Recipe for cooking hungarian one pot stew - gulyas

Recipes from Poland and Hungary :: Polish and Hungarian Main Dish Meats

Use a heavy Dutch oven, heated on high heat for about five mins. on top of the range, Add the following per person:

1 lb. good beef, cut into cubes
2 large onions coarsely chopped
4 tsp. paprika (hot or sweet, to taste - hot Hungarian is good)
2 ripe tomatoes, chopped
1 large green bell pepper, chopped
1 slice salt pork or bacon, chopped, sprinkle and distributed on top

Brown meat in a little good olive oil. Add onions, tomatoes and pepper. Be careful not to burn. Add paprika and cover with bacon or salt pork square or rectangles, cover and simmer until the beef is tender and the vegetables have made their own gravy. Watch for the first 1/2 an hour, but just stir occasionally after that. Season with salt after cooking, if needed. Serve with crusty French bread or giant southern biscuits.