Low Sodium Hungarian Goulash 
We recently celebrated Franz Liszt’s by listening to tone poems and eating a dish that would commemorate his birthday. This dish is low fat, high protein, and virtually NO sodium. Its great for those with hep c and liver damage. It’s very close to the authentic dish that was cooked in Hungarian peasants kitchens. It was quick to put on the stove and only required 1 new secret ingredient that I had to go purchase. We decided it would be eaten year round! I grew up with my mom’s Americanized version. Give this one a try! I think you’ll love it if you’re eating for a liver loving diet.
Ingredients
- Lean stew meat
- Sweet paprika (this is the secret ingredient)
- A little garlic powder or 1 crushed clove
- 1 can diced tomatoes
- 1 can tomato sauce
- ½ onion chopped.
- Pasta
Instructions
- I cut the meat into smaller pieces, covered them with Sweet Paprika, and browned them in a couple of tablespoons of olive oil.
- After taking the meat out, I tossed in the onion and garlic with a little more olive oil and let them sauté for about 10 minutes on low.
- I dumped it all in a pot on the stove and added the tomatoes. Cover it and cook on medium.
- After about an hour of simmering on low, I put on some shell macaroni. You can use any type of pasta.
You know it's low sodium. Since I have trimmed all the fat from the meat, it is also heart healthy low fat!
I served it with bread and butter. Wow! We cleaned it up! I took the little bit that was left to work the next day and heated it in the microwave. It smelled so good that the entire break room wanted the recipe. I think they may envy the delicious food that I’m forced to eat with my cirrhosis dignosis due to hep c. I haven’t had ascites or paracentesis in 2 years!
4 thoughts on “Low Sodium Hungarian Goulash”
PTL!!! i was looking for help with planning menu’s for Low Sodium and found your website…can’t wait to start rec’g info via e-mail .
Hello there! I am so glad that you found our site and the Goulash. My Mom used to make that dish all the time except we called it beefaroni 🙂
I don’t think I appreciated it enough as a child. If you go here you will find alot of recipes. Thanks so much for commenting, it means a lot to hear from people. There are many people who read but don’t comment. It is always nice to meet others with similar interests
https://www.ihelpc.com/liver-loving-recipes/
There’s no measurements in this recipe?! How can one follow when it’s not indicating how much to use? Wanted to make this… Please update. This recipe is like getting in a car for a planned trip with no gas…
So sorry Maria,
I checked and the ziplist shows up fine. I wonder if it is your web browser or another tech problem. I just copied and will paste it here. That way if anyone else has the same problem that can use it.
It’s funny, I just used that same sweet paprika in another dish this weekend. I hope yours turns out okay. I love the analogy about no gas. 🙂 xo Karen
Low Sodium Hungarian Goulash
10 minutes
1 hour
1 hour, 10 minutes
6 servings depending on how much pasta you cook
Ingredients
Lean stew meat
Sweet paprika (this is the secret ingredient)
A little garlic powder or 1 crushed clove
1 can diced tomatoes
1 can tomato sauce
½ onion chopped.
Pasta
Instructions
1. I cut the meat into smaller pieces, covered them with Sweet Paprika, and browned them in a couple of tablespoons of olive oil.
2. After taking the meat out, I tossed in the onion and garlic with a little more olive oil and let them sauté for about 10 minutes on low.
3. I dumped it all in a pot on the stove and added the tomatoes. Cover it and cook on medium.
4. After about an hour of simmering on low, I put on some shell macaroni. You can use any type of pasta.
You know it’s low sodium. Since I have trimmed all the fat from the meat, it is also heart healthy low fat!