Spaetzle and Beef Goulash

Beef Goulash is beef chunks browned and cooked until tender.

 Use any kind of Beef cut (or pork if you prefer); cut the meat into cubes.  The meat I used was partially frozen, it is easier to cut into uniform pieces. Any cut of meat is okay, a chuck steak works very well as it has a good flavour and you can brown the meat and finish cooking it in a slow cooker, or simmer in a pot on the stove until meat is tender.

I mixed 1/3 cup flour, salt, black pepper, onion powder, garlic powder and some chili powder together and dredged the meat pieces.

I only put 1 tbsp of oil in my fry pan and then added the meat pieces and browned them on med high.

I added water to the pan with the meat and scrapped up all the bits, the flour that was coating will help thicken the sauce.  Since I didn't leave myself very much time to get supper on the table, I had to short cut.  I added some Beef Soup powder to the liquid. You could use beef broth instead of water. 

I then put the whole mixture into a smaller sauce pan and simmered the meat until tender.  To thicken the sauce, I added a little water to the remaining flour in the dredging bowl and then added it to the cooked meat. It thickened the liquid to make a nice gravy.

Making Spaetzle:

1 cup flour

1 cup wheatlets

1/2 tsp salt

1 egg

3/4-1 cup milk.

Mix dry together in a flood processor, then add the wet and let food processor mix until it thickens a bit.  The dough should not be runny, nor too thick.

Spaetzle is a southern German noodle.  Most recipes only call for flour, but our family has been putting wheatlets inthe dough.  It gives it texture, and is very filling.  I have a Spaetzle maker (noodle press) but there are other methods to make the noodle.  (This is where you will have to do your own search on-line to discover them)

Into a pot of salted boiling water I press the Spaetzle slowly.  They cook for 3 minutes and then remove from pot and drain.

I put the noodles into a bowl and mix in parmesan cheese.  On this occasion I made a double batch.  One bowl didn't contain any parmesan; this was so I could sprinkle on sugar/cinnamon and have breakfast.

Wheatlet are cream of wheat uncooked.

Lots of gravy is nice with Spaetzle, serve it with colourful vegetables and then you must ENJOY!