Chicken Paprikash
Chicken paprikash is stroganoff’s less famous cousin, but it’s possibly even easier to make and even more delicious. Free range chicken thighs are braised in stock with paprika and tomato paste, and then finished with sour cream. Served with buttered pasta.
Ingredients
50 g butter, plus 25 g extra for the pasta
1 onion, diced
1 green capsicum, seeds removed and diced
5 cloves garlic, sliced
2 tbsp tomato paste
1 tbsp flour
2 tbsp sweet paprika
1 kg chicken thigh fillets, cut into 10 cm pieces
500 ml chicken stock
150 ml sour cream
500 g fusilli, orecchiette or other short pasta
1 tbsp finely shredded parsley leaves
Method
Heat a large casserole dish over medium heat and add the butter, onion and capsicum and fry for about 5 minutes until the onion is softened. Add the garlic and fry for a further 2 minutes until the garlic is fragrant. Add the tomato paste and stir to combine. Toss the chicken in the flour and add to the pan with the paprika as well. Add the chicken stock and bring to a simmer. Simmer covered for 15 minutes, then stir through the sour cream.
While the chicken is simmering, cook the pasta according to the packet directions, drain and toss through the extra butter. Serve the chicken alongside the pasta, scattered with parsley.
This is an awesome midweek meal. I added a lot of extra veg to the chicken (cauli, carrot, sweet potato, peas) and almost doubled all the other ingredients. ☺️
My Hungarian friend used make chicken paprika, its a wonderful dish
What can you replace the capsicum with or can you leave it out completely??
You can just leave it out if you want to
Loved this Adam! Just made it for the family and the husband has already marked it as a staple in our household. Thanks so much!
Did you use boned chicken thighs?
How many?
There’s not much nutritious home-cooked food that I can get my two teenage boys to eat anymore but they both devoured this tonight! Needless to say I’ll be making it again.
My Hungarian grandmother used to make this all the time.
She would also throw in potatoes and a chopped tomato if she had it to bulk it up.
I made this dish last night – it was lovely ! (But I did cheat a little and added msg).