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Lecsó

Name: Lecsó
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Hungary
Ingredients: 4 Bell Peppers (yellow and red); 3 Tomato; 1 Onion; 60g Bacon; 2 tsp Paprika; 1 tbsp Vegetable Oil; 1 tsp Salt; A pinch Black Pepper; 2 Egg

Side Dish

⏱ 40 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Peppers, tomato, and onion stewed together — Hungary's summer vegetable stew.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Lecsó is a Hungarian summer home dish of yellow peppers, tomatoes, and onion sautéed in lard or with bacon and stewed. It's turned into a main course with sausage or eggs, eaten with rice or bread, or served alongside meat. Many families make big batches in summer and jar it.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In a Hungarian garden in summer, baskets of yellow and red peppers are harvested and stewed in a big pot with tomatoes.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Bell Peppers (yellow and red) 4
Tomato 3
Onion 1
Bacon 60g
Paprika 2 tsp
Vegetable Oil 1 tbsp
Salt 1 tsp
Black Pepper A pinch
Egg 2

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Cut the peppers into strips, dice the tomatoes, and slice the onion.
Heat oil in a pot and sauté strips of bacon with the onion.
Stir in the paprika, add the peppers, and sauté 5 minutes.
Add the tomatoes, cover, and simmer 15 minutes.
Season with salt and pepper and stir in beaten egg if you like.

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