Ukrainian Goulash is easy to make, yet it has several steps and it requires a long cooking time in the oven. It's all well worth your efforts. Here's the result of our work:
The beef sauce is mild yet very rich. The recipe calls for you to brown your beef in "salad oil" then to use the drippings to brown your onion. For my taste, it's really too much oil. The next time we prepare this dish we will be using a cooking spray rather than oil.The meat is tender as can be when it's done. However, next time I plan to cut the chuck a bit smaller than 1 1/2 inch cubes.
The recipe as written will definitely provide you with 8 servings. I froze our leftover sauce for a future meal.
I think this recipe could adapt well to being cooked in a crock pot. I'll have to experiment a bit with it and see what results.
The recipe suggests you serve the sauce over buttered noodles. We chose fettuccine. I think the dish would be excellent over white or brown rice.
Overall we really enjoyed cooking this dish. It gave the teen some experience with cutting raw meat, chopping per recipe directions, and browning.
I bought this set of recipe cards years ago at Grand Union (miss that chain) and have made it MANY times since then. It is a family favorite. They love it so much that I made it for my oldest son's rehearsal dinner when he got married. It was such a hit that one of his ushers asked for the recipe!! I serve it with noodles, but don't see the need to butter them.
ReplyDeletei remember making this one with my mom growing up, it may be my favorite dish hands down!! i love cooking it for friends to try and they have all loved it too. excellent in a crock pot!!!
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