🇭🇺 Hungary
Chicken Paprikash, made with supermarket ingredients
The authentic flavor in three easy steps with what any supermarket sells, in metric, for students and anyone cooking far from home (serves 2).
35 min2 to wash
3 lazy steps
- 1
Season 700 g bone-in chicken thighs with 1/2 tsp salt and brown in 2 tbsp lard over medium-high heat in a pot, then set chicken aside.
- 2
Sauté 1 yellow onion, chopped and 1 red bell pepper, diced in the pot, remove from heat, stir in 2 tbsp Hungarian sweet paprika, then add 250 ml chicken broth and the chicken.
- 3
Cover and simmer for 25 minutes until chicken is tender, then stir in 120 ml sour cream mixed with 1 tbsp all-purpose flour to thicken.
🇭🇺 How it's eaten in Hungary
In Hungary, it is traditionally served over nokedli (small egg dumplings) alongside a sweet-and-sour cucumber salad.
Ingredients (serves 2)
- bone-in chicken thighs700 g
- lard2 tbsp
Swap: 2 tbsp butter（Everyday staple）
- yellow onion, chopped1
Swap: 250 ml frozen chopped onion（No knife needed）
- red bell pepper, diced1
Swap: 120 ml frozen diced peppers（No knife needed）
- Hungarian sweet paprika2 tbsp
Swap: 2 tbsp sweet paprika（Everyday staple）
- chicken broth250 ml
- sour cream120 ml
- all-purpose flour1 tbsp
- salt1/2 tsp
Authentic ingredients in Hungary
- bone-in chicken thighs700 g
- lard2 tbsp
- yellow onion, chopped1
- red bell pepper, diced1
- Hungarian sweet paprika2 tbsp
- chicken broth250 ml
- sour cream120 ml
- all-purpose flour1 tbsp
- salt1/2 tsp
Optional authentic touch
Removing the pot from heat before adding paprika prevents the spice from burning and becoming bitter.
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