Chicken Paprikash

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 chicken legs, bone skin on (you can use a small cut up chicken or bone on skin on breasts)
• salt and pepper
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil (or bacon fat)
• 2 large onions, sliced
• 2 cups sliced mushrooms
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 teaspoon dried thyme
• 2 tablespoons sweet hungarian paprika
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste
• 1/2 cup canned tomato (diced with their juice)
• 1 cup chicken stock
• 1/2 cup dry wine
• 1 large bay leaf
• 2 teaspoons worcestershire sauce
• 1 dash hot sauce
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch (mixed up in a little water)
• 1 cup sour cream (i use low fat)

Recipe

• 1 season chicken with salt & pepper.
• 2 brown well in a large skillet in oil.
• 3 remove chicken, keep warm.
• 4 add onions, mushrooms, and garlic to skillet and saute. season with thyme, salt and pepper.
• 5 now add paprika to vegetables and saute a few minutes till paprika loses its rawness.
• 6 add tomato paste and saute a minute or so till some of its moisture evaporates.
• 7 add wine and bring to a boil.
• 8 add tomatoes, chicken stock, wine, bay leaf, worcestershire sauce and hot sauce.
• 9 taste for salt & pepper, and adjust seasonings.
• 10 add chicken back to pan.
• 11 cover and simmer about 35 - 45 minutes.
• 12 remove chicken and keep warm.
• 13 thicken sauce with constarch slurry.
• 14 when it is thickened and the seasonings have been adjusted, add sour cream and gently warm sauce through.
• 15 add chicken back to pan in sauce and gently heat through.
• 16 serve with egg noodles.
• 17 yummo.