Make Ahead Hungarian Beef Stew

SERVES: 4

COOK TIME: 8 Hr

This Make Ahead Hungarian Beef Stew is perfect to make in your slow cooker. It's so helpful to be able to cut up everything the night before and store it in the refrigerator. Then you just place it in the slow cooker in the morning and let it cook!

What You'll Need

3 medium potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch chunks
2 large onions, cut into large chunks
5 medium carrots, cut into 1-inch chunks
1 (10-ounce) package frozen lima beans, thawed
2 pounds beef stew meat or boneless chuck roast, cut into 1-1/2-inch chunks
1 (14-1/2-ounce) can diced tomatoes, undrained
1/2 cup beef broth
2 garlic cloves, minced
2 tablespoons paprika
1 1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup instant mashed potato flakes
1 cup sour cream

What to Do

In a 3-1/2-quart (or larger) slow cooker, combine potatoes, onions, carrots, and lima beans; mix well.
In a large bowl, combine meat, tomatoes with liquid, broth, garlic, paprika, and salt; place over vegetables in slow cooker.
Cover and cook on low setting 8 to 10 hours, or until meat is cooked through and fork-tender.
Stir in potato flakes until well mixed and stew has thickened. Just before serving, stir in sour cream.

Notes

Although this is a hearty meal by itself, serving it over warm buttered egg noodles creates a real Hungarian delight!

Nutritional InformationShow More

Servings Per Recipe: 4

Amount Per Serving % Daily Value *
Calories 770
Calories from Fat 262
Total Fat 29g 45 %
Saturated Fat 14g 68 %
Trans Fat 0.0g 0 %
Protein 59g 119 %

Amount Per Serving % Daily Value *
Cholesterol 181mg 60 %
Sodium 1,429mg 60 %
Total Carbohydrates 68g 23 %
Dietary Fiber 14g 58 %
Sugars 15g 0 %

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hamelin61 4488477

Sep 23, 2016

You have Make ahead Hungarian beef stew in two categories slow-cooker and stews

Steve

Nov 19, 2016

. . . and ? . . .

grannyblu

Dec 04, 2014

Let me correct my st reply goulash is kind of in between a soup and a stew and usually has green peppers celery tomatoes lots of thin sliced onions caraway seed a little more garlic potatoes sweet or hot paprika simmered a few hours usually served over noodles and yes they do use sour cream my Mom had a close friend from Hungary not sure how the lima beans in this recipe wound affect the flavor but each to your own liking have to be careful of crock pots they have a tendency to cook things to mush breaking down texture and it really affects flavor to hours may be better Imake all my stews soups chowders on top the stove in my extra heavy large covered pot it evenly distributes the heat and all my recipes comes out great I like to use bay leaves in some of my recipes…Read More gives them a nice subtle flavor I have crock pots but use a crock pot about times a year

wilsonlea 2729114

May 20, 2014

I switched out regular paprika for organic hot paprika,, amazing

whosyournana 96222 26

Oct 31, 2013

I have been trying to find this recipe for a while now, all that was missing was 2 TBLSP brown mustard. I also leave out the potato flakes. Wow! it is sooo good with cornbread! LOL

msginny65807 86109 42

Oct 30, 2013

i thought hungarian had lamb in it

whosyournana 96222 26

Oct 31, 2013

pork works great with this dish too, the seasonings are what make it so good!

Janos

Feb 20, 2013

Where do you people get off calling this "Hungarian"? Just because you put sour cream and paprika in it? How lame! A true Hungarian Gulyas icontains no beans, and is certainly not thickened with sour cream or instant mashed potatoes..

Steve

Nov 19, 2016

Good thing it said Hungarian and not Amish! Man, what's the matter with all the "feelings on the sleeve" anymore?

rschan 3974615

Jan 21, 2013

This is definitely a better beef stew recipe as it does not add any cheese to it.

5329718

Jan 11, 2013

I often make this but I use the best grade of hamburg along with beef boiluon cube and can vegeies juice and all. Then serve over mashed potatoes, or rice, or noodles.

grannyblu

Dec 04, 2014

5329718.. hamburger and canned veggies is not a stew.. you are making hamburger soup goulash is a stew made with cubed meat

Steve

Nov 19, 2016

grannyblu I think was in a really bad humor this go 'round. She must be 100% Hungarian, no?

Dilynn

Nov 01, 2012

Made this today, and was very disappointed as well. Mine also turned to mush and had very little flavor. Cooking time is way too long.. Waste of good stew meat and a lot of time. I will say out of most of the recipes I have tried from Mr Food's web site, have been very good. This just wasn't one of them.

achimera 8733688

Feb 17, 2012

Made this yesterday. Cooked on low 8 hours. Everything disintegrated. We ended up with an unedible pile of mush. Even my not so fussy husband didn't like it. Leftovers were trashed. What a waste of some good angus beef!