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Pork & sauerkraut goulash

Pork & sauerkraut goulash

A Polish dinner. Ready in about 1 hour 43 minutes. Difficulty: medium.

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Ingredients

How many people?

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Main ingredient

  • 2.2 lb pork shoulder

Fresh & other

  • 4 tbsp lard
  • 5 onions
  • 5 cloves garlic
  • 2 ½ tbsp all-purpose flour Shopping tip: All-purpose flour (UK: plain flour).
  • 8 cups beef stock Shopping tip: Beef broth (carton or can), or a beef bouillon cube in hot water.
  • 1.1 lb white sauerkraut
  • 1 cup + 1 tbsp heavy whipping cream
  • ¼ cup + 1 tbsp sour cream
Spices & seasonings (3): cumin seeds, paprika, bay leaves
  • 1 ½ tbsp cumin seeds
  • 2 ½ tbsp paprika
  • 5 bay leaves

How to make it

Steps in our own plain words.

  1. Heat the lard in a pot over a medium heat.

  2. Fry the finely chopped onion till golden, around 5-8 mins.

  3. Tip in the cumin and pork.

  4. Fry for 10 mins all over till browned.

  5. Add the garlic.

  6. Season well and scatter over the flour.

  7. Cook for about a minute.

  8. Add the paprika.

  9. Cook for 1 min more.

  10. Pour in half of the stock.

  11. Add the bay leaves.

  12. Simmer using your lid on over low heat for 30 mins.

  13. Add the a drizzle of the, remaining stock and sauerkraut pickling juices.

  14. Simmer with the lid for 30 mins, until the meat is tender.

  15. Stir every so often.

  16. Stir in the cream.

  17. Simmer for 5 mins to mix the flavours.

  18. Season as you like, the dish up garnished with a spoonful of soured cream.

On the side: Crusty bread

A side we added to round out the meal. It is not part of the original recipe.

How to make it (5 min)
  1. Slice the bread. Warm it in the oven for 5 minutes if you like.

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Recipe from TheMealDB, adapted from the original. Steps rewritten in our own words. Times are estimates.