This easy vegan Hungarian goulash recipe is full of flavour and the perfect comfort food for fall and winter. It is a simple one-pot dinner with veggies, protein chunks and noodles in a rich and hearty tomato base.
Ahhh, Goulash. There’s something cozy and comforting about a rich, hearty, meaty stew, especially with yummy dumplings, on a cold, wet, fall day. According to many, Goulash should be cooked all day in a gigantic witches’ cauldron with all sorts of vegetables and DEFINITELY with ONLY Hungarian paprika. In any case, I don’t have a witches’ cauldron on hand right NOW, and I don’t really feel like waiting all day, but we do happen to have some Hungarian paprika on hand, so we’re going to go with that.
Traditional Hungarian Goulash obviously relies on stewing beef to get a lot of the rich, meat-y flavour, but since that ain’t happening, we can use non-beef stock as our base, which should pretty much do the trick. The rest of the flavour really comes from the carrots, celery and paprika. Sometimes I tend to dial up the heat with chili pepper (that’s not mentioned in the recipe though, so if you like things hot, go ahead and add it to taste). If you’re a mild human, like me, you can ignore the chili pepper.
The other important key to a great goulash is really really good dumplings (sometimes called noodles). I have a great recipe for vegan spaetzle which is basically the german name for Hungarian dumplings. I love these type of dumplings, and if you don’t want to make them yourself you *might* be able to find vegan dumplings in the store, but they can sometimes be tough to find. Most spaetzle out there has egg in it, so make sure to read the package carefully.
I strongly recommend serving goulash in your fanciest bowl, with a gigantic spoon for effect and of course some yummy country style bread and vegan butter. Then invite over your closest Hungarian friend and impress them. Pairs perfectly with a European beer or Hungarian Palinka.
This easy vegan Hungarian goulash recipe is full of flavor and the perfect comfort food for fall and winter. It is a simple one-pot dinner with veggies, protein chunks and noodles in a rich and hearty tomato base.
The classic “kettle goulash” is prepared by frying cubes of beef or mutton with onions in lard. Garlic, caraway seeds, tomatoes, green peppers, and potatoes complete the stew. Székely gulyás, another Hungarian specialty, is a stew of pork and sauerkraut flavoured with tomatoes, onions, caraway seeds, and sour cream.
American goulash is a one-pot dish of ground beef, pasta (often elbow macaroni), tomatoes and cheese. Sometimes it includes paprika, like its Hungarian counterpart. Since American goulash calls for ground beef, it cooks much faster than Hungarian goulash which relies on low-and-slow cooking to render the beef tender.
This German Goulash is what the Swabians in Germany call “Hungarian Goulash”. Ha! A juicy and tender beef stew made with paprika, peppers, and a red wine sauce. Originally goulash (gulyás) is from Hungary but over the centuries this traditional stew obviously traveled into different cuisines, including German cuisine.
American goulash, sometimes called slumgullion, American Chop Suey, or even Beef-a-Roni, is an American comfort-food dish popular in the Midwest and South.
Hungarian Goulash is a thick meat and vegetable stew with a broth that's heavily seasoned with paprika, while American Goulash is a quick dish made from ground beef, tomato sauce, herbs, and elbow macaroni noodles. It also goes by the name of American Chop Suey.
Like pörkölt, these stews are generally served with boiled or mashed potato, polenta, dumplings (e.g. nokedli, or galuska), spätzle or, alternatively, as a stand-alone dish with bread. Romani people have their own version of goulash.
Goulash is the most famous Hungarian dish in the world. It's one of Hungary's national dishes -- the symbol of their country. And it is for a good reason. It's a dish made with basic ingredients like meat, peppers and root vegetables elevated to perfection by the use of Hungary's most famous spice: paprika.
The dish gets its name from the gulyás who first roamed the Great Hungarian Plain with their herds of long-horned cattle over 1,000 years ago. These cowherds boiled their beef to create gulyásleves (goulash soup), leaving the pot to simmer away, stirring it only occasionally.
The invention of goulash began with one of the humblest groups in Hungarian society, the cowherds, according to the distinguished Hungarian ethnologist Eszter Kisbán.
Austrian goulash is traditionally made with beef. Tomato paste and sweet ground paprika are then added for better color. The typical taste of the dish is completed by goulash seasoning, which consists of dried marjoram, crushed caraway, and grated lemon zest.
In Austra it is a dish with big pieces of beef in a thick and for long hours cooked sauce of onions and peppers (mostly called 'Gulasch' in Austria), in Hungary, “Gulyas” is a soup of similar taste but contains much less beef than the Austrian variety.
American goulash is usually referred to in the midwestern and southern United States as simply "goulash". As a descendant, of sorts, of Hungarian goulash, the only real connection seems to be the name, and the inclusion of beef and paprika.
This easy, one-pot American Goulash (aka Beefaroni) is the epitome of comfort food and a meal the entire family will love! It starts with a flavorful homemade meat sauce, then macaroni noodles cooked in the sauce, and finished with a sprinkle of cheese.
American goulash is usually referred to in the midwestern and southern United States as simply "goulash". As a descendant, of sorts, of Hungarian goulash, the only real connection seems to be the name, and the inclusion of beef and paprika.
Though one noticeable thing about traditional Goulash is that the broth is thinner than what you think of with stews, and it's not thickened with flour or cream. Also, it's not typically served over mash like stews, it's served in bowls like soup.
Traditional goulash is a stew/soup, usually using a cheaper cut of meat suited to slow cooking. It usually contains potatoes and other vegetables, as well as noodles. A true stroganoff consists of paprika-dusted fillet steak quickly pan fried with mushrooms and onions in a sour cream and brandy sauce.
Glass has always been found in nature, but the first glass created by humans can be dated to about 4,000 years ago, when craftsmen working in Mesopotamia, the land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, discovered the art of mixing sand, soda, and lime to make glass.
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Ahhh, Goulash. There’s something cozy and comforting about a rich, hearty, meaty stew, especially with yummy dumplings, on a cold, wet, fall day. According to many, Goulash should be cooked all day in a gigantic witches’ cauldron with all sorts of vegetables and DEFINITELY with ONLY Hungarian paprika. In any case, I don’t have a witches’ cauldron on hand right NOW, and I don’t really feel like waiting all day, but we do happen to have some Hungarian paprika on hand, so we’re going to go with that. 
