Hungarian Beef-and-Potato Soup

Name: Hungarian Beef-and-Potato Soup
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Eastern European, European
Ingredients: 710 milliliters canned low-sodium beef broth or homemade stock; 1 teaspoons caraway seeds; 0 teaspoons cayenne; 1 teaspoon dried marjoram; 2 Tbsps flour; 1 green bell pepper, chopped; 454 grams ground beef; 1 large onion, chopped; 2 Tbsps paprika; 454 grams boiling potatoes (about 3), peeled and cut into 1/2-inch cubes; 1 teaspoons salt; 1 Tbsp tomato paste; 710 milliliters water

Hungarian Beef-and-Potato Soup might be a good recipe to expand your main course recipe box. This dairy free recipe serves 4. One serving contains 413 calories, 26g of protein, and 24g of fat. Autumn will be even more special with this recipe. This recipe is typical of Eastern European cuisine. Head to the store and pick up ground beef, caraway seeds, onion, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the salt you could follow this main course with the Apple Turnovers Recipe as a dessert.

Instructions

Set a large pot over moderate heat.

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Pot

Add the ground beef and cook, stirring to break it up, until the meat is no longer pink, about 2 minutes.

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Ground Beef

Meat

Reduce the heat to moderately low.

Add the onion and bell pepper and cook, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables start to soften, about 10 minutes. Stir in the flour. Cook, stirring, for 1 minute.

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Bell Pepper

Vegetable

All Purpose Flour

Onion

Add the potatoes, paprika, cayenne, marjoram, caraway seeds, salt, tomato paste, broth, and water. Bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer until the potatoes are tender, about 10 minutes.

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Caraway Seeds

Tomato Paste

Marjoram

Potato

Ground Cayenne Pepper

Paprika

Broth

Water

Salt

Variation:: Use one cup of wide egg noodles instead of the potatoes. You'll only need to simmer the soup for about five minutes, since the noodles don't take quite as long to cook.

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Wide Egg Noodles

Potato

Pasta

Soup

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Raspberries