Loreleis Chicken Paprikash Recipes

CHICKEN PAPRIKASH

Steps:

• Melt 3 tablespoons of the butter in a large saucepan. Add the onions, season with salt and pepper and cook over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until golden and tender, about 10 minutes. Add the garlic, paprika and cayenne and cook, stirring, until dark red in color, 2 minutes. Add the flour and the remaining 1 tablespoon butter and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes. Stir in the broth and sugar and cook until the sauce is thickened, about 2 minutes. Add the chicken to the sauce and bring to a simmer. Cook over medium-low heat until the chicken is tender, about 15 minutes. Stir in the heavy cream and vinegar. Taste and season with salt and pepper. Serve with crusty bread if desired!

KAREL'S CHICKEN PAPRIKASH

Steps:

• Heat 1 tablespoon of the oil over medium heat in a large sauté pan. Add the onion and cook, stirring every few minutes, until the onions are nice and brown and the oil has been absorbed. Add the butter and paprika, followed immediately by the 1 1/2 cups water (paprika turns bitter when burned, so be sure to add the water quickly). Add the pepper and salt and turn the heat down to a low simmer.
• Heat a large nonstick pan over high heat. Add the remaining 1 tablespoon oil and slowly place the chicken, one piece at a time, into the pan, being careful not to crowd (cook the chicken in batches if your pan isn't large enough so that the pieces don't overlap). Don't touch the chicken for 4 to 5 minutes, then turn each piece to allow the other side to brown. Once the pieces are brown, transfer them to the sauté pan holding the sauce and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in a small mixing bowl, combine the flour with the remaining 2 tablespoons water and whisk until smooth. Slowly add the flour mixture to the chicken mixture while gently stirring. Bring just to the boiling point, then turn off the heat. Gently stir in the cream, sour cream, and ajvar. Spoon over the dumplings and serve.

CHEF JOHN'S CHICKEN PAPRIKASH

Steps:

• Season chicken generously on both sides with salt. Heat olive oil in a heavy, deep-sided pan (that comes with a lid) over high heat and brown the chicken well, skin-side down, about 5 minutes; flip and continue to sear until other side is browned, 3 to 4 minutes more. Turn off heat. Transfer the browned chicken to a plate and reserve until needed; spoon out excess chicken fat if desired.
• Add onions and a pinch of salt to the same pan and saute over medium until golden, about 5 minutes. Add garlic, tomato paste, and flour and cook, stirring, another 3 to 4 minutes to form a tomato roux. Stir in 1 teaspoon kosher salt, freshly ground black pepper, smoked paprika, and sweet paprika and cook for 1 minute. Add chicken broth and bring to a simmer over high heat.
• Reduce heat to medium-low and transfer chicken and accumulated juices back into the pan. Baste the tops with the sauce, cover the pan with the lid, and simmer, basting occasionally with the sauce, until the chicken is no longer pink in the centers and is fork-tender, 45 to 60 minutes. Remove the chicken and transfer to a plate.
• Skim some fat off the top of the sauce if desired. Whisk heavy cream and sour cream into the sauce and bring to a simmer, stirring occasionally. Transfer the chicken and any juices back into the sauce. Simmer, uncovered, basting often, until chicken is heated through and very tender, about 10 minutes. Taste and adjust seasoning if needed.

CHICKEN PAPRIKASH OVER NOODLES

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil; cook the pasta at a boil until tender yet firm to the bite, about 8 minutes; drain.
• Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add chicken; cook and stir until juices run clear, 8 to 10 minutes.
• Stir chicken broth and paprika into the saucepan. Cook until flavors blend, about 5 minutes. Transfer chicken pieces to a plate. Reserve broth.
• Combine half-and-half, sour cream, and flour together in a bowl. Mix until well blended. Add about 1 cup broth from the saucepan; stir until no lumps remain. Whisk mixture into the remaining broth in the saucepan. Whisk in garlic powder, bouillon, and parsley; cook over medium heat until sauce thickens, about 5 minutes.
• Stir mushrooms into the sauce; add chicken pieces. Simmer until flavors combine, about 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Serve paprikash on top of the pasta.

LORELEI'S CHICKEN PAPRIKASH

Steps:

• Wash chicen and pat dry.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• I like to use a crazy salt or seasoned salt.
• In a large skillet heat oil and brown chicken.
• Remove chicken from pan.
• Cook onions in dripping until soft.
• Add paprika.
• Add chicken to skillet turning once to coat with paprika.
• Remove chicken and add cooking sherry and chicken broth to onions and drippings.
• Bring to boil.
• Turn heat down to medium Add peas and chicken.
• Cook until peas are tender and chicken is cooked through.
• Remove Chicken.
• Add sour cream and 2 T frozen orange juice to peas and onions.
• Heat through, but DO NOT BOIL.
• Pour sauce over chicken.
• Serve over rice or noodles.
• Garnish with additional paprika and snipped parsley or chives.
• Great the next day if any is left over.