Aunt Bettys Chicken Paprikash Recipes

CHICKEN PAPRIKASH CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 13x9-inch (3-quart) glass baking dish with cooking spray. Season chicken with 1/2 teaspoon of the salt and 1/4 teaspoon of the pepper.
• Cook noodles as directed on package; drain.
• Meanwhile, in 12-inch nonstick skillet, heat 1 tablespoon of the oil over medium-high heat. Add chicken; cook 6 to 8 minutes, stirring occasionally, until chicken is no longer pink in center. Use slotted spoon to remove chicken from skillet.
• Add 2 tablespoons oil to skillet; add onions, bell peppers and garlic. Cook 8 to 10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are tender. Stir in paprika and flour; cook and stir 1 minute. Add tomato paste; cook and stir 1 minute. Stir in chicken broth, remaining 3/4 teaspoon salt and remaining 1/4 teaspoon pepper; heat to boiling. Reduce heat to low; simmer 3 to 5 minutes or until thickened. Remove from heat; stir in cream cheese and sour cream.
• Return noodles to pot they were cooked in; add cooked chicken and onion-bell pepper mixture. Stir to combine. Pour into baking dish.
• Cover with foil. Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until heated through.
• Meanwhile, in 8-inch skillet, heat remaining 1 tablespoon oil over medium heat. Add bread crumbs; stir to coat. Cook and stir 3 to 4 minutes or until lightly browned. Transfer to small bowl. Stir in parsley. Sprinkle bread crumb mixture over baked casserole, and serve.

AUTHENTIC CHICKEN PAPRIKASH (PAPRIKáS CSIRKE)

Steps:

• Heat the lard in a heavy pot and brown the chicken on all sides. Transfer the chicken to a plate. In the same oil, add the onions and fry until golden brown. Add the garlic and tomatoes (and pepper if using) and fry another 2-3 minutes. Remove the pot from the heat and stir in the paprika, salt and pepper (paprika becomes bitter if scorched).
• Return the chicken to the pot and place it back over the heat. Pour in the chicken broth. The chicken should be mostly covered. Bring it to a boil. Cover, reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer for 40 minutes. Remove the chicken and transfer to a plate.
• In a small bowl, stir the flour into the sour cream/cream mixture to form a smooth paste. Stir the cream mixture into the sauce, whisking constantly to prevent lumps. Bring it to a simmer for a couple of minutes until the sauce is thickened. Add salt and pepper to taste. Return the chicken to the sauce and simmer to heat through.
• Serve the chicken paprikash with Hungarian nokedli, which is like German Spaetzle only they're very short and stubby. You can make nokedli with a spätzle scraper and using this recipe for the dough.

AUNT SARA'S CHICKEN PAPRIKASH

Steps:

• Lightly flour the chicken and brown in the oil.
• Add the paprika, onion powder, salt, pepper, vegetables, parsley and chicken broth.
• Simmer until the chicken is cooked, approximately one hour. Remove the chicken pieces and cool slightly or until you are able to remove the meat from the bones.
• Pour the broth through a colander back into the kettle and discard the vegetables. Cool the broth slightly.
• Combine the sour cream, water and flour until smooth and stir into the warm broth to make a creamy, slightly thick gravy.
• Bring 4 quarts of water to a boil and make the dumpling dough.
• In a large bowl beat the eggs, add the water, flour and salt to make a sticky dough. Put the dough on a large plate and cut dumplings with a spoon into the boiling water. The size that you make them is totally your call. We like them to be about grape size but you can certainly make them smaller. if you happen to have a spatzele cutter this works great as well. Stir and cook the dumplings for about 5 minutes or until the float on the top of the water. Drain well.
• Add the chicken pieces back into the gravy and server over the dumplings. YYYUUUUMMMM!

MAKE-AHEAD SLOW-COOKER CHICKEN PAPRIKASH

Steps:

• In large bowl, mix tomatoes, paprika, salt and garlic. Add chicken, bell peppers and onion; mix well. Divide evenly between two labeled 1-gallon freezer bags. Lay flat, and freeze up to 3 months.
• Thaw 12 to 24 hours in refrigerator, until completely thawed.
• Pour contents of bags into 4 1/2-quart slow cooker. Cover and cook on Low heat setting 4 to 5 hours.
• Divide rice among 8 bowls. Divide chicken mixture among bowls of rice. Top each bowl with 1 tablespoon sour cream and 3/4 teaspoon dill.

CHICKEN PAPRIKASH

Steps:

• Heat oil in 12-inch skillet over medium heat. Cook chicken in oil about 15 minutes or until brown on all sides; remove chicken from skillet.
• Cook onions and garlic in oil in skillet over medium heat about 3 minutes, stirring occasionally, until onions are crisp-tender; drain oil from skillet.
• Stir broth, paprika, salt, pepper and tomato into onion mixture in skillet; loosen brown particles from bottom of skillet. Return chicken to skillet. Heat to boiling; reduce heat to low. Cover and simmer 20 minutes.
• Stir in bell pepper. Cover and simmer 10 to 15 minutes or until juice of chicken is no longer pink when centers of thickest pieces are cut. Remove chicken from skillet; keep warm.
• Skim fat from liquid in skillet. Stir sour cream into liquid in skillet. Heat over medium heat just until hot. Serve with chicken.