Yeast Free Crockpot Beef Goulash – Candida Diet Recipe

I stumbled across a goulash recipe a few weeks back and tucked it away until I had time to try it.  I was drawn to this goulash recipe because it didn’t have a ton of ingredients.  The fewer ingredients the better when you are cooking for the candida diet.  The originally recipe was pretty much yeast free except for having to substitute the regular salt with sea salt.  I wasn’t really sure what goulash was or if I had ever eaten before but from the picture it looked like stew and oh how I love stew. 

This recipe rocked.  My whole family enjoyed it, except for the baby of course who is allergic to beef.  I might try making chicken goulash so that she can enjoy goulash too.  To make this easy recipe even easier I enlisted my crockpot and let the meat cook for several hours.  It was extremely flavorful and tender and although goulash is most often served over pasta I decided to serve it overbrown rice instead.   The original recipe is called Hungarian Goulash because it calls for Hungarian sweet paprika rather than regular paprika.  I didn’t have any Hungarian paprika so I just used plain old paprika and it still came out so good.  I might try using the Hungarian paprika next time so that I can taste the difference.  This Yeast Free Crockpot Beef Goulash Recipe is a combination of  2 Hungarian Goulash recipes on All Recipes.   If a hearty yeast free beef stew with a unique flavor is what you should definitely give this recipe a try.       

Yeast Free Crockpot Beef Goulash Ingredients
3 tablespoons and 1 teaspoon olive oil
2 onions, sliced
1 tablespoon and 3/4 teaspoon paprika
1-1/4 teaspoons sea salt
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
2 pounds beef chuck roast, cubed (you can also used beef stew meat that already comes cubed)
1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste (without preservatives, sugar or citric acid)
3/4 cup and 3 tablespoons water
1 clove garlic, minced
1/2 teaspoon sea salt

Yeast Free Crockpot  Beef Goulash Directions
Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat
Add onions and cook until soft
Add beef cubes to the pan and sprinkle with spices (paprika, 1 1/4 teaspoon sea salt and pepper)  
Mix thoroughly and cook until meat is brown on all sides
Place onion meat mixture in Crockpot 
Pour in tomato paste, water, garlic and the remaining 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
Cook on low for 7 – 9 hours or on High for 3-5 hours or until meat is tender
Serve over brown rice pasta, brown rice or spaghetti squash

Recipe adapted from Hungarian Goulash Recipe I and Hungarian Goulash Recipe II from All Recipes.