Hungarian Letcho Food

HUNGARIAN TOMATO-PEPPER STEW (LECSó)

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• In a large skillet, sauté the onion in bacon fat or oil over low heat for 5 minutes.
• Add pepper strips and cook another 15 minutes.
• Add tomatoes, sugar, salt, and paprika, and cook for another 25 to 30 minutes, stirring occasionally, or until the mixture resembles chunky tomato sauce.

HUNGARIAN LETCHO

Steps:

• In a large frying pan, saute the onions& garlic in olive oil, until limp, approx 2 minutes.
• Add sliced sausage& chilli and cook, mixing with onions& garlic for approx 5 minutes.
• Add bell peppers and mix well with onions, garlic& sausages.
• Add salt and pepper, to taste.
• Turn heat down and add Tomatoes.
• Let simmer until the peppers are soft.
• Keep simmering for a further 2 minutes and serve with rice or mashed potatoes.

HUNGARIAN GREEN PEPPER STEW (AKA: LETCHO)

Steps:

• Cut bacon slices into smaller pieces and fry them in the same pot you're going to use for cooking the stew.
• Add and heat oil.
• Add diced onions. Cook onions on medium high heat until caramelized. Stir frequently, don't let them burn.
• As soon as the onions are done, add the peppers.
• Add salt, black pepper, garlic, caraway seeds and paprika.
• Stirring constantly, cook for a couple of minutes.
• Add tomatoes.
• Add a cup of water.
• Cover pot and simmer until peppers are done to your taste, 10-20 minutes.
• Add more salt and black pepper if needed.
• You might also have to add more water during the cooking process or evaporate extra liquid at the end. This depends on how juicy the tomato was and on the way you're going to serve the dish.
• If you like sausages, add about 1 lb. of sliced Polish Sausages or mini-smokes to the browned onions. Do not use uncooked sausages.
• Stir and fry sausages for 5 minutes before adding the peppers. Add less salt to the dish.
• You can thicken the stew with one or two eggs (scramble them first) at the end of the cooking process. Mix well.

HUNGARIAN EGGS WITH TOMATOES, PEPPERS AND ONIONS (LETCHO)

Steps:

• In a large skillet over medium heat, heat oil and add onion and bell pepper. Sauté until beginning to soften, 2 to 3 minutes. Cover and simmer very slowly for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Add tomatoes and continue to simmer, covered, for 15 minutes. Season with salt, pepper and hot paprika to taste. Add eggs, mixing well. Simmer, covered, for 5 minutes. Serve immediately.