Bushias Chicken Paprikash My Moms Food

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!

MOM'S CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS (CHICKEN PAPRIKA)

Steps:

• In a stock pot or dutch oven saute onions in butter until tender.
• Add water until pot is about 1/3 full.
• Add chicken thighs, garlic powder, salt, pepper and paprika.
• Make sure water is covering the chicken, if not add more until it just covers.
• Bring to a boil and then simmer for 90 minutes, covered, stirring occasionally.
• In the meantime, make the dumplings: Mix the flour, salt, pepper and paprika in a medium bowl until combined.
• Make a well in the center and drop in the egg and about 1/2 cup water.
• Stir and add more water by the tablespoon until you have a sticky dough that just leaves the side of the bowl.
• In a different large pot from chicken, boil water.
• Drop dumpling mixture by the teaspoon into the boiling water.
• (I use a regular teaspoon from my flatware, not a measuring spoon.) If dumpling mix is too sticky to drop from spoon, then dip the spoon into the boiling water, the dumpling should slide right off.
• When dumplings start floating on top, remove them with a slotted spoon or drain them.
• You may have to reduce the heat to see when they are floating.
• About 30 minutes before chicken should be done, add the dumplings to the pot with the chicken.
• After 30 minutes, you should have a delicious dish: the chicken should be tender enough that it is falling off of the bone and the dumplings should have made a thicker sauce out of the liquid the chicken was cooking inches.

CHICKEN PAPRIKASH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F. Cut 1 Dai Due's Master Brined Chicken into 8 pieces; season with salt and pepper. Heat 3 tablespoons unsalted butter in an ovenproof skillet just large enough to hold chicken pieces in a single layer over high. Once butter is melted, cook chicken, skin side down, until skin is very well browned (do not disturb), 5-8 minutes. Transfer chicken to a plate (do not cook flesh side).
• Reduce heat to medium and add 2 thinly sliced onions, 5 teaspoons sweet Hungarian paprika, and 1 teaspoon hot smoked Spanish paprika to skillet; season with salt. Cook, stirring often, until onions are softened and start sticking to the skillet, 8-10 minutes. Add 2 cups low-sodium chicken broth and bring to a simmer. Return chicken to skillet, skin side up, and transfer to oven. Bake until chicken is cooked through, 25-30 minutes. Transfer chicken to a platter; tent with foil to keep warm.
• Bring liquid in skillet to a boil and cook until reduced by one-third, 5-7 minutes. Remove from heat and whisk in 1 cup room temperature sour cream and 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice; season with salt and pepper. Spoon sauce around chicken; top with chopped fresh parsley.

CHICKEN PAPRIKASH WITH DUMPLINGS AND RICE

Steps:

• Chicken Paprikash: Use a large heavy pot like a dutch oven. I use an enameled cast iron pan. Rinse chicken and place in pot.
• Add diced onion, 3 tablespoons paprika, 2 teaspoons garlic powder, 2 teaspoons ground black pepper, 1 teaspoon kosher salt, and half of the chicken broth. Cook on medium heat partially covered for about 20 minutes turning chicken occasionally. When chicken is cooked through and onions are tender remove chicken and reserve.
• Add the soups,other half of broth, water, milk, and mushrooms. Stir with spoon or whisk until well combined. Simmer uncovered for about 15 minutes while chicken is cooling down some. Stir often to prevent sticking.
• Remove chicken from bone leaving nice sized pieces. The chicken will fall apart more as it cooks in sauce. Add to sauce and cook together on medium low heat partially covered for about 30 minutes stirring occasionally.
• Prepare dumplings. Mix together dry ingredients and cut butter or margarine into the dry ingredients until it resembles small peas. Mix together wet ingredients and add them to the dry ingredients. Stir to combine but do not over-mix dough.
• Cook dumplings. Drop dumpling dough into the sauce evenly spaced. I use a regular dinner spoon for this part. Do not stir once you add dumplings. Cook them, covered on low until they are puffy and done all the way through. Once they are firm and cooked thoroughly, stir everything gently. Turn off heat and cover.
• Prepare rice. In a medium heavy bottomed pan combine rice, oil, and salt. Cook over medium high heat while stirring to combine. Add the water, stir and turn up heat to high. Boil rice partially covered, or uncovered until the water is evaporated to the level of the rice. When this happens, immediately cover with lid and turn heat to low. Steam rice for about 20 minutes or until desired doneness is reached. Uncover and fluff rice.
• To serve, spoon rice into bowls and ladle the chicken paprikash over the rice. Add sour cream to each individual serving, to taste. I also like to serve peas with butter (the frozen kind) along side of this dish.
• Feel free to adjust seasonings according to taste. Sometimes I add more garlic powder or salt if needed. Also, if you like lots of mushrooms it's perfectly fine to add more.
• Enjoy!