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#1 Cheater

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Posted 12 November 2019 - 11:04 AM

In 1980, we spent about a month on the road with our new baby in our VW camper. We arrived one night pretty late at my ex-wife's aunt and uncle's place in Vienna, VA. Janice asked if we had eaten dinner, and since we were running so late, the answer was no.

She rummaged in her freezer and pulled out a container of this goulash, which she quickly thawed and heated up to serve us.
 
It was fantastic and I begged her for the recipe, which she cheerfully provided.
 
Don't be fooled by the simplicty of this preparation. It is absolutely delicious and, like many tomato-based recipes, improves when reheated. It is my favorite goulash recipe.
 
Hungarian Goulash
 
2 lbs. beef
1 T butter or margarine
5 onions, chopped
2 T paprika
1 8 oz. can tomato sauce
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
2 T sour cream
 
Trim the fat from the beef and cut the meat into 1-1/2" cubes. 
 
Melt the butter in a dutch oven or heavy saucepan. Add the onions and cook over very low heat, stirring frquently, until soft and golden. Sprinkle with the paprika.
 
Add the beef cubes and brown on all sides.
 
Mix in the tomato sauce, salt, and pepper, cover and cook over low heat for 2 hours, or until meat is tender.
 
Taste for seasoning and skim off any fat. Carefully stir in sour cream. Serve immediately.

I usually serve this over egg noodles or rice.
 
Serves 6.
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Posted 12 November 2019 - 07:49 PM

Does it really call for 5 onions or is that a typo? That's a lot of onions for 2 pounds of beef!

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Posted 12 November 2019 - 08:13 PM

Bobby, that is correct.

The onions get cooked so long they basically disintegrate into the sauce.

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Posted 12 November 2019 - 08:28 PM

To cook the "Genovese" in Naples they put onions in on the basis of twice the weight of the meat.
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Posted 12 November 2019 - 09:54 PM

Many European stews call for equal weight of onions and meat. All delicious!


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Posted 15 November 2019 - 08:53 AM

Five onions is perfect!
 
Cheryl made a batch Wednesday after I shared Greg's recipe with her. Not sure how hers compares to Cheater's or Aunt Janice's, but I like it!
 
Thanks for sharing, Greg!
 
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Posted 15 November 2019 - 11:45 AM

Glad you liked it, Jeff. Lots of flavor from not too many ingredients IMO.
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Posted 15 November 2019 - 12:04 PM

Next time I will use some venison tenderloin in it. We didn't have any thawed out when she made this batch.

 

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Posted 15 November 2019 - 12:13 PM

I used to have a relative who hunted on his own land in TN and kept three big chest freezers full of venison in his basement. He was quite generous and would fill our cooler when we visited. Sadly, he was killed in a tractor accident a number of years ago and since then I haven't had much venison, as I am not a hunter myself.
 
I have a recipe for venison tenderloin you won't believe. Besides the meat, it only has two ingredients: bacon and brown sugar!
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Posted 15 November 2019 - 12:18 PM

Please do share the recipe!

 

I've already printed out several of the recipes here that Cheryl was interested in.

 

Thanks again.

 

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Posted 15 November 2019 - 12:41 PM

If you want it to be real authentic the instructions should start with: "First you steal a cow." 


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