Hungarian Goulash

Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• vegetable oil cooking spray
• 2 lbs boneless beef chuck, cut into 1/2-1 inch cubes
• 2 -3 tablespoons flour
• 1 medium onion, chopped very small
• 1 green bell pepper, chopped very small
• 2 teaspoons minced garlic
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 3 tablespoons sweet hungarian paprika (not the hot kind)
• 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 (14 ounce) can diced tomatoes
• 1 (8 ounce) container sour cream

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325 degrees f.
• 2 dredge meat in enough flour to coat.
• 3 heat 3 tbsp.vegetable oil in large skillet and brown meat on all sides; drain and set aside.
• 4 spray 2 1/2qt.casserole dish with cooking spray.
• 5 combine meat, onion, bell pepper, garlic, pepper, paprika, thyme, and bay leaf in casserole, mixing well.
• 6 stir in tomatoes.
• 7 cover with lid or foil and bake at 325 degrees for 1 1/2 hours.
• 8 place sour cream in bowl.
• 9 stir some of goulash sauce into sour cream, mixing well.
• 10 stir blended sour cream back into goulash, stirring to incorporate.
• 11 bake 30 minutes more, or until meat is tender.
• 12 serve with cooked egg noodles.