Moist Hungarian Goulash Recipe

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In Aurora, New York, Mary Smith prepares a traditional dish of saucy round steak for a satisfying supper. "My mother came to this country from Hungary and brought the recipe with her," she writes. "I like it with a lettuce salad full of cucumbers and tomatoes."

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Moist Hungarian Goulash Recipe

Prep: 15 min. Cook: 1 hour

Yield: 2 Servings

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Ingredients

2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
3/4 pound beef top round steak, cut into 1-inch cubes
1/2 cup coarsely chopped onion
1 teaspoon butter
1 teaspoon canola oil
1/2 cup reduced-sodium beef broth
1 tablespoon tomato paste
1 garlic clove, minced
1 teaspoon paprika
1/8 teaspoon dried marjoram
1/8 teaspoon caraway seeds
1/8 teaspoon lemon juice
Hot cooked noodles, optional

Directions

In a large resealable plastic bag, combine the flour, salt and pepper. Add beef cubes and shake to coat.
In a large skillet, cook beef and onion in butter and oil until onion is tender. Stir in broth, tomato paste, garlic, paprika, marjoram, caraway seeds and lemon juice. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1 to 1-1/2 hours or until meat is very tender.
Serve over noodles if desired. Yield: 2 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 cup equals 310 calories, 10 g fat (3 g saturated fat), 102 mg cholesterol, 333 mg sodium, 13 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 41 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 5 lean meat, 1 starch, 1 fat.

Originally published as Hungarian Goulash in Cooking for 2 Winter 2005, p33

Tomato Paste Cubes

I save leftover tomato paste by freezing 3-tablespoon-size portions in ice cube trays. Then I transfer them to a heavy-duty resealable freezer bag. It's easy to remove a frozen cube whenever I need a small amount of tomato paste. —Carre Gardner, Gray, Maine