Hungarian Chicken Paprikash

Step 1

Peel the onion and chop it into very small pieces. Also, wash the tomato and cut it into small pieces as well.

Step 2

Wash the meat, then pat it dry.

Step 3

Heat the oil in a large pot, then add the onions and sauté them on medium heat for around 5 minutes until translucent. Stir regularly.

Step 4

Add the tomato pieces, stir them in, and sauté them for a few minutes as well.

Step 5

Turn down the heat to low. Add the paprika and a tiny splash of broth so the paprika doesn't burn (this would make it bitter). Mix everything together.

Step 6

Now add the meat as well as the broth. The broth should just cover the contents in the pot.

Step 7

Bring everything to a boil, then reduce the heat and place the lid on the pot. Let the chicken paprikash simmer on low heat for around one hour. Stir occasionally.

Step 8

After 45 minutes remove the lid from the pot so that some of the water can evaporate and thicken the sauce a little bit. After the hour is up, see if the meat is tender and comes off the bone easily. If it doesn't, let it simmer for another few minutes until it is tender enough.

Step 9

Remove the pieces of meat from the pot and set them aside on a plate. Then stir the sour cream into the sauce and add salt as well as pepper to taste. If you want the sauce to thicken further, you can also dissolve some cornstarch in a little bit of cold water and add it to the pot as well. Bring everything to a light simmer and stir constantly until the sauce has thickened. Place the meat back into the sauce to reheat.

Step 10

Remove the chicken paprikash from the stove and serve with nokedli/spaetzle, other pasta such as fusilli, potatoes, or rice.