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Paprika Chicken (Csirkepaprikás)

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Hungarian chicken slowly cooked down in a generous amount of sweet paprika, then finished with sour cream. Serve with dumplings, rice or mash. Adapted from “Paprika Chicken” in the Wikibooks Cookbook (CC BY-SA 4.0). Single amounts; served as 4 portions instead of 6–8 (one chicken). Photo: Kobako, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons (“Paprikahuhn”).

1 h 13 min23 min hands-onServes 4Medium
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Ingredients13

4 servings
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Method7 steps

  1. Cut the chicken1 into eight pieces, if your butcher hasn't.

    10 min

  2. Chop the onions2. Heat the oil5 tbsp in a wide pan and sauté them for 3–4 minutes until they turn pale yellow.

    Can start right away

  3. Add the chicken, peppercorns6, salt1 tsp and paprika3 tbsp and stir quickly. It is a lot of paprika, but sweet paprika is not hot. Straight away add just enough water to cover the meat.

    3 min After steps 1 & 2

  4. Simmer over low heat. Don't let it boil.

    Hands-off

  5. If using, add the peppers and carrot1.

    1 min

  6. Keep simmering until the chicken is tender, stirring now and then and adding water only very sparingly. For the last 15 minutes add no more water, so the sauce cooks down to about half a finger's depth.

    Hands-off

  7. Stir the sour cream240 ml and heavy cream80 ml into the sauce and top with chopped parsley1 handful.

    2 min
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1 h 13 min total · 23 min hands-on

  1. 1
    Cut the chicken into eight…
  2. 2
    Chop the onions
  3. 3
    Add the chicken, peppercorns, salt…
  4. 4
    Simmer over low heat
  5. 5
    If using, add the peppers…
  6. 6
    Keep simmering
  7. 7
    Stir the sour cream…
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By @soucrunch · Published

Hungarian · gluten-free · high-protein · dinner

Source: en.wikibooks.org

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