Chicken Pörkölt (Hungarian paprika stew)
Chicken Pörkölt (Hungarian paprika stew)

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Pörkölt is a comforting Hungarian stew with a paprika tomato base. This stew is sometimes confused with another famous dish from Hungary, Paprikás. The biggest difference between the two is the lack of sour cream in Pörkölt.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have chicken pörkölt (hungarian paprika stew) using 10 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Chicken Pörkölt (Hungarian paprika stew):
  1. Take 1/2 kg boneless skin on chicken thighs
  2. Prepare 2 tbsp pork lard or 4 slices bacon, chopped fine
  3. Take 1 medium onion, chopped
  4. Make ready 2 cloves garlic, minced
  5. Get 3 tbsp Hungarian paprika
  6. Prepare 4 sun-dried tomatoes or ½ can (400 g) tomatoes, chopped
  7. Take 1 tsp garlic salt
  8. Take 1 tsp freshly ground black pepper
  9. Get 1/2 tsp caraway seed
  10. Prepare Water

We had a little bit of a time finding Hungarian paprika - my Safeway has it! Chicken Pörkölt (Hungarian paprika stew) is something which I have loved my whole life. To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. Here is how you cook that.

Instructions to make Chicken Pörkölt (Hungarian paprika stew):
  1. In a medium saucepan, fry the bacon on medium heat until the fat renders. If using lard, until it melts.
  2. Add the onions and sauté until transparent, about five minutes.
  3. Add garlic and sauté for two more minutes.
  4. Add chicken and sauté for two more minutes, until most but not all of the pink is gone.
  5. Stir in paprika and remove from heat, important because paprika turns bitter when fried.
  6. Add salt, pepper, caraway seeds and tomatoes. Add enough water to the saucepan to just about half the depth of the meat or just a bit more. Do not cover completely with water.
  7. Bring to a boil, cover, and reduce heat to medium low. Let simmer like this for around an hour. If at the end of this process the sauce is still too thin let it simmer uncovered for a bit longer.
  8. Serve with egg noodles (spätzle), boiled potatoes, or steamed rice. Add a dollop of sour cream if desired.

The ingredients needed to make Chicken Pörkölt (Hungarian paprika stew. Chicken Paprikash (aka, chicken paprika) is perhaps the best known Hungarian dish. The name is derived from the abundant use of the spice that is very common to Hungarian cuisine…paprika. If you've been following my blog you'll also know that I recently used it in my Hungarian Mushroom Soup, Pörkölt, and Hungarian Goulash too. Hungarian pörkölt recipe, tender pork pieces in an aromatic onion and paprika sauce, served with nokedli.

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