Name: Chicken Pörkölt (Pörkölt Csirke)
Yield: 5 or 6 servings
Cuisine: Hungary
Ingredients: 1 garlic clove, crushed in salt; 1 stewing chicken, 3 to 4 pounds; 1 tablespoon lard; 2 green peppers, diced; 2 medium-sized ripe tomatoes, peeled, seeded and cut into pieces; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 tablespoon tomato purée; 3 medium-sized onions, diced; 1 tablespoon sweet paprika

Preparation info

5 or 6
servings

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Cuisine of Hungary

By George Lang

Published 1982

About

Ingredients

1 stewing chicken, 3 to 4 pounds
3 medium-sized onions, diced
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Method

Cut chicken into serving pieces. Fry onions in lard until they are transparent.
Add chicken pieces, paprika, tomato purée, garlic and salt. Cover and cook for 15 minutes.
Add tomatoes and diced peppers. Cook until chicken is done. Make sure it is not cooked in a lot of liquid, but steamed in its own juice and fat. When the chicken is done, only the “a