Dutch Oven Beef Goulash Recipe

5 from 2 votes

Beef cubes slowly stewed in a paprika spiced velvety sauce. A wholesome comfort meal with hard to resist Central European flavors.

Prep Time5

Cook Time2

Total Time2 5

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Austrian

Servings: servings

Calories: 755kcal

Heat up your Dutch oven and stir in your butter and onion slices. Sauté onion slices in the butter until they soften a bit over a medium heat setting.
2 Tablespoon Butter, 1 Onion
Add the chopped garlic and briefly cook along.
1-2 Garlic Cloves
Stir in the beef cubes and brown them a bit all over while controlling the heat setting.
1 Pound Beef
Reduce the heat a bit and pour in the cream, tomato sauce and beef broth.
1 Cup Table Cream, ¼ Cup Tomato Sauce, 1 Cup Beef Broth
Add to that all the seasoning. The bay leaf, juniper berries, paprika, and caraway seeds. Also season with salt and black pepper.
1 medium Bay Leaf, 5 Juniper Berries, 1 Tablespoon Paprika, ½ Teaspoon Caraway Seeds Whole, Salt, ¼ Teaspoon Black Pepper Ground
Mix everything well in the Dutch oven.
Keep the heat on a medium to low setting and cover the dish.
Cook the beef until it's completely cooked through and tender. Check once in a while the progress of the meat. It can take 1–2 hours until the meat is tender cooked. The cooking time depends on the meat quality. The beef goulash in the pictures took about 1 ½ hours to cook tender.
Once the meat is soft and falling off, uncover the dish and continue to cook down the sauce to the desired consistency.
Take from the heat. Remove the bay leaf and juniper berries and discard.
Serve your beef goulash hot with freshly chopped parsley as a garnish.
Parsley