Lángos (Fried Dough /Hungarian Street Food)

Lángos is a fried dough, commonly eaten as a street food in Hungary, which you can buy at any market. It's usually topped with garlic, sour cream and cheese but it's delicious with any topping (e.g: chopped red onion, bacon, meat sauce etc.). It's really easy to make, requiring only a few ingredients and a bit of time. It's also great as a light lunch (don't forget to have beer or spritzer with it :)

Ingredients (for 6 pieces)
4 cups (500 gr) flour
1,5 cups (350 ml) lukewarm water
2 tsp sugar
0,7 oz (20 gr) fresh yeast
1 tbsp salt
0,4 cup (100 ml) oil

plus 4-5 cups oil for frying

For the garlic oil:
2-3 cloves of garlic
1,7 oz (50 ml) oil
1,7 oz (50 ml) water
1 tsp of salt

For serving:
Sour cream
Grated cheese (Cheddar, Gouda or similar cheese)

1. First make the garlic oil: Crush 2-3 garlic cloves into a jar. Pour over 50 ml of water and 50 ml of oil. Add 1 tsp of salt, mix well and put it into the fridge for 1 hour.
2. Make the dough: Pour 1,5 cup lukewarm water into a bowl.
3. Add 2 tsp of sugar and mix well.
4. Crumble the fresh yeast into it, stir and let it dissolve.
5. Sift the flour into a large bowl. Add 1 tbsp of salt, mix, then pour over the yeast mixture.
6. Mix it together with your hand, and knead the dough well at least for 10 minutes, until it's smooth and elastic, and doesn't stick to the bowl anymore.
7. Cover and let it rise for 20 minutes.
8. After 20 minutes it's well risen.
9. Pour 100 ml oil around the dough. Pull the dough up, so the oil gets under it. It helps push the air out of the dough a little.
10. Cover it again for 5-8 minutes
11. Get a handful of dough and form it into a round shape. Do the same with the rest of your dough (it should make 6 pieces)
12. Let them rest for 10 minutes.
13. Heat 4-5 cups oil to a (really) high temperature. (check with a pinch of dough if it's high enough)
14. Get one dough-ball and stretch it with your hands, turning a pulling it into a flatter round shape. (the outside of the round should be thicker than the center)
15. Carefully place it into the hot oil (it's immediately getting fluffy)
16. Fry this side for 1-1,5 minutes, pushing the center back into the oil
17. Turn it over, when it's golden brown. Fry the other side for 1 minute then take it out onto a plate covered with paper towel.
18. Repeat this process with the rest of your dough.
19. When you finished the frying, it's time to serve!
20. Brush the Lángos with the garlic oil, spread 2-3 tbsp sour cream on it then sprinkle a handful of grated cheese on top.
21. ENJOY! (and don't forget your Spitzer!!)
22. Cheers (Egészségedre!)

/The music is based on a Hungarian folk song, played and made by my husband, MrStick© 2016 - (all rights reserved)/

[peterbenecz]

I just found your channel and I love it. I grew up in Hungary in the '60s and early '70s. Langos was one of my favorite foods. Back then we didn't put any toppings on it, just ate it plain with a bit of salt. Thank you for making these videos. My wife is also Hungarian and she makes a lot of these delicious delights as well, but nothing really beats my Grandma's cooking. The smells, the tastes and the sights. She actually had dried paprika hanging on the outside walls of her house.

[Sandthegog]

Magyar vagyok, és ezt az ételt eszem, nagyon jó!!

[Kerredise]

Omg thanks a lot for the recipe, my lángos turned out perfect!!! Greetings and lots of love from a Russian girl obsessed with Hungary ♥️

[StanescuGabi]

I made them today! Thank you! They were fantastic! My family loved them and my sweet grandma would have been proud of me! 🤗

[attilazatila]

végre eszt csináltom. kedves szüléim nem irtak receptek. hét éves koraimtol mindig be füztem magamot a konyhába. már sokszor ettem lángos Kanadában, Amerikában és Magyarországban de végre, magamnak főztem és teljesen úgy éreztem magamat mint ha Édesanyám készítette és Édesapámmal vártunk rá❤️
nagyon szépen köszönöm❤️❤️ Isten éltesen
Üdvözlet Kanadábol❤️🇨🇦🇭🇺😊

[runafes]

I visited Budapest in 2013 and still can't forget the taste of this. Definitely will try. Thank you!

[ashwinisutar]

My 6 year old ate langos at street food fest in Switzerland and absolutely loved it . I am surely gonna try this recipe 🙂

[MT-yogz]

My partner is Slovak (living in the UK) and went mad for these when being sold at a Hungarian food stall in Edinburgh. I am going to recreate them today following your detailed recipe. Thanks 😊

[molly_smarty]

I made this today, I didn’t knead it with my own hands but used my kitchenaid instead, it turned out fantastic and so easy to prepare 😍 I was set after 1 Lángos 🥰

[mejsjalv]

Gotta try it one day. Used to buy this whenever there was a festival in town and they had a couple of langos carts. Very tasty.

[Follydogdog]

Just watching you pull them out of the frying oil makes me so hungry. Little garlic salt. Amazing

[eviek]

I first tried langos a year ago at a market and couldn’t believe how good they were. I found your video the other day and saved it because it looked like the method used at the nether (although they deep fried them). I made them tight for my family and not only was it quick and super easy, they tasted exactly like the ones I got from the better. Thank you for posting this!!

[josephcharlesworby]

When my mother used to make langos, I loved jam spread on it . Delicious

[mightyseagoat]

I tried this, from an hungarian lady, while living in Germany ... it was heaven, so gooood

[MariaMorales-pcze]

This looks absolutely delicious. My daughter wants me to make her langos for her birthday. I will try this recipe, thank you and God bless you.

[dandelionbell]

I’m from Malaysia but i used to live in UK with a Hungarian friend and when i visited her in Hungary, her family served me this. It was so good that i had to make langos for my family back in Malaysia to try

[keldurahm]

I love the music. Thank you for sharing your recipe.

[raygoossens]

Nice video and song. One of the best thing i have ever eaten. Was in hungary 2 times when i was a kid and i never forgot about these!

[BieBoe]

I made this recipe really good langos exactly like i can remember them in Hungary thank you!

[clavelin]

I love ❤️ your recipe. I like to try different kind of foods so I’m terry to try some langos. Thanks for Sharing.