Chicken Paprikash
Posted on 30 Mar 2016One of the simplest and tastiest dishes you can make with just a few ingredients, and probably the most well-known Hungarian dish, is: chicken paprikash.
| Prep Time | 10 minutes |
| Cook Time | 30-45 minutes |
| Equipment | large, wide saucepan |
Ingredients
| Amount | Ingredient | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1 kg | chicken parts | 4 each legs & thighs, with skin on |
| 2-3 tablespoons | butter | — |
| 1 large | onion | halved & thinly sliced |
| 3 cloves | garlic | finely chopped |
| 1 cup | chicken stock | — |
| 2 tablespoons | sweet paprika | you can optionally add a small amount of hot or smoked paprika |
| 1 cup | sour cream | — |
| 3 tablespoons | flour | — |
| — | salt & pepper | — |
Directions
- Melt butter in a wide, large saucepan over moderately high heat.
- Season the chicken, leaving the skin on, with salt and pepper. Move chicken to saucepan and place skin side down to brown. 10-15 minutes.
- Turn chicken to brown other side 10 minutes.
- Place sliced onions and garlic in among the chicken and continue to cook down those for 5 minutes.
- Add the chicken stock and paprika. Cover and simmer for 10-15 minutes.
- Combine together the sour cream and flour. Remove chicken from the sauce and whisk in the sour cream-flour mixture.
- Return chicken to sauce and coat in the sauce. Serve over buttered noodles.