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Hungarian beef goulash with soured cream and buttered potatoes

Beef slow cooked with sweet paprika and peppers until spoonably tender, finished with soured cream.

  • Time2 hr 30
  • LevelEasy
  • Costabout £2.63 a head
4 servings

Ingredients

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Method

  1. 1

    Heat the oil in a large casserole and brown the beef in batches, 5 minutes each. Lift out.

    10 min
  2. 2

    Cook the onions in the same pot for 8 minutes. Add the garlic, paprika and caraway and cook for 1 minute.

    8 min
  3. 3

    Stir in the tomato purée, tomatoes and hot water. Return the beef, add the peppers and season.

  4. 4

    Cover and simmer gently for 2 hours, stirring now and then, until the beef is very tender.

    120 min
  5. 5

    Boil the potatoes for 15 minutes in the last half hour, drain and toss with the butter.

    15 min
  6. 6

    Serve the goulash with the potatoes and a big spoonful of soured cream.

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