Crock Pot Chicken Paprikash Food

SLOW COOKER CHICKEN PAPRIKASH

Steps:

• Stir together chicken, onion, tomato sauce, 2 teaspoons paprika, chicken bouillon granules, garlic and pepper in 4-quart slow cooker.
• Cover; cook on Low heat setting 5-6 hours, or High heat setting 3-4 hours or until chicken is tender.
• Combine melted butter and flour in bowl; mix until smooth. Gradually stir into chicken mixture. Stir in remaining paprika and green bell pepper. Increase heat setting to High. Cover; cook 15-30 minutes or until mixture is thickened and bell pepper is softened.
• Stir in sour cream just before serving. Serve over rice, if desired.

MAKE-AHEAD SLOW-COOKER CHICKEN PAPRIKASH

Steps:

• In large bowl, mix tomatoes, paprika, salt and garlic. Add chicken, bell peppers and onion; mix well. Divide evenly between two labeled 1-gallon freezer bags. Lay flat, and freeze up to 3 months.
• Thaw 12 to 24 hours in refrigerator, until completely thawed.
• Pour contents of bags into 4 1/2-quart slow cooker. Cover and cook on Low heat setting 4 to 5 hours.
• Divide rice among 8 bowls. Divide chicken mixture among bowls of rice. Top each bowl with 1 tablespoon sour cream and 3/4 teaspoon dill.

SLOW-COOKER CREAMY CHICKEN PAPRIKASH

Steps:

• Spray 4-quart slow cooker with cooking spray.
• Season chicken thighs and drumsticks with 1/2 teaspoon of the salt and 1/4 teaspoon of the pepper. In 12-inch skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Place chicken skin-side down in skillet. Cook 8 to 10 minutes, turning once, until browned on both sides. Transfer chicken to slow cooker.
• Pour all except 1 tablespoon fat from skillet. Decrease heat to medium; add onions to skillet and cook about 4 minutes, stirring frequently, until softened. Add garlic, paprika, red pepper, remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper; continue to cook and stir 1 minute. Transfer to slow cooker. Add chicken broth to skillet. Cook over medium heat 1 minute, scraping up any browned bits on bottom of skillet with wooden spoon. Transfer to slow cooker. Cover; cook on Low heat setting 5 to 6 hours or until juice of chicken is clear when thickest part is cut to bone (at least 165°F).
• Transfer chicken to serving platter and keep warm. Increase to High heat setting.
• In small bowl, beat cornstarch and water with whisk until smooth. Beat into cooking liquid in slow cooker. Cover; cook about 15 minutes or until sauce is thickened. Beat sour cream into cooking liquid in slow cooker with whisk. Cover; cook about 5 minutes or until hot.
• Serve chicken with sauce over buttered noodles.

SLOW COOKER BEEF PAPRIKASH

Steps:

• Spread the onions in the bottom of an 8-cup slow cooker. Toss the beef with the flour, 1 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper and place on top of the onions. Top with the bell peppers and garlic. Stir together the broth, paprika, tomato paste and caraway and pour over the beef. Cover and cook until the meat is very tender, either on high for 4 to 5 hours or on low for 7 to 8 hours.
• Uncover and let stand at least 10 minutes. Stir in the sour cream and dill and season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve over egg noodles or potatoes.

CHICKEN PAPRIKASH

Steps:

• Fill a large pot with water and bring to a boil over high heat. In a large bowl, mix together the eggs, 2 teaspoons of salt, and 1/2 cup of water. Gradually stir in 2 1/2 cups of flour to make a stiff batter. Using two spoons, scoop out some batter with one spoon and use the second to scrap off the spoonful of batter into the boiling water. Repeat until several dumplings are cooking. Cook dumplings for 10 minutes or until they float to the top; then lift from the water and drain in a colander or sieve. Rinse with warm water.
• In a large skillet over medium-high heat, melt butter and add chicken; cook until lightly browned, turning once. Add onion to skillet and cook 5 to 8 minutes more. Pour in 1 1/2 cups of water, and season with paprika, salt, and pepper; cook 10 minutes more, or until chicken is cooked through and juices run clear. Remove chicken from skillet and keep warm.
• Stir 2 tablespoons of flour into sour cream; then slowly stir into the onion mixture remaining in the skillet. Bring the mixture to a boil, stirring constantly, and cook until thickened.
• To serve, add dumplings to the sour cream/onion mixture, then spoon onto dinner plates adding a piece of chicken.

CHICKEN PAPRIKASH WITH SOUR CREAM

Steps:

• In slow cooker, stir together onions, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and paprika. Spread mixture evenly over bottom of insert.
• Rub garlic halves over chicken, then sprinkle chicken with pepper and remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt. In medium saucepan over moderately high heat, heat butter and oil until hot but not smoking. Add chicken pieces and brown, turning occasionally, until golden, about 6 minutes. Transfer to slow cooker (do not clean pan), layering chicken on top of onion mixture.
• In same saucepan over high heat, bring stock to simmer, scraping up browned bits from bottom of pan. Pour over chicken in slow cooker, cover, and cook on low until chicken is tender but not falling off bone, 5 to 6 hours.
• Stir sour cream into sauce. Garnish with dill and serve.

CROCK POT CHICKEN PAPRIKASH WITH DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Add onions to crock pot. Add seasonings, chicken and broth.
• Cover and cook on High 5 to 6 hours.
• Shortly before serving, stir together sour cream or yogurt and cornstarch. Stir into crock pot and thicken.
• Taste and adjust seasonings (sour cream and cornstarch may be omitted if desired). Serve with dumplings (recipe below).
• Dumplings.
• Beat 3 eggs, add 1/3 cup water and 2-1/2 cups flour. Beat with a spoon until smooth. Drop from teaspoon into boiling salted water and cook until dumplings rise to the top, approximately 10 minutes.

CROCK POT CHICKEN PAPRIKASH

Steps:

• Put the water, chicken, tomatoes, green pepper, onion, paprika, garlic, salt, pepper and oregano into the crock pot.
• Stir to blend.
• Cover the pot and cook on low for 9 to 10 hours until chicken is tender.
• Remove chicken pieces from the crock pot and skim fat from the remaining sauce.
• Remove 1/4 cup liquid from the crock pot and allow to cool a bit.
• Blend flour with the 1/4 cup cooled juices and return the flour mixture to the liquid in the crock pot.
• Mix well and stir until thickened.
• Blend in sour cream.
• Return chicken to the pot and allow to heat through, but do not boil.
• Serve on cooked noodles if desired.

CHICKEN PAPRIKASH

Steps:

• Bring the chicken broth to a boil over medium high heat. Then place your breasts in the boiling broth, reduce the heat to medium low.
• Next, saute the onions and celery in the butter till the onions are clear. Add to the chicken broth, Let the broth cook for about 20-30 minutes, till the chicken is very tender that starting to fall apart.
• Strain the breasts out the broth, and shred the chicken. Add the shredded chicken back to the both. Then add the spaetzles.
• Add the sour cream slowly to the broth so it will not curdle. Keep stirring as you add it.
• After the sour cream is all added, add the paprika, sweet paprika is recommended. it just has the best flavor for this dish. Add it one table spoon at a time and stir well with each addition. This so it can get better absorbed into the soup, so don't get a gritty texture.
• After the paprika is added, taste the soup, you can adjust the paprika if you think you need more.
• Ladle into a bowl, season with salt and pepper, and garnish with some sour cream if you like and ENJOY!

CHICKEN PAPRIKASH

Steps:

• Season chicken with salt and pepper. In a large Dutch oven or heavy pot, heat oil over high. Cook chicken, skin side down, until golden and crisp, 6 minutes. Flip chicken and cook until browned, 6 minutes more. Transfer to a plate.
• Discard all but 1 tablespoon fat from pot and reduce heat to medium. Add onion and cook, stirring frequently and scraping up any browned bits with a wooden spoon, until beginning to soften, 2 minutes. Add garlic and cook, stirring frequently, 3 minutes. Add paprika and flour, season with salt and pepper, and stir constantly until paprika is fragrant and mixture begins to stick, 1 minute. Add broth and whisk until smooth. Add tomatoes and bring to a boil over high. Return chicken to pot in a single layer, skin side up, and reduce heat to medium. Cover and cook until chicken is cooked through, 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in a large pot of boiling salted water, cook noodles according to package instructions. Drain noodles and divide among four bowls. Top with chicken. Stir sour cream into sauce, then ladle over chicken and noodles.

MUSHROOM AND POTATO PAPRIKASH

Steps:

• Warm the oil in a Dutch oven over high heat. Add half the mushrooms, season with salt, and brown for 5 minutes, stirring once or twice. Meanwhile, spread the potatoes on a plate or a shallow bowl and microwave for 3 to 5 minutes; they should be about halfway cooked, not fully. (If you don't have a microwave, you can parcook in salted boiling water for 3 to 5 minutes instead.) Transfer the first batch of mushrooms to a plate, add a little more oil if the pan is dry, and brown the second batch the same way, seasoning with salt and transferring them to the plate when done.
• Reduce the heat to medium-high. Add the butter to the pot, then the onion. Season with salt and cook for 3 minutes, stirring, until the onion just begins to soften. Add the garlic and cook for 2 more minutes, until the onion is soft and the garlic is fragrant. Reduce the heat to low and add the sweet and smoked paprikas; stir well to combine the spices with the onion. Add the wine, increase the heat to medium and let it come to a simmer while you scrape up any browned bits on the bottom of the pot. Add the vegetable stock and the crushed tomatoes, then the potatoes and mushrooms, along with any liquid that accumulated on the plate. Season generously with black pepper. Increase the heat to high to bring the mixture to a boil, then reduce the heat to maintain a simmer and cover the pot. Cook for 15 minutes.
• Uncover the pot and cook for about 5 minutes more, until the potatoes are fully tender and the liquid has reduced a bit. Meanwhile, combine the sour cream and flour in a medium bowl, then whisk a few ladlefuls of the hot liquid into the sour cream mixture. Reduce the heat to low, then add the sour cream mixture and herbs to the pot. Stir well, and adjust the texture of the stew with up to ½ cup of water if it is too thick for your taste. Taste and add more salt and pepper, if you like.