Delicious pork goulash: recipe with photo

Pork goulash is an exceptionally simple and satisfying dish, known since time immemorial. Usually goulash is made from beef, but sometimes pork can be much better. And pork costs a little less, so many cooks prefer it.

What kind of meat is suitable for goulash?

The pork goulash recipe is good because you can use almost any part of the carcass.

It is preferable to choose lean meat. The shoulder blade is traditionally considered to be the stiff part of pork, but it is ideal for goulash. In the process of stewing, the meat will become soft, but it will not lose its texture. Pork neck, often used for kebab, is also ideal.

In general, there are no restrictions on which part of the carcass to use. Any part will do. The main thing is to cleanse the meat of tendons, fat and cartilage well. A dish without them turns out to be very satisfying and juicy.

How to choose a good pork?

In order for the pork goulash to turn out delicious, you need to choose the meat correctly. Usually it is soft, with the exception of old pork or frozen. To buy the right piece of meat, you need to focus on a few rules:

• meat should not be sticky and should not have a foreign smell;
• thawed meat produces a dark color and bruising, it is better to refuse such a product;
• when pressed on a piece of meat should quickly restore shape.

Goulash with gravy

Goulash with gravy is able to replace the first and second immediately, due to its consistency.

In order to cook pork goulash with gravy according to the recipe, you will need the following ingredients:

• 700 grams of pork.
• 1 onion and carrot.
• One tablespoon of tomato paste, flour and sour cream.
• 350 milliliters of clean drinking water.
• To taste seasoning and bay leaf.

Pork goulash recipe with gravy step by step:

1. Cut the meat into medium-sized pieces. Put in a pan and fry a little.
2. Peel and dice the onion, add to the pan to the meat. Continue to fry.
3. Grate carrots and add to the pan, stir. You may need to add a little oil, as carrots absorb it very quickly.
4. Add water to the pan and cover. Leave to simmer on fire for about 45 minutes.
5. Open the lid, add water, tomato paste, sour cream, flour, seasonings. Mix the mixture. Cover again and simmer for about fifteen minutes.

What to cook for a side dish?

For a simple goulash, mashed potatoes will be an excellent side dish. This taste is familiar to each of us since childhood.

Mexican pork goulash

This variation of the Mexican pork goulash recipe will certainly appeal to the inhabitants of Russia. This recipe is suitable for a large number of guests.

What do you need?

• 2 kilograms of pork shoulder;
• drinking water and meat broth;
• 1 kilogram of beans;
• 3 large onions;
• to taste salt, cilantro, a mixture of peppers, green chili pepper;
• 1 avocado;
• 1 large ripe tomato;
• 0.5 kilograms of corn grains.

Pork goulash recipe with photo:

1. Cut the pork shoulder into small cubes, put in a roasting pan and lightly fry until a crust forms.
   
2. Cut the onion into rings and add to the roasting pan, to the pork.
3. Add seasonings and pour water, cook for several minutes over low heat.
   
4. Add beans, chili pepper, pour the broth. The broth and water should be in a 1 to 1 ratio and cover the ingredients 2/3.
5. Close everything with a lid and place in the oven. Simmer on low heat for at least 4 hours. At the end of cooking, the meat should be easily separated by a fork and become like a stew.
6. Add corn, chopped avocado and tomato 5-10 minutes before serving.
   

What to serve?

A special side dish is not required, since the recipe already has vegetables. The dish can be decorated with a sprig of cilantro; it can be served with garlic bread or Mexican cakes.

Goulash with tomato paste

This recipe is prepared with pork goulash in a pan with a thick bottom and high sides. Therefore, you should take care of the dishes in advance.

For goulash you will need:

• a pound of pork;
• 2 onions;
• 1 tablespoon of tomato paste;
• 1 cup of any meat broth;
• spices and oil to taste.

Cooking Instructions:

1. The meat needs to be washed and cut across the fibers in small arbitrary pieces.
2. Fry the pork over high heat for a couple of minutes until a crust appears.
3. Crumble the onion and add the fry to the oil, reduce the fire.
4. After the onion is ready, pour a glass of water and the same amount of broth into the pan.
5. Simmer the mixture for one hour under the lid. Fire make minimal.
6. Before serving, in about 7 minutes, you need to add pasta and spices. Mix everything well, leave to stew.

What side dish to serve?

A side dish for pork goulash according to the recipe above can be simple rice. It will be saturated with gravy and will be a great addition to the dish. Can be served with buckwheat porridge. You can also use idaho potatoes or fresh boiled potatoes with dill.

Goulash in a slow cooker

The crock-pot has long been included in the household use of many Russians. It saves not only time, but also the efforts that need to be made to prepare a particular dish.

Thanks to the slow cooker, goulash will remain juicy, fragrant and tender.

Ingredients:

• 600 grams of carbonate;
• 1 piece of carrots and onions;
• seasonings and spices to taste;
• 1 tablespoon of sweet paprika, flour and tomato paste;
• 40 grams of butter;
• 20 grams of ginger;
• a glass of drinking water.

Pork goulash recipe in a slow cooker:

1. Cut the pork into thin, beautiful slices.
2. Grate carrots, chop onion and tomato into cubes.
3. Set the “Fry” mode on the multicooker. Pour oil on the bottom and throw ginger.
4. Put the meat in a slow cooker, fry a little (about 20 minutes), stirring slowly.
5. Add chopped vegetables and mix everything. Fry everything for ten minutes.
6. Add seasonings, paprika, flour and pasta.
7. Pour in hot water. To stir thoroughly.
8. The final step in the pork goulash recipe is to set the stew or multi-cook mode on the slow cooker.
9. After 10-15 minutes, the multicooker will shut itself down. You can decorate the dish with fresh herbs and proceed to the test.

What's the side dish?

Since the dish is more like a soup, serving is recommended with cereals. If buckwheat is tired, then you can safely use lentils. It is not only healthy, but also delicious.

Goulash with potatoes

This recipe is perfect for those who want to combine meat with a side dish in one dish. This is perhaps the best recipe for a delicious pork goulash.

You will need the following ingredients:

• 4 large potatoes;
• 800 grams of pork neck;
• 2 onion heads;
• 3 cloves of garlic;
• 3 teaspoons of smoked paprika;
• salt to taste;
• 1 liter of drinking water;
• 2 tbsp. tablespoons of tomato paste;
• 1 tbsp. spoon of marjoram.

Pork goulash recipe step by step:

1. Finely chop onion and garlic. Fry everything in a pan until golden brown with the addition of vegetable oil.
2. Dice the meat into medium cubes and fry until the juice is isolated.
3. Add paprika, salt.
4. Add water, mix and bring to a boil.
5. Pour the remaining spices and cook for 45 minutes under the lid. Then chop the potatoes and add to the meat and other ingredients.

The dish will be ready as soon as the potatoes are cooked.

Goulash in a cauldron

How to cook pork goulash? A recipe in a cauldron will not disappoint anyone. Indeed, not only the ingredients, but also the dishes influence the preparation of the dish. A cauldron is an ideal dish for stewing both meat and vegetables. There is no need to mix the ingredients, so the taste is different from a typical goulash. And it will be more like stew or kebab.

For goulash you will need:

• 700 grams of pork (any part of the carcass will do);
• one each carrot and onion;
• 2 tbsp. tablespoons of flour;
• oil, salt and pepper - to taste.

Recipe:

1. Cut the pork into large cubes. Pour a little oil into the pan and throw the meat there. Fry over high heat until crisp. Transfer to the cauldron.
2. Grate carrots and chop onions. Fry in a pan and put in a cauldron for meat. Do not mix!
3. Add water and flour, seasonings as you wish. You can put a bay leaf for piquancy. Stew under the lid until the meat is ready. It takes about an hour and a half.

Which side dish is better?

Such a simple goulash option is best for pasta. It is enough to pour them on top with goulash. This is a very tasty dish.

Thick goulash with sour cream

This is an unconventional goulash recipe, but no less delicious. It is distinguished by the tenderness and pleasant milky taste that sour cream gives it.

• two tablespoons of wheat flour;
• 750 grams of pork;
• two tablespoons of 20% sour cream and the same amount of chopped tomatoes in their own juice;
• one medium-sized onion head;
• spices to taste;
• one glass of water.

Cooking Instructions:

1. Finely chop the onion, cut the meat into fairly small cubes. Fry them together until golden brown. The water from the meat should completely evaporate.
2. Pour in water and add tomatoes, mix thoroughly. Stew such a dish for 40 minutes. The meat should become tender.
3. Add sour cream, flour and spices to the goulash. Mix well. Do not use sour cream with a lower fat content, as a very liquid dish can turn out. And in this recipe this is a minus.

You can try it!

What to serve?

It can be served with boiled pasta made from durum wheat or applied to bread or toast. Rye bread is best. So you can easily turn yesterday's dinner into a hearty breakfast.