Cold nights just got a little warmer. Once you’ve experienced the complex, gentle spices and rich textures in this low carb version of the traditional Hungarian shepherd’s dish, you’ll always know where to turn on a chilly evening. Hearty. comforting. And oh-so easy.
January 30 2017 by Anne Aobadia, photo by Emma Shevtzoff, nutritional review by Franziska Spritzler, RD, CDE in Recipes, Dinner, Meal
Cold nights just got a little warmer. Once you’ve experienced the complex, gentle spices and rich textures in this low carb version of the traditional Hungarian shepherd’s dish, you’ll always know where to turn on a chilly evening. Hearty. comforting. And oh-so easy.
USMetric
6 servingservings
Ingredients
- 8 oz. (1½ cups) 230 g (350 ml) yellow onion, finely choppedyellow onions, finely chopped
- 4 4 garlic clove, finely choppedgarlic cloves, finely chopped
- 8 oz. 230 g celery root or rutabaga, finely chopped
- 1 (4 oz.) 1 (120 g) red bell pepper, finely choppedred bell peppers, finely chopped
- 1 lb 450 g ground lamb or ground beef or ground turkey
- 4 oz. 110 g butter or olive oil
- 1 tbsp 1 tbsp paprika powder
- ½ tsp ½ tsp cayenne pepper
- 1 tbsp 1 tbsp dried oregano
- 1 tbsp 1 tbsp crushed caraway seeds (optional)
- 2 tsp 2 tsp salt
- ½ tsp ½ tsp ground black pepper
- 2 cups (1 lb) 475 ml (475 g) crushed tomatoes
- 3 cups 700 ml water
- 2 tsp 2 tsp red wine vinegar
For serving
- 1 cup 240 ml sour cream or mayonnaise
- fresh parsley, for garnish
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Instructions
Sauté the onion and garlic, with a generous amount of oil or butter, in a heavy pan over medium heat, until softened.
Add the ground meat and sauté, stirring occasionally, until cooked through and browned.
Add the bell pepper, celery root, paprika, cayenne, oregano, caraway, salt, and pepper. Stir for about 1 minute. Pour in the tomatoes and 2/3 cups of the water.
Increase the heat and bring the soup to a light boil. Let simmer for 10 minutes.
Add remaining water and vinegar before serving.
Serve with finely chopped parsley and a dollop of sour cream or mayonnaise.
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41 comments
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Zoe
January 4 2017
Sounds delicious and will be trying this week - but I think you've omitted the red bell peppers from the list of ingredients.
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CS
January 5 2017
I'm very excited to try this recipe, but I'm wondering if you could provide directions how to make it in a slow cooker? It would save me a lot of time if I could just put it all in a crock pot before I leave to work and then have it ready to eat when I come home.
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Gregg C Coleman
February 1 2017
What is the calorie per serving?
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Luci
February 21 2017
This looks good, but are you guys ever going to ACTUALLY put all the nutritional information? Great, 12g of carbs, but I still need to know how many calories. This is pretty basic stuff here and makes me not want to look at any of your recipes anymore. Even just the calorie count, grams of fat, protein, and carbs would be much better than this percentage stuff you have going. Fiber content would be nice to know, as well. This is so frustrating with your recipes.
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Peter Biörck Team Diet Doctor
February 22 2017
Hi Luci!
Sorry but we don't want to promote to much "counting" that's why we only have the carbs in gram.
But If you feel that this is important to you then use the formula below to calculate, a bit complicated though. ;-)
(%PROTEIN / %CARB) * gram_CARB = gram_PROTEIN
(%FAT / %CARB) * 4/9 * gram_CARB = gram_FATSee Also38 Vegan Holiday Recipes For Thanksgiving, Christmas, Or Any Cold Winter NightVietnamese-Style Baked Chicken RecipeRice and Cabbage (Healthy, Italian Recipe)Traditional Kimchi Recipegram_CARB * 4 + gram_PROTEIN*4 + gram_FAT*9 = CALORIES
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Elisa
May 18 2017
This is a firm favourite with my family. Freezes well too.
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L
September 20 2017
Or input the ingredients onto my fitness pal and save the recipe. The app will calculate it for you.
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Tammy
October 14 2017
This soup is absolutely delicious. Very filling!! Although not a big fan of lamb, cooked it with & absolutely loved it. Followed the recipe to a T. Will be my staple for this winter. PS: Could not find the caraway seeds to save my life. I’m in the US & Whole Foods did not have it.
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Lucinda
November 5 2017
Help. The brussel sprout and red onion recipe states 1/6th ounce of butter for 1 person and 2oz for 2 persons. Something is wrong here?
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Jacqueline
February 22 2018
I made this last week and it was so good! thank you so much!
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Linda Bolding
July 7 2018
What's up with the 125 - 150 tap water?!
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Teresa Krul
July 31 2018
it says 11 grams of carbs but how much is one serving? how many cups or ounces equals one serving?
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Peter Biörck Team Diet Doctor
August 1 2018
Hi Teresa Krul!
On the left hand side of the recipe where you can choose between US/Metric, there you also can find a drop down menu for servings. Chose one serving and you will get your data.
it says 11 grams of carbs but how much is one serving? how many cups or ounces equals one serving?
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Camilla
November 1 2018
Is it just me or are the serving sizes a bit, eh, small? Changing the measurements for this to 3 servings, it says 225 g of ground meat, 60g of butter and not a lot of veggies (1/2 an onion, 1/2 a red pepper, 100g celery, 200 g tomatoes). For me that is one meal.. And I'm a small woman (165 cm, 56 kg). Maybe I'm just a glutton?
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R0BERT
November 5 2018
Wow what a list of receipts I got today ..and guess what I going tp cook flat bread and later Gabaliya Thanks
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Carolyn
November 17 2018
Since collagen is so important, why not substitute the water for bone broth (if you have it on hand).
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Kristin Parker Team Diet Doctor
November 18 2018
Since collagen is so important, why not substitute the water for bone broth (if you have it on hand).
Yes, that would be a great substitution!
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Lisa
December 2 2018
Wal-Mart sells caraway seeds
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Karen
December 7 2018
I just kind of threw this together - used all the ingredients but didn't measure anything and added the cooked mushrooms/onions left over from breakfast (not sure they are allowed-I just became a member and haven't read all the info) . I didn't have a bell pepper and threw in all the spices but didn't measure any of them. I also threw in some water to kind of make it soup and it was DELICIOUS!!!! Definitely a favorite for me!!! Thanks SO much for sharing!!!! This is the type of food we ate when I was a kid before pasta and fast food. Ya, dates me but I've come full circle.
So in other words I used the little bit of hamburger I had, a stalk of celery, a small raw tomato, roasted garlic I had and left-over onions and mushrooms and a little bit of water. It made 2 servings. A great way to put a meal together with the few odds and ends I had in the house. Thanks again!!!!22
Laurel
January 23 2019
Made it with Mutton! Used ground mutton instead of lamb or beef. Did drain out most of the mutton fat after browning, then added vegetables where I also added 2 stalks of celery and 2 carrots. Also used 796mL diced tomatoes and it was probably 16oz of rutabaga. Ooh, plus 1/4 tsp chicken bouillon powder in with the water and tomatoes. Also curiously had no dried oregano so used fresh.
But delicious and will make again!23
Sesselía
February 25 2019
What is the best substitute for caraway seeds they don´t have them in any supermarket in Akureyri Iceland :)
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Kristin Parker Team Diet Doctor
February 26 2019
What is the best substitute for caraway seeds they don´t have them in any supermarket in Akureyri Iceland :)
You can try a little cumin or coriander.
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Linda
June 10 2019
Very very delicious. First made it with gravy beef , now trying with mince ( ground) beef.
As all Hungarian cooks know, add the paprika off the heat :)26
Bettina Bozsik
August 13 2019
Hi, just asking.. is it really ground meat?
The soup will be good with it?
Won’t it be like a pottage?Sorry I just cant imagine this, but I wanna try this recipe.
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Kristin Parker Team Diet Doctor
August 14 2019
Hi, just asking.. is it really ground meat?
The soup will be good with it?
Won’t it be like a pottage?
Sorry I just cant imagine this, but I wanna try this recipe.
Thanks☺️☺️That depends on how much you let it cook down but yes, ground beef/mince.
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beachcara7
February 8 2020
My question exactly.
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Michelle
June 1 2020
Oh my goodness - this was delicious!! I made 6 servings, so I plan to freeze most of it. It would be nice if the recipes said exactly how much is IN a serving.... I just usually have to eyeball whatever I make and (since I usually only make 2 servings) cut it roughly in half. That's hard to do with this soup..... I had to try to divide it into sixths...... I'm sure I wasn't completely accurate, so it would be great if you added that, for example, a recipe makes" 4 - 1 Cup servings" - or "2 - 6 oz servings" - or whatever......
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Crystal Pullen Team Diet Doctor
June 1 2020
Oh my goodness - this was delicious!! I made 6 servings, so I plan to freeze most of it. It would be nice if the recipes said exactly how much is IN a serving.... I just usually have to eyeball whatever I make and (since I usually only make 2 servings) cut it roughly in half. That's hard to do with this soup..... I had to try to divide it into sixths...... I'm sure I wasn't completely accurate, so it would be great if you added that, for example, a recipe makes" 4 - 1 Cup servings" - or "2 - 6 oz servings" - or whatever......
When eyeballing is difficult, I measure it out into equal servings. Thank you for your feedback!
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Sandra
September 6 2020
I really wanted to try this but sadly can't find celery root or rutabaga anywhere. Are these seasonal ingredients, are they more likely to be available at different times in the year compared to others?
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Kerry Merritt Team Diet Doctor
September 6 2020
I really wanted to try this but sadly can't find celery root or rutabaga anywhere. Are these seasonal ingredients, are they more likely to be available at different times in the year compared to others?
Depending on where you live, this is quite possible.
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Tykeshia Sinclair
October 2 2020
This recipe is a family favorite. We make it in very large batches of 12-18 servings with plans to freeze the excess, but its usually gone within 2 or 3 days!
Also, we like to top our bowls with a bit of shredded cheese; it gets a deliciously gooey consistency after its melted! A++ on an already great recipe!
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Crystal Pullen Team Diet Doctor
October 2 2020
This recipe is a family favorite. We make it in very large batches of 12-18 servings with plans to freeze the excess, but its usually gone within 2 or 3 days!
Also, we like to top our bowls with a bit of shredded cheese; it gets a deliciously gooey consistency after its melted! A++ on an already great recipe!The cheese sounds like an excellent add on! So glad you love this one!
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Hillary
February 3 2021
This is great! How much is one serving in cups or grams? I followed the recipe for 6 servings but not sure how to measure one serving out? Would really appreciate help. Love your recipes.
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Crystal Pullen Team Diet Doctor
February 3 2021
This is great! How much is one serving in cups or grams? I followed the recipe for 6 servings but not sure how to measure one serving out? Would really appreciate help. Love your recipes.
To determine the size of a single serving, you will need to divide the finished dish into the number of servings you set the recipe. You can do this visually by estimating or portioning it out.
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Melanie
February 24 2021
I really liked this soup and I know it’s supposed to be keto but it way very oily I think I’ll drain the meat next time but very good anyway!
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Charlotte Zwart Team Diet Doctor
February 24 2021
I really liked this soup and I know it’s supposed to be keto but it way very oily I think I’ll drain the meat next time but very good anyway!
Hi Melanie! Thank you for your feedback and great to hear that you liked this soup! Most of the calories on a keto diet should come from fat. It helps you feel full and adds flavor to food. Read more about it here: https://www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb/keto/foods
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Jacolyn
March 16 2021
Loved it! I used ground beef and even my husband thought it was very good and will be making again next weekend! I did has a tablespoon of :Better than Beef Bouillon" for additional flavor!
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Cheralyn Stringer
June 12 2021
I'd brown the beef first (or better still use small diced beef, browned first) then throw the rest of the ingredients in with beef and cook on low 8 hours - I've never tried but that's what I'd do. Let me know how it worked out.
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cristina
August 29 2021
I have tried the recipe with beef cubes of 2 inches. It is very useful if you have a busy week ahead.
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David
November 13 2021
Cubes of beef chuck roast is more traditional than hamburger and imo provides better texture/interest in finished plate for minimal cost. Adding a touch of pork lard (from breakfast bacon) helps recover fat from excluded hamburger. Looks like potato cubes in the picture--what are those?
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Kristin Parker Team Diet Doctor
November 15 2021
Cubes of beef chuck roast is more traditional than hamburger and imo provides better texture/interest in finished plate for minimal cost. Adding a touch of pork lard (from breakfast bacon) helps recover fat from excluded hamburger. Looks like potato cubes in the picture--what are those?
Those are the celery root/celeriac.