There are a large variety of lecs?s, the base of all being a mixture of tomatoes and peppers, onions, spiced with salt, a fair amount of red paprika powder (both hot and sweet) and often garlic. Some recipes may use bay leaf, ground black pepper or thyme.
Some variations are with meat - a sausage (called "kolb?sz" made specifically for this purpose, or Debrecener sausage) bacon or smoked pork chops, liver, sliced hot dogs, some are decorated with hard boiled egg slices or thickened with beaten eggs, even cabbage or pumpkin are added sometimes.
1. Heat a few tablespoons of the oil in a large pot over medium-high flame. Add the finely chopped onion and saute until translucent and starting to brown. Keep cooking until they are almost a paste. This makes the sauce. Stir in paprika powders until well blended.
2. Reduce heat to medium-low and stir in peppers. Cook 20-30 minutes until peppers are cooked thoroughly and soft.
3. Next add tomatoes, sausage (amount varies on your taste), garlic (optional), sugar (optional) and salt and pepper.
4. Mix in the cooked rice, a little bit at a time. You want a mixture that is richer in veggies than rice,
4. Let cook a bit longer and then serve hot with fresh bread (buttered if desired). It's a meal unto itself.
* (pronounced "LETCH-oh"), (Hungarian lecs?, Czech and Slovak Leso, German Letscho, Polish Leczo)
Without the rice, the lecs? becomes a sauce that is used with many different meat meals. This recipe is the way my Hungarian wife makes it and is the best I have tasted.
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Serving Size: 1 Serving (341g) | ||
Recipe Makes: 4 | ||
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Calories: 100 | ||
Calories from Fat: 12 (12%) | ||
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Amt Per Serving | % DV | |
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Total Fat 1.4g | 2 % | |
Saturated Fat 0.2g | 1 % | |
Monounsaturated Fat 0.1g | ||
Polyunsanturated Fat 0.8g | ||
Cholesterol 0mg | 0 % | |
Sodium 48.3mg | 2 % | |
Potassium 754.8mg | 20 % | |
Total Carbohydrate 22.5g | 7 % | |
Dietary Fiber 2.7g | 11 % | |
Sugars, other 19.8g | ||
Protein 3.3g | 5 % | |
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Calories per serving: 100
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