How to make Beef at home

How to make a Beef goulash

ingredients

1 tbsp oil sunflower 1 beef stock cube (Oxo works well here)2 large   onions cut into 12 wedges1 tbsp paprika1 kg good braising steak preferably chuck steakz1 red pepper2 bay leaves3 garlic cloves crushed600 ml cold water2 tsp hot smoked paprika400 g can chopped tomatoesfreshly ground black pepper1 orange pepper2 green peppe

2 tbsp tomato puréeflaked sea salt

Method

Preheat oven to 170°C/ Fan  150°C/Gas 3. Trim any hard fat off beef and cut  meat into rough 4 cm chunks Season well with salt and freshly ground black pepper.

Hot oil  large flameproof casserole dish Add steak and  fry over a high heat until browned all over turning regularly tip onions into pan cook with beef for 7 minutes until softened add crushed garlic and cook for 7 minute stirring regularly.
in feeds
Sprinkle both red paprikas chili over meat and crumble beef stock cube water tomato puree and bay leaves Season with , pepper stir well and bring to simmer Cover with a tightly fitting lid and transfer dish oven Cook for 1 hours and 30 mints.

While beef cooking removeing core and seeds from each pepper and chuck them away Cut each pepper into chunks of about 3 cm when beef cooking  for 1½ hours, carefully remove dish the oven. Stir peppers put lid back and put goulash back oven for further hour /until beef meltingly tender.
in feeds Serve with large portions  rice (see pages 178–179) and spoonfuls  soured cream if you like, but don’t be too generous – soured cream contains less fat than double cream but still has 30 calories per tablespoon!