Lecsó

Name: Lecsó
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Hungarian
Ingredients: 4 long green peppers, sliced; 2 onions, diced; 3 ripe tomatoes, diced; 150g kielbasa or smoked sausage, sliced; 2 tbsp sweet paprika; 2 tbsp lard or oil; salt to taste

Hungary's vegetable stew of peppers, tomatoes and onions — eaten as a side or topped with eggs or sausage.

Total time

40 min

Prep

10 min

Cook

30 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Hungarian

Ingredients

4long green peppers, sliced

2onions, diced

3ripe tomatoes, diced

150gkielbasa or smoked sausage, sliced

2 tbspsweet paprika

2 tbsplard or oil

saltto taste

Instructions

Fry onion in lard 5 minutes. Add paprika.

Add sausage and peppers, cook 10 minutes.

Add tomatoes. Simmer 20 minutes until peppers are soft and sauce has thickened.

Season. Serve as a side or crack eggs on top and cook until set.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

118

Protein

2.5g

Fat

7.9g

Carbs

12.6g

Fiber

4.6g

Sodium

12mg

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