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🍽️ Criolla Goulash: Spicy Beef with Colorful Vegetables and Sweet Fruits

475 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

Ingredients

• peppers, red 1 pc.
• onions, yellow 2 pcs.
• garlic cloves 2 pcs.
• thyme, fresh 20 g
• beef goulash 600 g
• oil 3 tbsp
• salt pinch
• cayenne pepper pinch
• tomatoes, chopped 500 g
• vegetable broth 150 ml
• potatoes, mostly waxy 500 g
• sweet potatoes 500 g
• zucchini 1 pc.
• bananas 1 pc.
• peaches 1 pc.

Instructions

1. 1. Thoroughly wash the bell peppers.
2. 2. Halve the bell peppers and remove the stems and seeds.
3. 3. Cut the bell peppers into large chunks.
4. 4. Halve the onions and remove the outer skins.
5. 5. Finely dice the onions.
6. 6. Peel the garlic.
7. 7. Mince the garlic finely.
8. 8. Wash the thyme.
9. 9. Dry the thyme with a cloth.
10. 10. Pluck the thyme leaves from the stems.
11. 11. Rinse the beef.
12. 12. Pat the beef dry with a cloth.
13. 13. Heat oil in a pot over high heat.
14. 14. Sear the beef in batches until well-browned.
15. 15. Let it brown for about 4 minutes per batch.
16. 16. Season the meat with salt.
17. 17. Season the meat with cayenne pepper.
18. 18. Remove the browned meat from the pot.
19. 19. Sauté the bell peppers in the pot drippings.
20. 20. Sauté the onions in the pot drippings.
21. 21. Sauté the garlic in the pot drippings.
22. 22. Let the vegetables sauté for about 3 minutes.
23. 23. Return the browned meat to the pot.
24. 24. Add the thyme to the pot.
25. 25. Deglaze the meat with tomatoes.
26. 26. Deglaze the meat with broth.
27. 27. Cover the pot.
28. 28. Simmer the goulash for about 1 hour over medium heat.
29. 29. Peel the potatoes.
30. 30. Peel the sweet potatoes.
31. 31. Wash the zucchini.
32. 32. Remove the ends of the zucchini.
33. 33. Cut the potatoes into large cubes.
34. 34. Cut the sweet potatoes into large cubes.
35. 35. Cut the zucchini into large cubes.
36. 36. Add the potatoes to the goulash.
37. 37. Add more broth to the goulash if necessary.
38. 38. Let the potatoes cook in the goulash for about 10 minutes.
39. 39. Add the sweet potatoes to the goulash.
40. 40. Add the zucchini to the goulash.
41. 41. Let the vegetables cook in the goulash for another 15 minutes.
42. 42. Peel the banana.
43. 43. Wash the peach.
44. 44. Remove the pit from the peach.
45. 45. Cut the banana into large chunks.
46. 46. Cut the peach into large chunks.
47. 47. Add the banana and peach to the goulash.
48. 48. Let the fruits cook in the goulash for about 5 minutes.
49. 49. Season the goulash to taste with salt.
50. 50. Season the goulash to taste with cayenne pepper.

Nutrition per serving

• kcal: 475
• Protein: 35 g · Fett/Fat: 12 g · Carbs: 65 g