Hungarian Chicken Paprikash in Sour Cream

👨‍🍳 Method

To assemble

1. 1
   Heat the oil in a wide pot and brown the chicken on all sides. Remove to a plate.

   ⚙ Pan-fryingStoveWide, shallow pot

   💡Brown the meat in batches, without crowding: in a crowded pot it stews in its own juices instead of searing.

   💡What you brown (meat, patties, schnitzel) goes into hot oil: in lukewarm oil it soaks it up and comes out greasy. For onion and garlic that you soften, oil heated over medium or low heat is enough; do not wait for it to smoke.
2. 2
   Add the onion to the oil left in the wide pot and fry 8–10 minutes, stirring now and then, until the onion is soft and translucent and starts to turn golden at the edges. If it browns too fast, lower the heat.

   ⚙ Adding to the hot fat and fryingStoveWide, shallow pot

   💡Add by cooking time: what needs long (onion, carrot, meat) goes in first, and what burns fast (garlic, dry spices) goes in last, only until fragrant.
3. 3
   Add the paprika and hot paprika and fry 30 seconds, until fragrant.

   ⚙ Adding to the hot fat and fryingStove

   💡Paprika burns quickly and turns bitter: half a minute in the oil is enough, then move straight on to the next step.
4. 4
   Add the stock and bring to a boil.

   Stove
5. 5
   Return the chicken to the pot and season with salt and black pepper.
6. 6
   Turn down to low, cover and simmer 35–40 minutes, until the chicken soft.

   ⚙ SimmeringStoveLid

   💡A gentle simmer, not a boil: a hard boil dries the food out and clouds it, a slow simmer cooks it evenly.
7. 7
   Mix the sour cream and flour, add to the sauce and cook another 5 minutes, stirring.

   BowlStove
8. 8
   Serve with egg noodles.