Red Pepper Chicken Paprikas

Name: Red Pepper Chicken Paprikas (Kuře na paprice/Kurací paprikáš)
Cuisine: Slovakian
Ingredients: 4 skinless chicken breast fillets, or thighs; 4 skinless chicken breast fillets, or thighs; 1 tomato; 25 g/1 oz/2 tbsp butter; 150 g/5 oz smoked bacon, diced; 1 onion, peeled and chopped; 25 ml/1½ tbsp sweet or spicy paprika; 25 ml/1½ tbsp sweet or spicy paprika; 45 ml/3 tsp vegetable oil; 2 red (bell) peppers, seeded and sliced into rings, plus extra to garnish; 200 ml/7 fl oz/scant 1 cup chicken stock; 400 ml/14 fl oz/1⅔ cups sour cream, plus extra to garnish; 30 ml/2 tbsp plain (all-purpose) flour; salt; potato dumplings or bread dumplings, to serve; potato dumplings or bread dumplings, to serve

Kuře na paprice/Kurací paprikáš

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Czech & Slovak Food and Cooking

By Ivana Veruzabova

Published 2015

About

Paprikáš is a Hungarian-influenced dish, eaten in Hungary since the early 19th century but adopted wholeheartedly in the Slovak Republic, also appearing occasionally in the Czech Republic.

Ingredients

4 skinless chicken breast fillets, or thighs
1 tomato
25 g

Europe
Hungary
Slovakia
Czech Republic
Lunch
Side dish
Eastern Europe

Method

Season the chicken pieces with salt. Plunge the tomato into boiling water for 30 seconds, then refresh in cold water. Peel away the skin, remove the seeds and dice the flesh. Set aside.
Heat the butter in a frying pan and fry the bacon and onion until brown. Take the pan off the heat and add the paprika.
Heat the oil in a different frying pan and brow