There are many goulash recipes. The most important thing is to choose the right good fresh meat. Choose without veins and a lot of fat. The neck is best. The color of the meat should be light - this means that the animal is young and the dish will turn out soft and juicy.

Beef goulash with gravy - a classic recipe

Everyone from childhood remembers the aromatic taste of this side dish, served with mashed potatoes. Cubes of meat are delicious, soft melt in your mouth. Gravy is juicy and thick. Nowadays, they cook with different types of meat, but only beef is used in a truly classic recipe.

Ingredients:

  • beef - 1.5 kg;
  • sunflower oil;
  • carrots - 2 pcs.;
  • tomato paste - 5 tbsp. spoons;
  • water;
  • ground pepper;
  • onion - 3 pcs.;
  • flour - 6 tbsp. spoons;
  • salt;
  • greenery.

Cooking:

  1. Dice the meat.
  2. Sprinkle with pepper. Mix.
  3. Mix flour with salt. Dip each piece.
  4. Heat oil, fry beef.
  5. Cut the onion into rings.
  6. Grate the carrots.
  7. Fry vegetables.
  8. Transfer vegetables and meat into one pan.
  9. Pour water so that all foods are closed.
  10. Put it out for about 30 minutes.
  11. Cut greens.
  12. Pour pasta, sprinkle with herbs, pepper and salt. Mix.
  13. Put out for 7-10 minutes.
  14. To soak the dish and become fragrant, cover and leave without fire for 20 minutes.

How to cook a meat dish in a slow cooker?

 

Beef goulash with gravy in a slow cooker is very simple and convenient to cook. It takes a minimum of time to cook, the meat will be juicy and soft.

Ingredients:

  • beef - 1 kg;
  • salt;
  • onion - 2 pcs.;
  • ground black pepper;
  • carrots - 2 pcs.;
  • water;
  • flour - 2 tbsp. spoons.

Step by step recipe:

  1. Wash the meat, cut into slices.
  2. Place in a multicooker bowl by lightly pouring oil on the surface.
  3. Peel the onion. Chop.
  4. Peel the carrots, grate.
  5. Transfer vegetables to meat.
  6. Set the “Baking” mode for 45 minutes.
  7. Simmer, stirring occasionally.
  8. After the specified time, pour flour and seasoning. Mix.
  9. Pour water into the bowl so that the meat is half immersed in the liquid.
  10. Put on the "Extinguishing" mode for two hours.
  11. When the signal sounds the end of the cooking process, mix and serve.

Hungarian Beef Goulash with Gravy

The recipe for this dish was invented by Hungarian shepherds, who cooked food in pots with beef and what they had with them.

Read also: pork goulash in a slow cooker

Ingredients:

  • beef - 1500 g;
  • carrots - 4 pcs.;
  • dry red wine - 400 ml;
  • onion - 4 pcs.;
  • hot pepper - 2 pods;
  • thyme - 2 tsp;
  • tomatoes in juice - 400 g;
  • salt - 2 tsp;
  • thyme - 2 tsp;
  • olive oil - 6 tbsp. spoons;
  • garlic - 8 cloves;
  • potato - 6 pcs.;
  • sweet paprika - 4 tbsp. spoons;
  • paprika pepper - 6 pcs.;
  • fresh lard - 40 g;
  • white beans - 200 g.

Cooking:

  1. Soak beans in advance, best at night.
  2. Boil for one hour.
  3. It is better to take beef neck, it is softer and juicy. Rinse the meat, remove the film. Use a paper towel to remove moisture. Cut into slices about 3 cm in size.
  4. Fry lard in a pan, remove leftovers. Fry the beef in the resulting fat, stirring regularly. When the meat becomes rosy with a golden crust, transfer to a pan.
  5. Remove the peel from the onion, chop. Fry until soft. Sprinkle with thyme and thyme. Stir and simmer for five minutes.
  6. Remove from heat and pour ground paprika. Stir and transfer to a pan with beef.
  7. Salt the meat.
  8. Pour dry wine, boil.
  9. Pour the tomatoes in their own juice.
  10. Transfer the finished beans to the pan. Close the lid.
  11. Simmer for two hours. During cooking, the alcohol evaporates, the beef is soaked and becomes soft and aromatic.
  12. Peel potatoes, cut into cubes.
  13. Peel and chop carrots.
  14. Transfer vegetables to meat. If there is little fluid, add water. Cook for half an hour.
  15. Remove seeds from pepper, cut into cubes.
  16. Peel and finely chop the garlic. Can be chopped in a scamp.
  17. Rinse hot pepper with water, cut into slices.
  18. Add prepared foods to the pan.
  19. Salt and mix.
  20. Cook until the pepper is soft.

The thickness of the goulash depends on the added water and the juice that the vegetables give off.

Delicious goulash recipe - like in kindergarten

 

Everyone remembers the taste of goulash that was in the kindergarten. As adults, everyone wants to try this dish again. Going through different cooking options, a completely different taste is obtained. According to this recipe, you will learn how to cook beef goulash with gravy to taste as in a kindergarten.

Ingredients:

  • beef - 1 kg;
  • tomato paste - 2 tbsp. spoons;
  • carrot - 2 pcs.;
  • onion - 2 pcs.;
  • flour - 3 tbsp. spoons;
  • oil - 2 tbsp. spoons;
  • salt - 2 tsp;
  • water - 400 ml;
  • ground black pepper - 2 pinches.

Cooking:

  1. Rinse the meat, cut into cubes.
  2. Peel the onion, rinse, cut into slices.
  3. Pour oil into a pan, heat.
  4. Transfer meat. Fry over high heat until golden. The main thing is not to overdo it, otherwise the meat will turn out to be dry and tasteless.
  5. Peel the carrots. Grate.
  6. Move vegetables to meat, simmer for five minutes.
  7. Pour water. Pour flour, pepper, salt. Pour tomato paste. Mix.
  8. Cook under the lid for an hour.

Cooking beef goulash in a pan

The recipe came to us from Hungary. There, the dish is a soup, and here we relate to the second dish. Goulash goes well with potatoes, pasta and any cereals.

Ingredients:

  • neck of beef - 700 g;
  • garlic - 3 cloves;
  • carrots - 1 pc.;
  • boiling water - 400 ml;
  • tomato paste - 5 tbsp. spoons;
  • salt, sunflower oil.

Cooking:

  1. Rinse the meat, dry, cut into cubes.
  2. Peel the onion, chop.
  3. Peel the carrots, cut into slices.
  4. Dice peeled garlic.
  5. Pour oil into a pan and fry vegetables. Transfer meat.
  6. Fry until white meat.
  7. Pour in water and tomato paste. Mix.
  8. After boiling, reduce heat. Cover the pan.
  9. Simmer for about two hours, stirring regularly.

Classic recipe with prunes

 

This is a very quick goulash recipe, it will take less than an hour. Very well suited when there is little time, and guests are about to come.

Ingredients:

  • beef - 600 g;
  • chicken bouillon;
  • onion - 2 pcs.;
  • prunes - 300 g;
  • vinegar - 2 tbsp. spoons;
  • cloves - 6 pcs.;
  • sunflower oil;
  • salt;
  • pepper.

Cooking:

  1. Soak prunes in water. The water should be warm, then the dried fruits will become soft and juicy.
  2. Remove the husk from the bulbs, wash, cut into rings.
  3. Wash the meat, remove the moisture with a paper towel. Cut into pieces.
  4. Heat a pan with oil.
  5. Stir onion until golden brown.
  6. Transfer beef, stew until half cooked.
  7. Cut prunes into small slices, transfer to a pan. Cook for 10 minutes.
  8. Pour the broth. Put out five minutes.
  9. Dilute vinegar in water and pour into meat.
  10. Sprinkle with salt, cloves and pepper. Mix. Cook for half an hour.
  11. While stirring with a spatula, introduce flour. Stew for another five minutes.

With gravy in the oven

A wholesome, oven-baked diet dish with simple, affordable ingredients. This recipe makes a delicious juicy gravy.

Ingredients:

  • beef - 1200 g;
  • tomato paste - 2 tbsp. spoons;
  • onion - 2 pcs.;
  • flour - 2 tbsp. spoons;
  • water - 600 ml;
  • salt pepper.

Cooking:

  1. Remove the peel from the onion, rinse, cut into rings.
  2. Rinse meat, dry with napkins. Cut into cubes. Lay on a baking sheet, which must be necessarily deep.
  3. Put a layer of onion on top. Mix.
  4. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Mix.
  5. Stew for 15 minutes.
  6. Remove from the oven. Mix. Put out the same time again.
  7. Add flour, water to the tomato paste. Stir with a whisk so that there are no lumps left.
  8. Pour the gravy into the meat. Mix. Stew for half an hour.
  9. Remove and mix again. Simmer until cooked for about 30 minutes.