As the fall temperatures start to creep in you can warm up with this amazing home-cooked meal. Hungarian Stew is best made at home and warmed up in the truck however you’ll want to leave the sour cream out of the recipe adding it to your serving at meal time.

INGREDIENTS

  • 5 slices bacon, diced
  • 2 large onions, diced
  • 1/4 cup Hungarian paprika
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons garlic powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 5 pounds boneless pork chops, trimmed
  • 1 large yellow bell pepper, seeded and diced
  • 2 (14 ounces) cans diced tomatoes, with liquid
  • 2/3 cup beef broth
  • 2 cups reduced-fat sour cream

DIRECTIONS

  1. Place the bacon in a large, deep skillet, and cook over medium-high heat until evenly browned about 10 minutes. Drain, and reserve the drippings.
  2. Add the onions to the bacon and cook together until the onion is translucent. Remove skillet from heat and stir the paprika, garlic powder, and pepper into the bacon mixture. Transfer the mixture into a large stockpot.
  3. Heat a small amount of the reserved bacon drippings in the skillet again over medium-high heat. Cook the pork chops in batches in the hot drippings until evenly browned on both sides. Use additional bacon drippings for each batch as needed.
  4. Remove the pork chops to a cutting board and blot excess fat off the surface of the chops with a paper towel; cut into bite-sized cubes and stir into the bacon mixture.
  5. Heat a small amount of the bacon drippings in the skillet; cook and stir the bell pepper in the hot drippings until softened and fragrant; drain on a plate lined with paper towels. Stir the cooked pepper into the bacon mixture.
  6. Pour the tomatoes with liquid and beef broth into a stockpot and place the pot over medium-high heat. Bring to a simmer and reduce heat to medium-low. Cook until the stew begins to thicken, stirring occasionally, about 90 minutes. Stir the sour cream into the stew just before serving.

Serve over noodles, rice or just serve it up on its own.