Chicken Paprikash

[homecook]

Chicken Paprikash

2 medium frying chickens, cut up Spaetzle
1/4 lb. butter 2 cups a-p flour
2 medium onions, chopped 2 beaten eggs
salt and pepper salt
paprika
water
1pint sour cream

Melt butter in a large skillet. (I use my electric skillet) Add onion; saute until tender. Add chicken to pan. Turna and season pieces on all sides with salt and pepper to taste and a generous sprinkling of paprika. Brown chicken on all sides, then add 1/2 inch of water to pan. Cover and cook over medium heat 1 hour or until tender, adding hot water if necessary, and more paprika if desired.
Meanwhile, prepare spaetzle. Beat eggs well. Add flour and enough water to form a sticky dough, mixing until dough leaves sides of bowl. Drop by 1/2 tsp. into a pot of boiling water. Boil 15 minutes, uncovered. Drain in a colander, rinse with cold water and set aside.
Remove chicken from skillet; set aside but keep warm. Cool liquid mixture remaining in skillet. Stir in sour cream. Add spaetzle and chicken. Heat through, without boiling. Season with additional paprika to color mixture a light orange.

I usually double or triple the spaetzle recipe because dh and ds can't get enough.

Barb

[sattie]

Ooooooo ... HC... I love this! I have only made it once but I really like it. I like saying the word paprikash more than anything, it is a fun word! Thanks for posting the recipe girlie, I see this in my future!

[homecook]

It is a fun word! lol I hope you try it soon, it's my grandmother's recipe and it's delish.

Barb

[homecook]

Bumping this up for Qsis!! :flowers:


Barb

[QSis]

Oh, wow, Barb! I will try your spaeztle method! Next time - nice twist!

Thanks!

Lee

[homecook]

Chicken Paprikash

2 medium frying chickens, cut up Spaetzle
1/4 lb. butter 2 cups a-p flour
2 medium onions, chopped 2 beaten eggs
salt and pepper salt
paprika
water
1pint sour cream

Melt butter in a large skillet. (I use my electric skillet) Add onion; saute until tender. Add chicken to pan. Turna and season pieces on all sides with salt and pepper to taste and a generous sprinkling of paprika. Brown chicken on all sides, then add 1/2 inch of water to pan. Cover and cook over medium heat 1 hour or until tender, adding hot water if necessary, and more paprika if desired.
Meanwhile, prepare spaetzle. Beat eggs well. Add flour and enough water to form a sticky dough, mixing until dough leaves sides of bowl. Drop by 1/2 tsp. into a pot of boiling water. Boil 15 minutes, uncovered. Drain in a colander, rinse with cold water and set aside.
Remove chicken from skillet; set aside but keep warm. Cool liquid mixture remaining in skillet. Stir in sour cream. Add spaetzle and chicken. Heat through, without boiling. Season with additional paprika to color mixture a light orange.

I usually double or triple the spaetzle recipe because dh and ds can't get enough.

Barb


I don't know what happened to the way this recipe came out? Sorry!! The spaetzle recipe should be separated like this:

Spaetzle
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 beaten eggs
salt
little bit of water


Barb

[homecook]

I made this for dinner last night so I figured I'd post some pics......

[buckytom]

talk about polish comfort food!

this was one of my mil's special dishes. i wonder if dw would want me to make it for us one night?

thanks for the recipe, homey! :chef: pics look great!!!

[chowhound]

Great pics, Barb!

[homecook]

Thanks bucky and Fred!! Total comfort food for me........

[Ronjohn]

That looks like Mom's! Although I think it's more Hungarian than Polish :p

Gonna have to make that soon, myself.

[suziquzie]

hmmmm I totally forgot about paprikash! My Dad usually made dinner but when Mom did this was usually it.... half hungarian..... never made speatzle tho.... just over egg noodles.

DH loves boiled or fried dough of any kind I'll have to try it out :)

[buckytom]

homey, i'll grab him and you kick him in his dupa!


hungarian??????!!!!!!!


lol, i've read a bunch of things about this and other dishes from eastern europe, and for some reason hungarians are given credit for most of them. i guess because they're in the middle of it all.

what i've seen from my neighbors, who are immigrants from a stretch of land that begins in eastern germany, across poland, and down to macedonia and turkey is that they all seem to have similar dishes with just minor variations, but they all fervently claim each one as their own.

[homecook]

What a nice compliment Ronjohn!! Thank you.

bucky......LOL :^)

I always considered it Polish because my grandfather was born in Poland and he supposedly taught my grandmother how to cook this.

[Ronjohn]

Dad's family was 100% polish - they never made it. Mom's family was Hungarian... they did. That's why I say Hungarian. Plus there was a great little place called the Hungarian Kitchen here in town that used to make it. (It's eastern European though, I admit )

I'm the only one in the ENTIRE family that got the recipe from my Mom before she passed, and she was the only one who got it from her mom. Now I have cousins that freak out when they realize I can make it. I just wish they'd stop inviting themselves over for dinner.

[homecook]

I'm the only one in my family WILLING to make it. LOL Noone wants to take the time to make the spaetzle.....it's labor intensive, especially when you have to triple the recipe. The highest compliment I got was when I made it for my grandmother and she said it tasted "just like she made it"!! I couldn't ask for more......

[Sass Muffin]

I can just imagine the flavours in this Barb.
Like a spicy creamy chicken and dumplings.
I swear to you, I will make this.

[homecook]

I'm going to hold you to it Lollie!! LOL And I want pics.

[QSis]

Barb, would a ricer work? Or would that be as much work?

I bought one at a yard sale and have never used it.

Lee

[Ronjohn]

Cheap and easy tricks to skip the spaetzle.... use pre-made gnocchi or get a carton/roll of (NON BUTTERMILK) biscuits (in the can in the fridge section), and roll that dough into balls to boil up.

The gnocchi works better, but either will do in a pinch, although I don't think they are as good. :wink:

[homecook]

Barb, would a ricer work? Or would that be as much work?

I bought one at a yard sale and have never used it.

Lee

Lee, I've heard of people using one but I don't know how they've come out. I would think more thin. They would taste the same though. I have a spaetzle maker but I'm not allowed to use it because they come out too small. LOL If I have to make a laaarrrrggggeeee batch, I'll use the maker for half and the spoon for the other half. If you use the spoon you just use the very edge of the side and scrape it out of the bowl. Otherwise they're so big they're like dumplings. lol

I say give it a try and see what you think..........

[Cooksie]

Mmmmm....I have never eaten chicken paprikash, but yours looks de-lish.

[homecook]

Cheap and easy tricks to skip the spaetzle.... use pre-made gnocchi or get a carton/roll of (NON BUTTERMILK) biscuits (in the can in the fridge section), and roll that dough into balls to boil up.

The gnocchi works better, but either will do in a pinch, although I don't think they are as good. :wink:

That's sacrilege Ronjohn!!! :ohmy:

Mmmmm....I have never eaten chicken paprikash, but yours looks de-lish.

Thank you Cooksie!

[Ronjohn]

That's sacrilege Ronjohn!!! :ohmy:


Hey, I said it wasn't as good!!! :hide2:

[homecook]

Hey, I said it wasn't as good!!! :hide2:

Ok........you're forgiven. :flowers:

[Blues Man]

Nice, very nice ............

Great pics too.

[homecook]

Thank you Blues Man!

[Maverick2272]

Nice pics, sounds great and just the kind of thing the wife loves to try out. Think I will print this out and let her have at it!
Thanks!

[homecook]

Thanks and you're welcome Mav!! I hope you get to try it....

[Cooksie]

I've got this going for tonight......smells de-lish so far :smile:.

[suziquzie]

woo hoo I LOVE when this thread gets bumped again! lol... reminds me i still have to make it..
Barb did you skin the chicken first it kinda looks like it.... I remember my Mom used to leave it on and the meal itself was good but the skin completely grossed me out......