Slow Cooker Hungarian Goulash
Yield: 8 servings
This Slow Cooker Hungarian Goulash is a humble stew loaded with chunks of tender, melt-in-your-mouth beef and vegetables. It features a rich, beefy broth flavored with sweet paprika - authentic comfort food at its best!
Ingredients
- 3 pounds beef chuck roast cut into 1" cubes
- Morton kosher salt to taste
- freshly ground pepper to taste
- 2 teaspoons vegetable oil
- 5 medium carrots peeled and sliced into 1/2" diagonals
- 4 medium gold potatoes peeled and cut into 3/4" cubes
- 16 ounces whole fresh mushrooms quartered
- 1 large yellow onion chopped
- 3 large cloves garlic minced
- 4 cups low-sodium beef broth
- 3 tablespoons tomato paste
- 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
- ¼ cup Hungarian sweet paprika
- ¼ cup lightly packed brown sugar
- 2 teaspoon dry ground mustard
- fresh chopped parsley for garnish optional
Instructions
- Sprinkle cut beef fairly generously with salt and pepper.
- If you own a multicooker, where you can brown meat right in the slow cooker - click "brown/saute". Once it's hot, add the oil. When the oil is hot, add the beef. Let it sear for a few mintues on each side, or until nicely browned. Otherwise use a large skillet over medium-high heat to heat the oil and then brown the beef. Drain off fat. If using a skillet, transfer beef to slow cooker.
- Add carrots, potatoes, mushrooms, onion, and garlic over the seared beef.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together beef broth, tomato paste, Worcestershire sauce, paprika, brown sugar, and dry mustard, and then add this mixture to the slow cooker. Stir everything gently to combine.
- Cover slow cooker and turn heat to high. Cook for 4 to 6 hours, or until beef is ultra tender. Sometimes the beef is fork-tender in 4 hours, and sometimes it takes 6 hours or even a bit more, it just depends on the cut of meat. I always allow 6 hours, because the goal is fork-tender beef.
- To serve, ladle goulash into individual bowls. Sprinkle with fresh parsley, if desired. A warm loaf of fresh crusty bread works great for dipping.
Notes
Note that you will need a large slow cooker for this recipe, as it makes a big quantity. We use this 7-quart multicooker.
From my mom’s recipe box, which was heavily adapted from this recipe, with additional input from Mom and my sister Cheryl from their travels to Hungary and Austria.
Nutrition Information:
Serving: 1 Calories: 562kcal Carbohydrates: 34g Protein: 48g Fat: 27g Saturated Fat: 11g Polyunsaturated Fat: 14g Trans Fat: 2g Cholesterol: 141mg Sodium: 745mg Fiber: 5g Sugar: 11g
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