Hungarian Chicken Goulash

Go Go Go Leicester!! Oh yes ~~ Congratulation Leicester. Leicester football team won season end champion on Monday. It is a very good gift for people in Leicester. My friend, Miss S, and I drove pass the stadium. OMG, there were lots of people and they all looked very happy. Because we are the season end champion. OH YEAH!! Even though both of us are not fans, we are so proud of them.

 

Another interesting thing is that most people who have no ideas where Leicester is. Now, they know it because of Leicester football team. Hope they can continue their great job in the following seasons.

Recipe: Serve 3~4 people

 

 

Steps of Hungarian Chicken Goulash

(1) Heat the oil up in the sauce pan. Add onion in the pan. Fry around 3 minutes.

(2) Add carrot and tomato in the pan. Cover the lid. Simmer it until it turns tender. Might take around 5~10 minutes.

(3) Blend all ingredients by hand blender. Mix dry basil, tomato purée, and paprika into the sauce. Bring it to boil, and switch the heat off.

(4) Add chicken into the slow cooker. Pour the sauce into the slow cook. Switch it to low and cook for 2~3 hours until the chicken turns tender.

 

Paprika is the spirit of Hungarian Goulash. If you like it, you can increase to 3~4 table spoon. For me 2 table spoon of paprika is perfect. Although the winter this year in the UK is not very cold, I still like to eat this kind of hot food. Enjoy it.

Hungarian Beef Goulash

Recently, the weather in the UK is really weird. It is not very cold, like having single digit only. The average temperature is around 11 degree C, but it is very windy. So, you feel colder than it is shown. In such kind of weather, hot meal is your comfort food, like Hungarian Beef Goulash

Few years ago, I have eaten Hungarian Beef Goulash in a restaurant. I can’t forget the taste of Hungarian Beef Goulash. I like the spice flavor a lot. Paprika is mad by red pepper. The weird thing is I don’t like red pepper, but I like paprika.

Recipe: Serve 3~4 people

 

 

Steps of Hungarian Beef Goulash
(1) Prepare a saucepan. Add some oil in. Switch the medium heat on. Add the beef in. Fried the beef until the surfaces turn golden. Then, pour the beef into a bowl. Set aside.

(2) Use the same pan to fry chopped carrot and onion around 5 minutes. Add some oil if needed.
(3) Add beef back to the pan. Add water and beef stock in the pan. Bring it to boil.

(4) Add paprika and tomato purée. Incorporate all ingredients well. Boil it around 5 minutes. And then switch the heat off.

(5) Pour Hungarian Beef Goulash to slow cooker. Turn it to the low heat and cook around 3 hours until beef turns tender.

(6) Season with salt if it is necessary.

Slow cooker is definitely your good friend in the kitchen. In Taiwan, my mom or my aunts do all stew every meal or soup on the stove. But, actually it is easier and more convenient to cook in the slow cooker. Like Hungarian Beef Goulash or Beef Stroganof, I add everything into slow cooker, then I go and do things. Sometime, I even go to work out in the gym. So, when I come back, there is a very yum and hot meal waiting for me. Come come… it is winter now that we need such HOT food to keep warm. Enjoy it.