Goulash (Hungarian beef stew)

The formula

Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 32.

	this recipe	typical
liquid	0%	77%
fat	5%	1%
aromatics	35%	33%
salt	1%	1%
vegetables and beans	168%	151%

Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)

Ingredients

Weights computed by us.

907 g	1 kg/2 lb beef chuck (, cut in 3.5cm / 1.5" cubes (Note 1))
10 g	1 3/4 tsp cooking salt / kosher salt
2 g	1 tsp black pepper
14 g	1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
30 g	2 tbsp/ 30g unsalted butter
300 g	2 brown onions (, cut into 1cm / 1/2" squares)
15 g	5 garlic cloves (, finely minced)
240 g	2 capsicum/bell peppers ((1 red + 1 yellow), cut into 2 cm / 0.8" squares)
822 g	2 tomatoes (, cut into 8 wedges then in half)
28 g	1/4 cup Hungarian-style paprika ((sub ordinary paprika, Note 2))
	1 tsp caraway seeds (, optional (Note 3))
1 g	1 bay leaf
	1 litre / 4 cups beef stock/broth (, low-sodium)
122 g	2 carrots (, peeled, cut in quarters lengthwise then into 1cm / 0.4" pieces)
340 g	2 potatoes (, cut into 1.2cm / 1/2" cubes)
6 g	1 tbsp finely chopped parsley (, optional garnish)

Method: 9 steps, published by www.recipetineats.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.

“I have just made this Goulash today. I used my slow cooker and intended to use the recipe to the letter. I use RTE as my go to with any recipe as they always provide consitent, great-tasing delights. HOWEVER, given it’s in a slow cooker I felt the reci” — a cook, 3.0★

“A good recipe. I wish the paprika was listed in grams, because it can be hard to translate american cups to european measurements. Also the recipe forgets to tell us what to do with the other half of the salt and pepper. It just says toss the meat in HALF o” — a cook, 4.0★