Many of us can not live a day without meat food. Particularly popular among residents of most countries is pork goulash. In a slow cooker, a simple and satisfying dish is easy to prepare, served with a side dish. Russian housewives cook it in the form of stew with vegetables. However, few people think that in the original this Hungarian dish is a thick meat soup.
General recommendations
To make a delicious and fragrant pork goulash in a slow cooker, the recipe of which will be discussed in today's article, it is advisable to choose not too fatty meat. Only then will this dish be equally useful for both adults and children.
If you are not sure about the quality of the main ingredient, the stewing time should be increased by an hour and a half. In this case, the meat has time to cook well and become quite soft. To get enough gravy in goulash, it is advisable to add a few glasses of pre-cooked broth. So that the pieces are evenly fried, in the process they need to be systematically mixed.
To make pork goulash in a slow cooker (a step-by-step recipe can be seen a little lower) turned out to be more flavorful, it is recommended to use fresh tomatoes instead of tomato paste. At the end of cooking, you can pour a little dry white wine. It will give your dish special taste.
Option One: Product List
This recipe is interesting in that it contains beans. From the following number of components, you will get four servings of a full-fledged second course, which can be eaten without an additional side dish. Before you cook goulash in a slow cooker with gravy (recipes for this treat will be presented below), you should purchase all the necessary ingredients. In order not to interrupt the process, check in advance whether you have at hand:
- 300 grams of tenderloin.
- Large onion.
- 100 grams of ketchup.
- Sweet bell pepper.
- 250 grams of white beans.
- A stalk of celery.
Plus everything else, in your kitchen there should be a small amount of vegetable oil, a bunch of greens, bay leaves, pepper and salt. As spices, it is advisable to use one teaspoon of caraway seeds, granulated sugar and mustard seeds.
Process description
To prepare a truly delicious and fragrant pork goulash with gravy in a slow cooker, you must strictly follow the recommended proportions. To reduce the time taken to create this dish, it is advisable to soak the beans in a bowl of cold water in the evening and leave it overnight. In the morning, the beans are thoroughly washed and proceed to further action.
Pre-washed vegetables are ground. The celery stalk is cut into slices, pepper into chunks, and onion into half rings. Pork tenderloin is thoroughly washed in running cool water, lightly dried with paper towels, cut into cubes and sent to a multicooker bowl, pre-lubricated with a small amount of vegetable oil. Activate the "Frying" mode and cook for seven minutes. At the same time, the meat should be stirred periodically so that it is evenly browned.
Then vegetables, beans and garlic, passed through the press, are added to it. Two glasses of water, ketchup and spices are sent there. Close the device, turn on the “Extinguishing” mode and cook for half an hour. After the signal, pork goulash with gravy in a slow cooker is salted and served.
Option Two: List of Components
According to this recipe, you can cook a very tasty and mouth-watering dish. Before you begin the process, you should go to the store and buy all the missing products. At your disposal should be:
- 800 grams of tenderloin.
- 250 milliliters of broth.
- 40 grams of butter.
- 25 milliliters of table vinegar.
- 200 grams of tomatoes in their own juice.
In order to get a really nutritious and fragrant pork goulash with gravy in an Italian multicooker, the above list needs to be expanded. It is advisable to add lemon, a little ground paprika, three cloves of garlic, a couple of bay leaves, cumin and four onions.
Cooking technology
In the bowl of the multicooker, greased with a small amount of butter, send onion, previously peeled, washed and cut in half rings, activate the “Frying” mode and cook until a yellowish tint appears. After that, vinegar is added to it and evaporated, periodically stirring the contents of the bowl.
Then pepper, paprika and cumin are added to the onion. All is thoroughly mixed and added there is pork, previously washed and diced in not too small cubes, bay leaves, garlic passed through a press, tomatoes and salt mashed with a fork. Pour it all over the broth and cover. Then activate the "Extinguishing" and cook for two and a half hours. Periodically check the liquid level and add broth as needed.
Option Three: Product Suite
It should be noted that pork goulash prepared according to this recipe with gravy in a slow cooker can be served with rice, pasta or mashed potatoes. This dish is delicate and juicy with an incredibly rich taste. Before you start the process, check if there is in your kitchen:
- A pound of pork.
- 150 grams of onions and carrots.
- Two tablespoons of flour.
- 300 milliliters of water.
- Three tablespoons of sour cream.
As spices in this case, it is desirable to use bay leaves, salt and ground black pepper. In addition, if desired, the list of components can be supplemented with mushrooms, green beans and other vegetables.
Sequencing
First of all, you need to do meat. It is washed, dried with paper towels and cut into small pieces. Pre-prepared and peeled vegetables are ground.
Slices of pork are sent to the multicooker bowl, greased with a small amount of vegetable oil, the “Frying” mode is activated and cooked for half an hour without covering and stirring constantly. Shortly before the end of the process, carrots and onions are added to the meat, mixed and left for another ten minutes.
After this time, salt, lavrushka, pepper and other spices are added to the contents of the multicooker. A mixture of water, flour and sour cream is poured there, and all the ingredients are thoroughly mixed. Cover, turn on the "Extinguishing" and set the timer for one and a half hours. If you bought middle-aged meat, then you need to increase the time so that it has time to soften. After that, ready-made pork goulash with gravy in a slow cooker can be served.