Spicy Goulash Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

5-6 tbsp sunflower oil
1.5 kg stewing beef
1 None onion, diced
3 None mixed peppers, deseeded and diced
750 g button mushrooms, halved
2 None bay leaves
1 tbsp dried parsley
4 tbsp tomato puree
3-4 tbsp plain flour
1-2 tbsp Tabasco
3-3.5 litres vegetable stock
Pinch None caster sugar
500 g waxy potatoes, peeled and diced
None None Parsley, to garnish

Preparation

Heat oil in a large saucepan, add meat in batches and sear, turning, for 3-5 mins. Season then remove from pan. Add onion, peppers, mushrooms, bay leaves, and dried parsley and cook for 8-10 mins, stirring. Return meat to pan and add tomato paste. Add flour and cook for 2-3 mins. Season and add hot sauce. Add stock, sugar and potatoes, cover and simmer over low heat for 1 hour 45 mins. Serve sprinkled with fresh parsley.