This post may contain affiliate sales links. Please read my disclosure policy.
This dinner probably doesn’t look like much, but when my Mom told us we were having Letcho for dinner, we went crazy for it. For me to say that my siblings and I LOVE this stuff would be an understatement. It brings us back to being kids and trading our vegetables at the dinner table.
“I’ll trade my mushrooms for your green peppers”
OR
“I’ll trade your 2 pieces of meat for the rest of my rice”
etc. etc.
Surprisingly, my parents didn’t care too much that we did this. In retrospect, I guess it’s not that big of a deal. Speaking of my parents, this meal has a lot of significance for them. Maybe not a whole lot of significance, but significance none the less. This is the meal that my Opa (thats Grandpa in german) made for my Dad the first time my Mom brought him home to meet the parents back in the day when they were dating! Funny part of this story is that my Opa purposely used the spiciest sausage he could find to ‘see how much of a man’ my Dad was. It apparently didn’t scare him off because soon after they were engaged! 30+ years and 6 kids later, we all still eat and crave letcho. Its just plain ol’ good, simple Hungarian food.
This whole meal doesn’t take a lot of prep work, just some chopping of the vegetables and meat. Then after that, you sauté it all, add the rice and cook it in tomato or vegetable juice. *Side note: My Mom always made this with tomato juice, but I have found that if you make it with some vegetable juice (like V8) it adds more nutrition and tastes exactly the same. So really, its up to you. Also, if you wanted to try brown rice, go for it! I’ve never tried making this with brown rice, but it should work just fine–it just might take a little longer to cook. Be sure to scroll down to the bottom of this post for the recipe tips! They will help you not burn your food or have to scrub your pot! Enjoy and you’re welcome.
Letcho
Ingredients
Instructions
- Preheat olive oil in a large pot over medium high heat.
- Take your chopped onions and peppers and throw them into the pot. Saute 5-ish minutes.
- Cut your mushrooms and sausage up and throw those into the pot too.
- Add in the rice and stir it around until its moist.
- Add in the vegetable juice, salt and pepper and stir. Make sure you cover it up! Reduce heat to medium and lightly simmer for 30-45 minutes until the juice has been absorbed and the rice is soft. Look below for a great tip!
Notes
Nutrition
I am dying to try this. Can you use presliced packed pepperoni and if so how much should I use? Thank you.
This was wonderful!! So easy, delicious and everyone in the family devoured it! Thanks for sharing!
did you know that Letcho / lecsó actually is a Hungarian dish…. :-)) happy to find it here.
THAT LOOKS SOOOOOO GOOD!!
Yes I'm screaming in internet language.
I don't have your email, so hopefully leaving a comment works too. 🙂 Anyways, the other day I had this simply divine grilled asparagus that I dream about, it was so good. My problem is I have no idea how to do anything with asparagus, let alone grill (or broil) it to where it has a lot of good flavor. Do you have any ideas? Thanks!