Szeged goulash: how it works

Szegediner goulash is a Hungarian dish consisting of hot spices, fatty pork and sauerkraut. In the following article we will show you how to prepare it yourself.

Prepare Szegediner goulash - the ingredients

In order to be able to cook Szeged goulash for four people, you need the following ingredients.

• The main ingredients are 500 grams of sauerkraut alongside 500 grams of pork and beef - in the form of goulash.
• You also need 500 grams of onions, 750 milliliters of water and a glass of red wine.
• You also need the following spices: three tablespoons of sweet paprika powder, one tablespoon of rose-hot paprika powder, three tablespoons of Ajvar, salt and pepper.
• Finally you need some oil, gravy or flour and possibly sour cream or creme fraiche.

The recipe for Szeged goulash

The pure working time for this dish is and 35 minutes. However, plan more time, as a rest period of around 3 hours is still necessary.

• Cut the goulash into bite-size pieces and remove tendons if necessary.
• Then put the shredded pieces in a bowl and season them with salt and pepper.
• After that, you can add two tablespoons of sweet paprika, half a tablespoon of hot paprika powder and about four tablespoons of oil.
• Mix everything thoroughly, then let the meat soak in the marinade for at least two hours.
• In the meantime, you can prepare the sauerkraut and onions. The latter are particularly suitable for cutting into rings.
• If the meat has been in the marinade long enough, you can heat the oil in a sufficiently large pan and fry the meat piece by piece.
• Shortly after, you should add the onion rings and the remaining paprika powder along with the ajwar.
• In the next step, after a short roast, delete the whole thing by adding red wine.
• Finally, add a little water and let it simmer for an hour.
• Then add the sauerkraut to the pan and let the whole thing simmer for about half an hour again so that the goulash becomes tender. The taste of the sauerkraut also combines with the meat during the process.
• When the goulash is ready, you can tie the sauce of the dish. You can do this at your choice with ready-made sauce binders or with a little flour that has been smoothly stirred in cold water.
• Finally, depending on your taste, you can add a little sour cream or creme fraiche before serving.
• Salted potatoes or dumplings are ideal as side dishes.

In the video: How to cook pasta in 60 seconds

Another article tells you which oil is right for the pan.