Magyar Lecso Recipe
A tasty sauce that is a staple in Hungarian cuisine. Good on vegetables, good on meats. Good as a dip.
Ingredients
2 tb Corn oil or peanut oil
2 ea Onions sliced
1 lb Yellow sweet banana peppers seeded & sliced*
3 ea Large very ripe tomatoes peeled & diced**
1/2 tb Sugar
1/2 tb Salt
1 tb Paprika sweet Hungarian
1 ts Paprika hot Hungarian
Directions
Heat oil, add sliced onion, then cook over very low heat for 5 mins.
Add green pepper slices & cook for an additional 15 min.
Add tomatoes, sugar, salt & paprika. Cook for 10 to 15 min. longer.
Adjust sugar and salt to taste. If you are going to put sausage into it, reduce salt.
Lesco can be frozen sucessfully.
Lecso can be any thing you want it to be. It is very versatile.
A cooked mixture of onions, yellow banana peppers, & tomatoes an paprika.
Add some sliced Hungarian Sausage and it can be served as an appetizer or stew.
Serve it over dumplings or rice as a gravy or sauce.
*NOTE:
Do not use Bell peppers for this as they will turn to a pulpy mess.
**NOTE:
Canned tomatoes may be used if they are drained very well.
Add green pepper slices & cook for an additional 15 min.
Add tomatoes, sugar, salt & paprika. Cook for 10 to 15 min. longer.
Adjust sugar and salt to taste. If you are going to put sausage into it, reduce salt.
Lesco can be frozen sucessfully.
Lecso can be any thing you want it to be. It is very versatile.
A cooked mixture of onions, yellow banana peppers, & tomatoes an paprika.
Add some sliced Hungarian Sausage and it can be served as an appetizer or stew.
Serve it over dumplings or rice as a gravy or sauce.
*NOTE:
Do not use Bell peppers for this as they will turn to a pulpy mess.
**NOTE:
Canned tomatoes may be used if they are drained very well.
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