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🍽️ Colorful Beef Goulash with Shallots and Peppers

505 kcal · 130 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• 600 g beef goulash (from the shoulder)
• 400 g shallot(s)
• 2 bell pepper(s), red
• 3 tbsp ghee
• 1 small can tomato paste
• 200 ml red wine
• 400 ml broth
• 0.5 tsp caraway seeds
• 1 clove garlic
• some lemon zest (grated)
• 2 pinches marjoram
• 2 pinches paprika powder
• 2 pinches cayenne pepper
• 100 g sour cream
• to taste salt

Instructions

1. 1. Wash the peppers thoroughly.
2. 2. Remove the inside and seeds of the peppers.
3. 3. Cut the peppers into cubes of about two centimeters in size.
4. 4. Heat some clarified butter in a large pot.
5. 5. Fry the pepper cubes briefly.
6. 6. Remove the peppers from the pot.
7. 7. Set the peppers aside.
8. 8. Peel the shallots.
9. 9. Halve the shallots in the middle.
10. 10. Fry the shallots in the same pot with some clarified butter until golden brown.
11. 11. Remove the shallots from the pot.
12. 12. Set the shallots aside.
13. 13. Mix cumin, garlic, the grated zest of one lemon, marjoram, cayenne pepper, and paprika powder.
14. 14. Crush this spice mixture finely.
15. 15. Cut the beef into pieces of about the size of a walnut.
16. 16. Fry the meat in batches in clarified butter until well-browned.
17. 17. Add the prepared shallots to the meat.
18. 18. Add tomato paste.
19. 19. Roast the tomato paste briefly.
20. 20. Deglaze the meat with wine.
21. 21. Let the liquid reduce almost completely.
22. 22. Top up the pot with beef broth.
23. 23. Add the spice mixture.
24. 24. Place the lid on the pot.
25. 25. Simmer the goulash for about one and a half hours.
26. 26. Add the fried peppers back into the pot.
27. 27. Let the goulash simmer for another 15 minutes.
28. 28. Check if the sauce is still too thin.
29. 29. Cook the sauce for a short time without the lid to thicken it, if necessary.
30. 30. Season the dish with salt if necessary.
31. 31. Place a side dish on the plate.
32. 32. Distribute the goulash over the side dish.
33. 33. Garnish the dish with a dollop of sour cream.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 505
• Protein: 17 g · Fett/Fat: 38 g · Carbs: 16 g