow cooker. Sprinkle meat with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. In a large skillet, brown meat in oil in batches. Transfer to slow cooker., Add broth to skillet, stirring to loosen browned bits from pan. Combine the flour, paprika, tomato paste, caraway seeds, garlic, sugar and remaining salt and pepper; stir into skillet. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Pour over meat. Cover and cook on low for 7-9 hours or until meat is tender., Cook noodles according to package directions. Stir sour cream into slow cooker. Drain noodles; serve with goulash.

Steps:

• Fry the meat in batches till brown.
• Remove and set aside.
• Fry the onion.When becomes tranparent add paprika and the other spices,f using.
• After stirring a couple of times, add the tomato paste.
• Stir and add the meat.
• Add the salt either now or right before it's done.
• Simmer covered until meat is tender. The meat juices generally are enough; however, if necessary, you can add a little water or stock to keep it from burning.

Steps:

• Cook bacon slowly in Dutch oven or 3 quart sauce pot until bacon is lightly browned. Remove bacon with slotted spoon and put aside for later.
• Add onion to bacon fat and cook over medium heat until almost tender, remove onion and add to bacon set aside.
• Add meat to bacon fat and slowly brown on all sides. Sprinkle paprika, salt pepper and majoram over browned meat.
• Stir in bacon onion mixture with chopped green pepper.
• Slowly pour in broth and wine and bring to boiling. Reduce heat and simmer 2 to 2 1/2 hours.
• Remove meat with slotted spoon
• To thicken cooking liquid, mix flour and water and add one half of the mixture to the pot. Bring to boiling. Gradually add remaining flour water mixture to attain desired consistency. Bring to boiling after each addition. After final additon cook 3-5 minutes longer.
• Add 1 tablespoon melted butter blended with 1/2 teaspoons paprika and 1 T. water. add to liquid in pot. Add meat back to pot or pour sauce over meat.