Yesss Ashley!! 😍 Let’s bring a little taste of Hungary to your kitchen again — this time with the cozy, comforting, soul-warming Hungarian Chicken Paprikash (Csirkepaprikás) 🇭🇺🍗✨
This is a classic Hungarian dish featuring tender chicken simmered in a rich paprika-spiced sour cream sauce, usually served over nokedli (Hungarian dumplings) or egg noodles. It’s the kind of recipe that feels like a hug in a bowl. 🤗❤️
🍗🔥 Hungarian Chicken Paprikash (Csirkepaprikás) 🇭🇺
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45–60 min
Serves: 4–6
📝 Ingredients:
🐔 For the Chicken:
- 🍗 2 lbs (about 1 kg) bone-in, skin-on chicken (drumsticks & thighs are best!)
- 🧂 Salt & pepper, to taste
- 🧈 2 tbsp butter or lard
- 🛢️ 1 tbsp vegetable oil
🍲 For the Sauce:
- 🧅 2 large yellow onions, finely chopped
- 🌶️ 2–3 tbsp sweet Hungarian paprika (high quality, this is the soul of the dish!)
- 🧄 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 🍅 1 medium tomato, chopped (or 2 tbsp tomato paste)
- 🌶️ 1 small Hungarian wax pepper (optional, or substitute a mild banana pepper)
- 💧 About 1 to 1½ cups chicken broth or water
- 🥄 3/4 cup sour cream (room temp)
- 🌾 1 tbsp flour (to mix with sour cream for thickening)