Hungarian Vegetable stew (Lecsó)
Hungarian Vegetable stew (Lecsó)

Hey everyone, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, hungarian vegetable stew (lecsó). It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Hungarian Vegetable stew (Lecsó) is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. Hungarian Vegetable stew (Lecsó) is something that I have loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

Hungarian lecso (LEH-choh) is a vegetable stew that combines three of Hungary's favorite ingredients—peppers, tomatoes, and paprika. Lecso can be served variously as a vegetable side dish, appetizer or the main meal itself (see the variations below). I want to show you today a vegetarian recipe.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook hungarian vegetable stew (lecsó) using 8 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Hungarian Vegetable stew (Lecsó):
  1. Get 3 lb pepper
  2. Take 1-2 lb tomatoes
  3. Get 2 yellow onions
  4. Get 1 tbs minced garlic
  5. Make ready 14 oz smoked sausage
  6. Prepare 5-6 tbs lard or vegetable shortening
  7. Make ready 1/2 tbs paprika
  8. Make ready Salt, pepper to taste z

Lecso or letscho - a typical Hungarian pepper stew, a delicious vegan meal with rice or a perfect Lecso or a similar version of it is a very common dish to find in many houses all over Transylvania Add enough vegetable stock (or chicken stock) to cover the vegetables and cook until everything is. Hungarian lecso (lecsó) is a typical Hungarian dish that consists of tomatoes, peppers, and onions. If using Hungarian lecso as a seasoning for other dishes, it should immediately be poured into Then add the rice and leave to swell in the vegetable juices, adding a little water if necessary. Hungarian Lecso (properly spelled lecsó and pronounced leh choh) is the food the heart of Hungary is made of.

Steps to make Hungarian Vegetable stew (Lecsó):
  1. First wash the vegetables in cold water.
  2. Cut the ends off the peppers and slice it. Set it aside.
  3. Cut up tomatoes into bigger chunks. Set it aside.
  4. If you don't like the tomato skin just put it in to boiling hot water for a few seconds and it easily peel off.
  5. Slice onions.
  6. Add lard to pan and cook onions on medium until brown.
  7. Take it off the heat add paprika and stir.
  8. Add garlic.
  9. Put it back on the heat and add peppers.
  10. Add tomatoes.
  11. Add about 1/2 tbs of salt and pepper to taste. You can add more later. Add about 2-3 oz of water so bottom doesn't burn down and let it cook on low (3-4).
  12. Rinse sausage with cold water and slice it. Set it aside.
  13. After about 30-35 minutes add sausage. By the time the stew became really juicy without additional water and smells amazing.
  14. Cook until sausage is fully cooked and peppers are tender. About 20 more minutes or so. Add more salt and pepper if needed. Serve it with fresh bread or noodles /rotini, spaghetti, fettuccine/ Really anything will goes with it.

During my years in Hungary I don't think I ever met anyone that didn't know how to make lecso. It's the thing that is in every household, so common that you wouldn't see it in restaurants. Lecso is very versatile and essentially, is a stew of onions, various shaped and sized peppers including hot and yellow banana peppers, tomatoes and paprika. Excellent with scrambled eggs for breakfast! Many people refer to this is the Hungarian Ratatouille.

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