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Hungarian Chicken Paprika & Dumplings

Source of Recipe

internet posted by jerseyjan


List of Ingredients

Hungarian Chicken Paprikas & Dumplings (My Mom's)

3 lb. chicken, cut into pieces
4 T butter
1/2 c chopped onion
3 cloves garlic, chopped
salt
2 heaping T sweet Hungarian paprika
1 tomato, peeled and chopped
1/2 - 1 c chicken broth
3 T flour
1/4 c heavy cream
1/2 c sour cream, room temp.


Recipe

Brown the chicken and onions and garlic in the butter till brown, adding salt midway. Remove the chicken and add paprika and cook for 1 minute. Add the tomato and 1/2 c chicken broth, lower heat and simmer 5 minutes. Return chicken to the pan and cook for 30-40 minutes. Remove the chicken and keep it warm. Sprinkle the flour over the drippings, stirring briskly to smooth and blend and simmer for 3 minutes. Gradually add enough chicken broth to make 1 cup of liquid, then stir in the heavy cream. When it is heated through, turn off the heat and add the sour cream to the sauce, blending quickly so that it doesn't boil. Spoon over the chicken. Sometimes I omit the heavy cream and put in a pint of sour cream. Although my Mom did not do it, I occasionally add chopped green peppers and mushrooms to the cooking chicken. I sometimes would make it with boneless chicken breasts only, adjusting the cooking time accordingly ( be sure not to over cook). Sometimes I also remove the chicken skin and debone it. Not authentic Hungarian, I know. My Mom would kill me if she knew!!!

Dumplings

2 c flour
1 tsp. salt
1 large egg
about 3/4 - 1 c water

Mix egg, salt and water. Add enough flour to make a soft dough. Heat a pot of water. Add salt. At the boil, make small teaspoonfuls of the dough and pull it off the plate into the water. When they come to the surface, cook 1-2 minutes and drain. Add to the paprikas sauce.

In a pinch, you can just make wide noodles or bow ties instead of the dumplings.