Slow Cooker Hungarian Goulash (Gulyas)
Prep Time: 10 minutes mins
Cook Time: 5 hours hrs
Total Time: 5 hours hrs 10 minutes mins
Easy Hungarian goulash or Gulyas, homemade with simple ingredients. Full of chuck roast beef cubes in paprika based tomato sauce/ stew.
Yield: 6 People
- 2 pounds Chuck roast, Trimmed of fat and cut into 1.5 inch cubes
- 1.5 tbsp All-purpose flour
- 2 tbsp Oil
- 1 tbsp Butter, Unsalted
- 1 Onion, Large, Finely chopped
- 3 cloves Garlic, Finely minced
- 1.5 tsp Caraway seeds, Can be roughly ground for a more intense flavor, which I highly recommend
- 1 tsp Ginger powder
- 1/4 cup Hungarian paprika
- 2-3 cups Beef broth, Low sodium, Start with 2 cups and add more if necessary
- 1 tbsp Red wine vinegar
- 2 tbsp Tomato paste
- Salt, To taste
- Pepper, To taste
- 2 Potatoes, Medium size, Cut into 2 inch cubes
- 2 Carrots, Medium size, Washed, Peeled, Diced into 2 inch pieces, I omitted them this time
- 1 Bay leaf
- 2 tbsp Cornstarch , Dissolved in 1/4 cup liquid/ juices from crockpot
In a Ziploc bag, add the roast cubes and flour. Seal bag and toss until meat is fully coated.
Heat half the butter and half the oil in a large nonstick pan over medium-high heat.
Add the floured meat and cook until lightly browned.
Transfer meat to large crockpot (6.5 quart or larger).
Heat remaining butter and oil in the same nonstick pan.
Add onion, garlic, caraway seeds, ginger powder, paprika and saute until onion is partially softened and garlic plus caraway seeds are fragrant.
Transfer this mixture to crockpot too.
Add broth, red wine vinegar, tomato paste, salt, pepper, potatoes, carrots, bay leaf.
Mix until combined.
Cover and cook on High heat for 4-5 hours or on Low heat for 6-7 hours, or until meat and vegetables are tender.
In the final 30 minutes of cooking, make a cornstarch slurry by mixing together cornstarch and liquid/juices from crockpot in a small bowl.
Pour this slurry in the crockpot, while gently stirring so as to not break the potatoes and carrots.
Continue cooking uncovered until sauce is slightly thickened.
Discard bay leaf and garnish with roughly chopped fresh parsley (if you like). Enjoy!
- Read all my tips above.
- Leftovers can be stored in a sealed container in the fridge for up to 3 days reheated in the microwave.
Calories: 451kcal, Carbohydrates: 24g, Protein: 35g, Fat: 25g, Saturated Fat: 9g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g, Monounsaturated Fat: 12g, Trans Fat: 1g, Cholesterol: 109mg, Sodium: 232mg, Potassium: 1070mg, Fiber: 5g, Sugar: 3g, Vitamin A: 5777IU, Vitamin C: 18mg, Calcium: 65mg, Iron: 5mg
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Hungarian
Calories: 451
Author: Abeer Rizvi