Potato Stew
The plain Bulgarian potato stew of weekday lunches and fasting days — potatoes simmered in an onion, carrot and tomato base reddened with paprika, thickened by their own starch and finished with a fistful of parsley.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 1 kg potatoes, peeled and cut into 3 cm chunks
- 5 tbsp sunflower oil
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 1 large carrot, sliced into rounds
- 2 garlic cloves, chopped
- 1 tbsp sweet paprika
- 400 g tomatoes, grated or tinned chopped
- 800 ml hot water
- 1 bay leaf
- 0.5 tsp black pepper, ground
- 1.5 tsp salt
- 1 bunch parsley, chopped
- 200 g pickles, to serve
Nutrition (estimated)
high confidenceRecipe total: 1743 kcal · P 33.2g · C 236g · F 80g
Estimated from 13 of 13 ingredients
Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.
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Steps
Steps
- 1Heat the oil in a heavy pot over medium heat and fry the onion and carrot for 8 minutes, stirring, until the onion is soft and golden.
- 2Add the garlic for 1 minute, then take the pot off the heat and stir in the paprika — off the flame it colours the oil red without scorching.
- 3Return to the heat, add the tomatoes and cook for 5 minutes until they lose their raw smell and the oil starts to separate.
- 4Add the potatoes and stir for 2 minutes to coat them in the red base.
- 5Pour in enough hot water to just cover the potatoes, add the bay leaf, salt and pepper, and bring to the boil.
- 6Lower to a gentle simmer, half-cover and cook for 25–30 minutes, stirring now and then, until the potatoes are soft enough to break with a spoon.
- 7Crush a few pieces of potato against the side of the pot and stir — the released starch thickens the liquid into a stew rather than a soup.
- 8Remove the bay leaf, stir in most of the parsley and rest off the heat for 10 minutes. Serve scattered with the rest of the parsley, with pickles on the side.
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Questions and answers
How long does Potato Stew take to make?
About 60 minutes: 15 min prep and 45 min cooking.
What ingredients do you need for Potato Stew?
13 ingredients: potatoes, sunflower oil, onion, carrot, garlic cloves, sweet paprika, tomatoes, hot water, bay leaf, black pepper, salt, parsley and 1 more.
How many servings does this Potato Stew recipe make?
4 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.
How many calories are in a serving of Potato Stew?
About 436 kcal, with 8.3 g protein, 59 g carbohydrate and 20 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.
Which diets does this Potato Stew recipe suit?
It is vegan and gluten-free.
What cuisine is Potato Stew?
Potato Stew comes from Bulgarian cuisine.
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