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Csikós Tokány (Hungarian Herdsman's Stew)

🇭🇺 Hungary

Servings: 4 Prep: 20 minutes Cook: 1 hour Total: 1 hour 20 minutes

Ingredients

  • 150 g smoked bacon
  • 2 onions
  • 2 green peppers
  • 800 g pork shoulder
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • 1 tbsp ground paprika
  • 1 tomato
  • 2 tbsp sour cream
  • 1 tbsp flour
  • Salt
  • Pepper

Steps

  1. Cut the bacon into 3-4 mm strips. Peel and dice the onion. Wash the peppers and cut into pieces similar in size to the onion. Cut the pork into 7-8 mm strips, slightly on the diagonal. Peel and finely chop the garlic. Wash and dice the tomato.
  2. In a deep pan, fry the bacon over low heat, stirring occasionally, until translucent, about a few minutes.
  3. Add the onion and cook together until softened.
  4. Add the peppers, season with pepper, and cook until the mixture becomes glossy and translucent.
  5. Add the pork strips and a little salt (the bacon is already salty), and fry until the meat turns pale.
  6. Stir in the garlic, then the paprika, mixing well.
  7. Add the diced tomato and mix again.
  8. Pour in enough water to just cover the ingredients, cover the pan, and simmer on low heat for 60-70 minutes until the meat is tender.
  9. In a small bowl, mix the sour cream with the flour using a whisk until smooth.
  10. Temper the sour cream mixture with a little of the hot liquid from the pan, then stir it into the stew.
  11. Simmer for a few more minutes until the stew thickens slightly, then serve.

Notes

Traditionally served hot with nokedli (Hungarian dumplings), pasta, or rice, and pickles.

Source: www.mindmegette.hu