Tantalize your taste buds with Chicken Paprika with Dumplings, a delectable Hungarian dish that combines tender chicken, vibrant paprika sauce, and fluffy dumplings. This hearty and flavorful meal is a perfect blend of comfort and culinary delight. In this article, we'll guide you through two variations of this classic recipe: the traditional Hungarian Chicken Paprika and a simplified version for those short on time. Each recipe offers a unique twist on the original, ensuring that every palate finds its match. So, gather your ingredients, prepare your kitchen, and get ready to embark on a culinary journey that will leave you craving for more.
**Traditional Hungarian Chicken Paprika:**
This authentic recipe embodies the true essence of Chicken Paprika. Marinated chicken pieces are simmered in a rich paprika-infused sauce, resulting in fall-off-the-bone tenderness and a symphony of flavors. The dumplings, made from a combination of flour, eggs, and milk, provide a delightful contrast to the savory sauce, creating a harmonious balance of textures.
**Simplified Chicken Paprika with Dumplings:**
For those seeking a quicker yet equally satisfying meal, this simplified version streamlines the cooking process without compromising on taste. Boneless, skinless chicken breasts are used for convenience, and a pre-made paprika sauce adds a layer of rich flavor. The dumplings, made with a blend of Bisquick mix and milk, come together in a snap, ensuring a hassle-free preparation.
Whether you choose the traditional or simplified approach, Chicken Paprika with Dumplings promises a culinary experience that will warm your heart and satisfy your cravings. So, let's dive into the recipes and create this Hungarian masterpiece in your own kitchen!
PAP'S CHICKEN PAPRIKASH
Provided by Michael Symon : Food Network
Categories main-dish
Time 50m
Yield 4 to 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- For the chicken paprikash: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
- Season the chicken with one-third of the paprika (1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon), 1 tablespoon salt and some pepper.
- Heat the oil and chicken fat or butter in a large ovenproof pan over medium heat. When hot, add the chicken and brown for 2 minutes per side; remove to a plate. Add the onions, cabbage and remaining paprika (2 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons) and cook, stirring occasionally, until starting to soften, 3 to 4 minutes. Add the flour and cook the roux, stirring, for 2 minutes. Stir in the stock, making sure there are no lumps.
- Return the chicken to the pan skin-side up. Bake until the chicken is cooked through and measures 160 degrees F, 20 to 35 minutes.
- For the spaetzle: While the chicken is cooking, bring a saucepan of water to a boil.
- Sift the flour and 1 teaspoon salt into a bowl. Make a well and mix in the eggs and milk.
- Dampen a plastic cutting board and place the dough mixture on it. Cut off strips of dough into the water and cook for 3 minutes. Drain the spaetzle and rinse under cold water. Set aside until the chicken is done.
- Add the spaetzle to the chicken pan, stir in the sour cream and parsley if using and serve.
AMAZING HUNGARIAN CHICKEN PAPRIKASH WITH DUMPLINGS
This recipe has been passed down in my Hungarian family for generations and perfected. I now use boneless chicken despite bone-in being the tradition. I think it makes it a little more friendly without losing any taste.
Provided by Danny P
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 50m
Yield 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Set a large pot of water on to boil for the dumplings.
- De-fat, and tenderize chicken. Cut into bite-sized pieces. With oil, brown chicken in a large pan on medium-high heat (6-10 min).
- Add paprika, onion powder, salt, pepper, and chicken broth to the chicken in the pan. Stir them to mix. Bring to a boil and then lower heat to simmer and put a lid on and let simmer for 25 minute.
- In a container with a lid (tupperware is good) mix water, flour and sour cream for the chicken. Shaking the mixture aggressively is the best way to ensure a smooth mix. Set aside mixture for later.
- While chicken is simmering, mix all ingredients - eggs, flour, water, and salt - for the dumplings together in a mixing bowl. It should be a pretty thick, dry mix when you are done. If it's too gooey, add small amounts of flour until it is more dry.
- With water boiling, turn down the heat to low. Tip the mixing bowl until the dumpling dough rests at the edge. Using a dull knife (butter knife), slice the dough from the lip of the bowl into small blobs and into the pot. Continue this process until all of the dough has been used. This process takes about 3-5 minute Dipping the knife occasionally into the boiling water will prevent dough from sticking to it.
- Raise heat and boil dumplings for another 5-6 min or so.
- Meanwhile, the chicken should be about done simmering. Using a spoon, draw some of the chicken sauce and put it into the sour cream/flour/water mixture that you had set aside. This is important to prevent sour cream from curdling. Put the lid on and shake the mixture once more. There should be no flour or sour cream chunks in the mixture.
- Finally, stir the mixture into the chicken pan. Mix until consistent. Bring the sauce to a boil stirring occasionally for sauce to thicken.
- Drain the water from the dumplings.
- Usually, chicken and sauce are served on top of the dumplings.
PAPRIKA CHICKEN WITH SAFFRON DUMPLINGS
Provided by Food Network
Yield 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Heat oil over medium heat in a large Dutch oven for 1 minute. Add chicken, skin-side down, and brown for about 5 minutes per side. Remove from pan and add celery, carrot, onion, garlic and paprika. Cook for 5 minutes, or until onion is translucent. Add broth and water, then return the chicken to the pan. Pepper generously. Simmer, covered, for 45 minutes.
- Meanwhile, warm the milk and saffron threads for one minute on stovetop over medium heat or in microwave. The milk will turn yellow. In a food processor, or with your fingers, quickly combine flour, baking powder, and shortening. Remove blade from bowl and gently mix in saffron milk. Gather dough into a ball and flatten it out into a 1-inch thick disk. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until just 20 minutes before use.
- After dough has chilled, place it on a lightly floured surface and cut into 12 rectangular pieces with a sharp knife. Just 15 minutes before serving, slip dumplings into the simmering soup. Cover and cook just below a boil until dumplings puff up and float to top. Carefully ladle some soup with 2 thighs and 3 dumplings into each bowl. Garnish with a little chopped parsley.
MOM'S CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS (CHICKEN PAPRIKA)
This was a staple at our house when I was growing up. My mom made this about two times a month and often had to double the dumplings! Since my mom is not good at exact measurements, I tried my best to recreate this great one pot meal from her verbal instructions. She calls this Chicken Paprika, but I am told it would have to have sour cream in it, and it doesn't, which is fine with me :) ****NOTE 1/15/08: I've adjusted the quantities of salt and paprika because depending on what kind of chicken you use, different amounts of water will be used, needing different amounts of spicing. You may also increase the pepper and garlic, if desired, but be careful as garlic should not be a dominant flavor in this dish.
Provided by Karen..
Categories Stew
Time 1h45m
Yield 6-8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- In a stock pot or dutch oven saute onions in butter until tender.
- Add water until pot is about 1/3 full.
- Add chicken thighs, garlic powder, salt, pepper and paprika.
- Make sure water is covering the chicken, if not add more until it just covers.
- Bring to a boil and then simmer for 90 minutes, covered, stirring occasionally.
- In the meantime, make the dumplings: Mix the flour, salt, pepper and paprika in a medium bowl until combined.
- Make a well in the center and drop in the egg and about 1/2 cup water.
- Stir and add more water by the tablespoon until you have a sticky dough that just leaves the side of the bowl.
- In a different large pot from chicken, boil water.
- Drop dumpling mixture by the teaspoon into the boiling water.
- (I use a regular teaspoon from my flatware, not a measuring spoon.) If dumpling mix is too sticky to drop from spoon, then dip the spoon into the boiling water, the dumpling should slide right off.
- When dumplings start floating on top, remove them with a slotted spoon or drain them.
- You may have to reduce the heat to see when they are floating.
- About 30 minutes before chicken should be done, add the dumplings to the pot with the chicken.
- After 30 minutes, you should have a delicious dish: the chicken should be tender enough that it is falling off of the bone and the dumplings should have made a thicker sauce out of the liquid the chicken was cooking inches.
CHICKEN PAPRIKA WITH CHEWY DUMPLINGS
I know this is not the Authentic version of Chicken Paprika or Chicken Paprikash. However, I got this recipe years ago from my sister-in-law and our family has adopted it as a family favorite. It is sooo yummy! It has a lot of ingredients, but it isn't difficult at all to make. The prep work is the most difficult thing about...
Provided by Pj Brearley
Categories Chicken
Number Of Ingredients 20
Steps:
- 1. Heat Oil in skillet until hot. (I use an electric skillet) Cook chicken in oil over med. heat until browned on all sides, about 15 min. Remove Chicken.
- 2. Cook and stir onions and garlic in oil until tender; drain fat from skillet.
- 3. Stir in next 6 ingredients while loosing the brown particles from the bottom of the skillet.
- 4. Add chicken back to the skillet and heat to boiling; reduce heat. Cover and simmer 20 minutes. Add green pepper. Cover and cook 10-15 minutes more or until chicken is done. (I cook until it is nearly falling off the bone, but not quite) Prepare Dumplings.
- 5. Heat 8 c. water and 1 t. salt to boiling in dutch over. Mix the next 4 dumpling ingredients together in a bowl. Drop dough by teaspoonfuls into boiling water. (Tip: dip the spoon in the boiling water to make the future dumplings easier to release from the spoon) Cook uncovered 10 minutes.
- 6. Remove chicken to heated platter; keep warm. (I skip this step) Skim fat from skillet. Stir sour cream into liquid in skillet.
- 7. Add dumplings. Heat just until hot. Serve chicken with dumplings and sour cream sauce. Garnish with parsley. ( I don't remove the chicken to a platter at anytime, I just add the dumplings right in with the chicken.) I hope you enjoy this as much as we do!
CHICKEN PAPRIKASH
My grandmother made this hearty chicken dish whenever we visited her. It was the only thing I'd eat until I was ready to bust! It's wonderful.
Provided by ErinWebster
Categories Meat and Poultry Recipes Chicken
Time 1h
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Fill a large pot with water and bring to a boil over high heat. In a large bowl, mix together the eggs, 2 teaspoons of salt, and 1/2 cup of water. Gradually stir in 2 1/2 cups of flour to make a stiff batter. Using two spoons, scoop out some batter with one spoon and use the second to scrap off the spoonful of batter into the boiling water. Repeat until several dumplings are cooking. Cook dumplings for 10 minutes or until they float to the top; then lift from the water and drain in a colander or sieve. Rinse with warm water.
- In a large skillet over medium-high heat, melt butter and add chicken; cook until lightly browned, turning once. Add onion to skillet and cook 5 to 8 minutes more. Pour in 1 1/2 cups of water, and season with paprika, salt, and pepper; cook 10 minutes more, or until chicken is cooked through and juices run clear. Remove chicken from skillet and keep warm.
- Stir 2 tablespoons of flour into sour cream; then slowly stir into the onion mixture remaining in the skillet. Bring the mixture to a boil, stirring constantly, and cook until thickened.
- To serve, add dumplings to the sour cream/onion mixture, then spoon onto dinner plates adding a piece of chicken.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 960.6 calories, Carbohydrate 69.2 g, Cholesterol 323.1 mg, Fat 54 g, Fiber 3.5 g, Protein 47.4 g, SaturatedFat 23.5 g, Sodium 1744.5 mg, Sugar 2 g
Tips:
- For a richer flavor, use a combination of chicken broth and white wine in the sauce.
- To make the dumplings lighter and fluffier, use self-rising flour.
- If you don't have sour cream, you can substitute plain yogurt.
- Serve the chicken paprika with boiled potatoes, egg noodles, or rice.
- For a more authentic Hungarian flavor, add a pinch of paprika to the dumplings.
- Garnish the chicken paprika with fresh parsley or chives.
Conclusion:
Chicken paprikash is a classic Hungarian dish that is easy to make and always a crowd-pleaser. The combination of tender chicken, flavorful sauce, and fluffy dumplings is sure to satisfy everyone at the table. Whether you're serving it for a weeknight dinner or a special occasion, chicken paprikash is a dish that is sure to impress.
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