Recipe Week #   3
HUNGARIAN GOULASH SOUP

Weekly recipes and ingredients are on display at Ellsworth Hannaford (shown) and Trenton Marketplace IGA.

Come January, my family is tired of plain burgers and ready for something new. For an easy one-pot meal, I like to make Hungarian Goulash Soup, often with venison from the freezer. To complete meal, serve a green salad, Oatmeal Dinner Rolls, and Apple Crisp for dessert.

• 1 pound extra-lean ground beef, venison or moose

• 1 medium sized onion, chopped, about 1 cup

• 1 large red or green pepper, seeded, cored and cut into strips

• ¾ teaspoon caraway seed

• 3 tablespoons sweet paprika

• ¾ teaspoon dried thyme

• ½ to 1 teaspoon chili powder (to taste)

• 4 cups beef or vegetable stock

• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
  ½ teaspoon garlic salt

• 3 cups cubed red potatoes, scrubbed with skins still on

• 1 – 14 ounce can stewed tomatoes (juice and all)

• ¼ cup ketchup

• Sea salt and fresh pepper to taste

In a large Dutch oven or heavy soup pot, combine the beef, onion, sweet pepper caraway seed, and thyme. Cook over medium heat, stirring and breaking up the beef with a spoon. After 5 minutes, reduce the heat slightly and add the paprika, chili powder and garlic salt. Cook, continuing to stir, until the beef is thoroughly cooked with the seasonings, about 2 minutes. Stir in the stock, Worcestershire sauce and potatoes. Bring the mixture to a boil. Adjust heat so the soup simmers and cook, stirring occasionally, until the potatoes are tender, about 15 minutes. Add the tomatoes and the ketchup. Continue simmering until the flavors are well blended, about 10 minutes. Taste the soup and if needed, add a dash of sugar and sea salt and fresh pepper to taste. Serves six.

Nutritional analysis per serving: 297 calories, 24 grams protein, 27 grams carbohydrates, 11 grams fat, 822 mg, sodium, 5 grams fiber.

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