Potato Goulash - Kartofel'nyy Gulyash

Ingredients

* 6 large potatoes, 2 onions, 12 cloves of garlic, oil spray, salt, pepper, olive oil, smoked paprika, MSG, 400g tin tomatoes, 1 chicken stock cube, vinegar, 1 tbsp dried thyme, 1 tbsp dried tarragon.

First, do your prep. Peel the potatoes, cut them into about six pieces each, and put them in a bowl, covered in water. Peel the onions, cut them in half, top to bottom, cut them into smaller pieces; anything from thick slices to tiny dice, and put them aside in a bowl. Peel and crush the garlic, and put them in with the garlic.

Put the potatoes in a bowl, spray them with a little oil and add a lot of salt, pepper, and smoked paprika. Stir them around and rub them with your hands until they are all thoroughly covered on oil. Bake them on an oiled baking dish, until they look golden all over. Put them aside.

Sauté the onions and garlic in some oil until the onion all looks transparent. Add a teaspoon of MSG, the tomatoes, a dash of vinegar, the crumbled stock cube, some salt and pepper, the thyme, the tarragon, a big pinch of paprika. Cook the mixture together for twenty minutes and adjust the seasonings.

Add the potato and stir the pieces in well. Briefly heat the mixture and adjust the seasonings again.

Serves four

This recipe is just the basic chassis; add whatever you like. It’s also good for using leftover roast potatoes.