Chicken paprikash

Serves 4 Starters and mains

Chicken Paprikash

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Ingredients

  • 3tbsp vegetable oil
  • 2 onions, thinly sliced
  • 2 green or red peppers, deseeded and thinly sliced
  • 2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1tsp caraway seeds, toasted and roughly ground
  • 1⁄2tsp freshly ground black pepper
  • 2tbsp sweet paprika, preferably Hungarian
  • 3 whole tomatoes (canned or fresh), peeled and chopped
  • cayenne pepper, hot paprika or chilli flakes, to taste
  • 700g boneless, skinless chicken (preferably thigh), diced
  • 1⁄2tsp salt
  • 100g soured cream

Method

Heat the oil in a flameproof casserole pan over a moderate heat. Add the onions and peppers and fry for 8–10 minutes until soft and sweet. Add the garlic and cook for another 2 minutes to soften.

Add the bay leaves, caraway seeds, black pepper and sweet paprika and cook for 1 minute, then add the tomatoes and cook for 5 more minutes, before finally adding the cayenne, hot paprika or chilli flakes.

Add the chicken and salt and stir to combine. Cover the pan, reduce the heat and cook for 30-35 minutes until the chicken is cooked through.

Add the soured cream and more cayenne, hot paprika or chill flakes, if you like, and stir to combine before serving.

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Recipes and photographs taken from One Pan Chicken by Claire Thomson. Photography by Sam Folan (Quadrille, £20).
Chicken Paprikash
Recipes and photographs taken from One Pan Chicken by Claire Thomson. Photography by Sam Folan (Quadrille, £20).

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