Hungarian Goulash (Gulas') - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 1/2 - 2 lbs stew meat
    1 -2 medium onion, chopped fine
    1 teaspoon caraway seed
    1 teaspoon Hungarian paprika
    1 tablespoon tomato paste
    1 beef bouillon cube
    1/2 green pepper, chopped
    1/3 - 1/2 cup water
    3 -4 medium potatoes, water to just cover
    flour
Preparation
    Brown onions and reserve.
    Brown chuck cubes.
    Add all other ingredients together with 1/3 - 1/2 cup of water.
    Cook in pressure cooker for 20 minutes.
    As I remember (it is not written in my original instructions), I cook the beef in the pressure cooker for 20 minutes and then turn the heat off. I let the pressure cooker sit for about another 1/2 hour (without releasing the pressure) while I mess with the potatoes. This probably amounts to about 1 1/2 - 2 hours of \"normal\" cooking.
    While cooking, boil 3-4 medium potatoes (cut up in about 1 1/2 inch cubes in as little water as possible. \"As little water as possible\" means just barely cover the potatoes with water and use a small pot, so that they are crowded together. When both are done, add potatoes and the potato water to the stew. Thicken with flour.
    * Hungarian paprika is essential here. Domestic paprika is food coloring. Hungarian paprika is a SPICE.

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