Hungarian Pancake

  5.0 – 5 reviews  • Potato
Level: Easy
Total: 1 hr 15 min
Prep: 25 min
Cook: 50 min
Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients

  1. 4 cups cubed pork butt
  2. 1 tablespoon paprika
  3. 5 mushrooms, sliced
  4. 2 carrots, sliced
  5. 1 onion, chopped
  6. 1 green pepper, chopped
  7. 1 Hungarian pepper, chopped
  8. 1 jalapeno pepper, chopped
  9. Salt and black pepper
  10. 1/4 cup ground onions
  11. 4 eggs
  12. 3 potatoes, peeled and ground, starch reserved
  13. Salt and pepper
  14. 1 cup flour, plus more for thickening gravy
  15. Vegetable oil, for frying
  16. Sour cream, for serving

Instructions

  1. For the stew: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Place the pork, paprika, mushrooms, carrots, onions, peppers, salt and pepper in a roaster and roast 45 minutes. 
  2. For the potato pancake: Mix the onions, eggs, potatoes with their starch and some salt and pepper. Add the flour until the batter becomes thick but not too thick. Heat oil until hot in a pan. Spoon the batter into the pan and form a pancake. Fry on one side until brown, then flip and continue frying until both sides are brown, about 6 minutes. 
  3. Check the pork to make sure it is fully cooked. Strain the juice from the meat and vegetables, add to a pan and simmer over low heat. Slowly add flour into the juices to thicken the gravy. 
  4. Place the meat and vegetables on top of the potato pancake, cover with gravy and serve with sour cream. 

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1 of 4 servings
Calories 1825
Total Fat 146 g
Saturated Fat 21 g
Carbohydrates 66 g
Dietary Fiber 9 g
Sugar 7 g
Protein 65 g
Cholesterol 340 mg
Sodium 1841 mg

Reviews

Patricia Holland
I never heard in Hungary…..
Robert Reed
This turned out great.  Polish Village Cafe is our go to restaurant when we want authentic Polish food at a phenomenal price.  I was very excited when I found this recipe and it turned out perfect.  You can see what adaptations I made to it at http://adayinthelifeonthefarm.blogspot.com/2015/11/catching-up-on-blogs-instead-of.html
Julia Nguyen
OMG! OMG! This was utterly scrumpshus even without the goulash. I added a smidge more grated onion and served it with homemade applesauce. IT was roll your eyes back into your head absolutely delicious.
Felicia Wilson
Pretty darn good! I cut the pork into 1″ cubes. Next time I would do 1/2″ cubes. Subsitutued Hungarian pepper for one more jalepeno. Didn’t produce a whole lot of gravy. Enough for two servings. We made an heirloom tomato salad with a vinegerette. Which we found really helped to cut the richness of the dish. Easy meal to prepare. Used a food processor to grind the potatoes and onions. Thanks for the recipe!
Dr. Bobby Shah Jr.
Guy was spot on with this one. My family and I went to the Polish Village this past Saturday, and I ordered the Hungarian pancake. It was awesome! The pork had a nice spicy kick and was very tender. This was my second visit to the Polish Village since seeing the DDD show, it is now one of my favorite Detroit dining experiences.

Thanks Guy!
Detroit ROCKS

Susan Combs
not only did we love this at the restaurant ….. I made this last night for dinner and it was “OFF THE HOOK”!!

Keep them coming Guy, your the best.

 

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