Stew season is almost over, and I’m sad to see it go. This heartwarming and heavily spiced goulash hits all the right notes! Fill your kitchen with incredible smells with this meal prep friendly Hungarian-style beef stew.
* 2lbs beef cheeks * Two bell peppers * An onion * A carrot * Two small potatoes * A couple cloves of garlic * 3 tablespoons tomato paste * 1 tablespoon Better than Bouillon * 35g Goulash cream * Salt and pepper to taste
**Instructions**
1. Cut and wash vegetables. Cube up the beef, and rub with salt and pepper. 2. Put a pan on high heat with a bit of vegetable oil. Sear the beef in batches and reserve. 3. Add aromatic vegetables and stir, until they pick up a bit of colour and wilt a bit. 4. Add tomato paste and stir into the vegetables. Return the beef, along with the goulash cream, and add water to cover. 5. Add Better than Bouillon, stir to dissolve, bring stew to a simmer and cover. 6. Clean up, do whatever else you want as long as stir the stew every couple of minutes for the next two and a half hours or so. 7. Taste the beef. Once beef is almost tender, wash and cut the root vegetables and add them to the stew. 8. Taste and adjust for seasoning, Let the stew simmer uncovered for another 30 minutes. Make rice in the meantime. 9. Once root vegetables are tender to your liking, assemble and serve with an optional
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Stew season is almost over, and I’m sad to see it go. This heartwarming and heavily spiced goulash hits all the right notes! Fill your kitchen with incredible smells with this meal prep friendly Hungarian-style beef stew.
Full recipe: [https://servedwithrice.com/goulash-hungarian-inspired-beef-cheek-stew/](https://servedwithrice.com/goulash-hungarian-inspired-beef-cheek-stew/)
**Ingredients (served 5)**
* 2lbs beef cheeks
* Two bell peppers
* An onion
* A carrot
* Two small potatoes
* A couple cloves of garlic
* 3 tablespoons tomato paste
* 1 tablespoon Better than Bouillon
* 35g Goulash cream
* Salt and pepper to taste
**Instructions**
1. Cut and wash vegetables. Cube up the beef, and rub with salt and pepper.
2. Put a pan on high heat with a bit of vegetable oil. Sear the beef in batches and reserve.
3. Add aromatic vegetables and stir, until they pick up a bit of colour and wilt a bit.
4. Add tomato paste and stir into the vegetables. Return the beef, along with the goulash cream, and add water to cover.
5. Add Better than Bouillon, stir to dissolve, bring stew to a simmer and cover.
6. Clean up, do whatever else you want as long as stir the stew every couple of minutes for the next two and a half hours or so.
7. Taste the beef. Once beef is almost tender, wash and cut the root vegetables and add them to the stew.
8. Taste and adjust for seasoning, Let the stew simmer uncovered for another 30 minutes. Make rice in the meantime.
9. Once root vegetables are tender to your liking, assemble and serve with an optional
Enjoy!