Chicken Paprikash with egg dumplings

Chicken Paprikash is a popular dish of the Hungarian origin and gets its name from the paprika used in it. Paprika is a popular spice used in Hungarian cuisine.

On a recent trip to Budapest, we ate chicken paprikash at a couple of restaurants and loved it each time. The kids loved it too 🙂 So on a visit to the Great Market Hall in Budapest, we bought some sweet and spicy paprika with the intention of trying out the recipe back home in Bahrain.

Last weekend, I tried chicken paprikash after referring to several online recipes and came up with my version of the Chicken Paprikash. I served this with egg dumplings just like it was served in the Budapest restaurants. The result was awesome. Everyone loved it!

Here is the step by step recipe of Chicken Paprikash with Egg Dumplings:

Serves: 4-5
Preparation Time: 20 minutes
Cooking Time: 1 hour

Ingredients:

For Chicken Paprikash:
Butter: 4 tbsp
Chicken pieces: 1 kg (I used pieces with bones on)
Onions: 2 medium finely chopped
Garlic: 2 cloves minced
Tomatoes: 2 medium finely chopped
Yellow Capsicum: 1 medium chopped
Sweet Hungarian paprika: 3 tbsp
Spicy Hungarian paprika: 2 tbsp
Chicken Broth : 2 cups
Pepper powder: 1/2 tsp
All purpose flour: 3 tbsp
Full fat Sour cream: 3/4 cup
Heavy whipping cream: 1/4 cup

For Egg dumplings:
Egg: 2
All purpose flour: 1.5 cups
Water: 1/2 cup
Salt: 1/2 tsp

Method of Preparation:

For Chicken Paprikash:

1. Heat the butter in a pan and fry the chicken pieces till brown on all sides. Take them aside.

2. In the same pan, add the onions and stir fry till golden brown. Add the garlic and tomatoes and fry for 2-3 minutes till tomato is soft.
3. Add capsicum and stir fry for 2 minutes.
4. Remove the pan aside. Add paprika, salt and pepper and mix well.

5. Add chicken to the pan and place it back on the heat. Pour in the chicken broth (it should cover the chicken). Let it boil. Keep on low heat and let simmer for 40 minutes. Remove chicken aside again.
6. In a separate bowl, mix together the all purpose flour, sour cream and whipping cream to form a smooth paste.
7. Mix the mixture from 6 with the gravy, mixing continuously to prevent lumps. Bring it to a simmer for a couple of minutes until the gravy is thickened.
8. Add salt and pepper to taste. Add the chicken back to the gravy and simmer for 2-3 minutes.
9. Your delicious Chicken Paprikash is ready to serve. It is generally served with egg dumplings.

For dumplings:

1. Keep water to boil in a pot.
2. Mix all the ingredients for the dumplings in a mixing bowl and mix well. It should be a thick mixture. If it is sticky, add small amounts of flour until it is drier.
3. Using a spoon, drop small blobs in the boiling water. Dip the spoon in the boiling water from time to time to avoid the dough to stick to it. Let the dumplings cook for 2-3 minutes till cooked.
4. Serve hot with the Paprikash.

For other chicken curry recipes on this blog, you can click here: Chicken Curries. Some of our most liked recipes are: Chicken Curry with Curry Leaves,  Chicken Xacuti, Chicken Coriander Curry.

Chicken Paprikash

Chicken Paprikash with egg dumplings

 

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Prep time

20 mins

Cook time

1 hour

Total time

1 hour 20 mins

 

Chicken Paprikash is a popular dish of the Hungarian origin and gets its name from the paprika used in it.

Serves: 4-5

Ingredients

• For Chicken Paprikash:
• Butter: 4 tbsp
• Chicken pieces: 1 kg (I used pieces with bones on)
• Onions: 2 medium finely chopped
• Garlic: 2 cloves minced
• Tomatoes: 2 medium finely chopped
• Yellow Capsicum: 1 medium chopped
• Sweet Hungarian paprika: 3 tbsp
• Spicy Hungarian paprika: 2 tbsp
• Chicken Broth : 2 cups
• Pepper powder: ½ tsp
• All purpose flour: 3 tbsp
• Full fat Sour cream: ¾ cup
• Heavy whipping cream: ¼ cup
• For Egg dumplings:
• Egg: 2
• All purpose flour: 1.5 cups
• Water: ½ cup
• Salt: ½ tsp

Instructions

1. For Chicken Paprikash:
2. Heat the butter in a pan and fry the chicken pieces till brown on all sides. Take them aside.
3. In the same pan, add the onions and stir fry till golden brown. Add the garlic and tomatoes and fry for 2-3 minutes till tomato is soft.
4. Add capsicum and stir fry for 2 minutes.
5. Remove the pan aside. Add paprika, salt and pepper and mix well.
6. Add chicken to the pan and place it back on the heat. Pour in the chicken broth (it should cover the chicken). Let it boil. Keep on low heat and let simmer for 40 minutes. Remove chicken aside again.
7. In a separate bowl, mix together the all purpose flour, sour cream and whipping cream to form a smooth paste.
8. Mix the mixture from 6 with the gravy, mixing continuously to prevent lumps. Bring it to a simmer for a couple of minutes until the gravy is thickened.
9. Add salt and pepper to taste. Add the chicken back to the gravy and simmer for 2-3 minutes.
10. Your delicious Chicken Paprikash is ready to serve. It is generally served with egg dumplings.
11. For dumplings:
12. Keep water to boil in a pot.
13. Mix all the ingredients for the dumplings in a mixing bowl and mix well. It should be a thick mixture. If it is sticky, add small amounts of flour until it is drier.
14. Using a spoon, drop small blobs in the boiling water. Dip the spoon in the boiling water from time to time to avoid the dough to stick to it. Let the dumplings cook for 2-3 minutes till cooked.
15. Serve hot with the Paprikash.

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