Because I cook the beef the day before I make the soup, it is a two-day cooking process. But, I usually cook enough beef to make the soup and have enough for 1 or 2 extra meals.
Beef goulash is a main meal soup – a soup for heroes ... then pour in the beef stock. Stir well, cover the pan and simmer for at least 1½ hours until the beef is starting to get tender.
This a very rich soup that makes ... of this dish, use vegetable stock instead of chicken stock, and substitute bean curd puffs (or pan-fried firm bean curd) for the sliced beef.