Chicken Pörkölt

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; 2 green peppers, diced; 2 medium-sized ripe tomatoes, peeled, seeded and cut into pieces; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 tablespoon tomato purée; 1 tablespoon sweet paprika; 1 tablespoon lard; 3 medium-sized onions, diced

Pörkölt Csirke

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
1

Europe
Hungary
Dinner
Gluten-free
Eastern Europe

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