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Csirkepaprikás
Paprika chicken in sour cream sauce
Csirkepaprikás: Hungarian paprika chicken in soured cream sauce with nokedli
Csirkepaprikás is the Sunday chicken of Hungarian homes, cooked by grandmothers in villages and in Budapest flats alike and always served with nokedli, the little egg dumplings. Chicken thighs braise gently with onion, plenty of sweet paprika, tomato and pepper, then soured cream is stirred in to make a velvety, brick-orange sauce. Chef's tip: mix the soured cream with a spoonful of flour and some hot sauce before adding it; this stops it from splitting.
- Total time
- 70 min
- Difficulty
- medium
- Serves
- 4
Ingredients
For the chicken
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 2 onionsfinely chopped
- 2 tbsp Hungarian sweet paprika
- 2 cloves garliccrushed
- 1 tomatochopped
- 1 green peppersliced
- 1 ¼ cups water or chicken stock
- 1 ½ tsp salt
- 1 cup soured cream
- 1 tbsp plain flour
For the nokedli
- 10 ½ oz plain flour
- 2 eggs
- ¾ cup water
- 1 tsp salt
- ⅔ oz butter
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Method
0/6 doneStep 1: Heat 2 tbsp vegetable oil in a wide casserole over a medium heat and cook 2 onions for 10 minutes until soft and golden.
10 minStep 2: Add 2 ⅝ lb chicken thighs and drumsticks, skin removed and turn it in the onions for 5 minutes until it loses its raw colour. Take the pan off the heat and stir in 2 tbsp Hungarian sweet paprika and 2 cloves garlic for 30 seconds.
6 minStep 3: Return to the heat, add 1 tomato, 1 green pepper, 1 ¼ cups water or chicken stock and 1 ½ tsp salt. Cover and simmer gently for 35–40 minutes, turning the pieces once, until the chicken is tender and reaches 165°F next to the bone.
40 minStep 4: Meanwhile make the nokedli: beat 10 ½ oz plain flour, 2 eggs, ¾ cup water and 1 tsp salt into a thick, sticky batter. Press it through a nokedli maker or the large holes of a colander into a big pan of boiling salted water. Cook for 2–3 minutes until they float, drain and toss with ⅔ oz butter.
15 minStep 5: Whisk 1 cup soured cream with 1 tbsp plain flour until smooth, then whisk in a ladle of the hot sauce. Stir it into the pot and simmer gently for 3 minutes until thickened. A common mistake is boiling it hard after adding the cream; it will curdle.
4 minStep 6: Serve the chicken and sauce with the nokedli and a cucumber salad.
2 min
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 780 kcal
- Protein
- 52 g
- Carbs
- 70 g
- Fat
- 32 g
- Fibre
- 4 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does csirkepaprikás take?
- About 70 minutes in total: 20 minutes to prepare and 50 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 4 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- What can I use instead of onions?
- 2 shallots per onion.
- What can I use instead of hungarian sweet paprika?
- Smoked paprika, half the amount.
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