Hungarian Goulash Chilli Sauce 100ml

Hungarian goulash chilli sauce blends peppers, tomato, onion and garlic with Orange Habanero for warming heat in soups, stews and everyday meals.

What Is Hungarian Goulash Chilli Sauce?

This smooth Hungarian pepper sauce combines peppers, tomato and onion with garlic and spices for a rounded, savoury flavour. Orange Habanero chillies make up 5% of the recipe, bringing a warming kick to the vegetable base. Known as Gulyás, it takes its name from goulash and works equally well for seasoning everyday soups, stews, and pan-cooked dishes.

Made without added vinegar, it lets the vegetable flavours come through without a sharp, vinegary finish. It is also low in salt, with just 0.2g per 100ml. The heat comes from the chillies themselves, with no chilli extracts.

A Pourable Alternative to Goulash Paste

If you normally reach for Hungarian Gulyáskrém hot goulash paste or Erős Pista to season soups and stews, this sauce offers a pourable alternative for similar dishes. Its smooth consistency makes it easy to stir into a simmering pot or blend into a creamy sauce.

How Spicy Is Goulash Chilli Sauce?

At approximately 3,000 Scoville Heat Units (SHU), this sauce sits around the milder end of the jalapeño range. Expect a noticeable, warming kick, with the heat in your finished dish depending on how much you add. Start with a little, stir through and taste before adding more.

How to Use Goulash Chilli Sauce

• Stir into beef goulash, vegetable soup or a slow-cooked stew for savoury pepper flavour and gentle chilli warmth.
• Fold a little into softly scrambled eggs before serving on buttered sourdough, or use to season a tomato-and-pepper breakfast skillet.
• Add to a mushroom and chickpea stew, then serve with rice or crusty bread for a warming plant-based supper.
• Serve a little alongside grilled sausages and roasted potatoes, or blend into mayonnaise for a gently spicy sandwich spread.
• Mix with a little oil and lemon juice to coat chicken or vegetable skewers before cooking.

Cook’s Tip

For a quick creamy mushroom sauce, fry sliced mushrooms with a little onion, then stir in a small splash of stock and some goulash chilli sauce. Finish with sour cream or a plant-based alternative and spoon over a baked potato. Taste before seasoning with salt.

Where Does It Come From?

Gábor Nagy makes this sauce at Gabko Chili in Nagymaros, in Hungary’s Danube Bend. He created the Gulyás recipe for the town’s 2023 Chilli Festival, bringing familiar Hungarian ingredients together with home-grown chillies.

Gábor and his team grow all the chillies used in the range and handle the process from cultivation through to bottling. They make the cooked sauces in small batches of around 200–220 bottles, with recipes that give each variety its own flavour and heat level.

Explore our chilli and hot sauce collection for more styles. For a much more intense heat, try our Carolina Reaper hot sauce, or discover more accompaniments in our sauces collection.

Ingredients & Nutritional Information

Ingredients: Peppers, tomato, onion, chillies (5%) (Orange Habanero), spices (including garlic), salt, preservative: sodium benzoate.

Dietary information: Suitable for vegetarians and vegans. Gluten-free.

Country of origin: Hungary.