Meat
and Poultry:
Chicken
Paprika
from
Little
Rock Cooks...
Recipes
Handed Down from Generation to Generation
INGREDIENTS:
2
chickens, 3 or 3-1/2 pounds each, cut up
1/2
cup butter
2
large onions, chopped
3
tablespoons Hungarian or sweet paprika
1/2
large bell pepper
1
teaspoon salt
1
cup sour cream
2
tablespoons flour
TO
PREPARE:
Put
chicken pieces in ice water and let soak about 1/2 hour. (Remove
chicken pieces from water when ready to put in skillet.) Melt butter
in heavy skillet and sauté onions until golden brown. Remove
skillet from fire and add paprika (paprika burns easily and can taste bitter
if burned). Mix well. Add drained chicken pieces, stir with
paprika and onions, getting each chicken piece well coated with paprika.
Add green pepper and salt. Cover and simmer over low heat until chicken
is tender, about one hour. (Don't let chicken get too done or it
will fall apart.) Remove pieces of chicken to a platter and keep
warm. Discard green pepper. Blend flour into sour cream, add
to gravy stirring with a whisk until smooth. Cook over low heat stirring
constantly until hot. Taste; add salt if necessary. Do not
let it boil or the sour cream might curdle. If you are not ready
to serve the chicken, put the chicken in the gravy, ladle gravy over the
chicken and cover. Keep flame low.
Serve
with drop dumplings, rice or noodles.
SERVES
8
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