Chicken Paprikash with Sour Cream
A classic Hungarian comfort dish featuring tender chicken legs slow-cooked with onions in a rich paprika sauce, finished with sour cream and fresh dill. The combination of sweet and hot paprika gives this dish its characteristic deep red color and complex flavor.
Ingredients
- •2 medium onions
- •1 teaspoon kosher salt
- •1 tablespoon sweet paprika
- •1 teaspoon hot paprika
- •1 clove garlic
- •3 pounds chicken legs
- •½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- •1½ teaspoons olive oil
- •1½ teaspoons unsalted butter
- •½ cup chicken stock
- •¼ cup sour cream
- •2 tablespoons fresh dill
- •1 piece slow cooker
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
In slow cooker, stir together onions, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and paprika. Spread mixture evenly over bottom of insert.
5 min
- 2.
Rub garlic halves over chicken, then sprinkle chicken with pepper and remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt. In medium saucepan over moderately high heat, heat butter and oil until hot but not smoking. Add chicken pieces and brown, turning occasionally, until golden, about 6 minutes. Transfer to slow cooker (do not clean pan), layering chicken on top of onion mixture.
10 min
- 3.
In same saucepan over high heat, bring stock to simmer, scraping up browned bits from bottom of pan. Pour over chicken in slow cooker, cover, and cook on low until chicken is tender but not falling off bone, 5 to 6 hours.
360 min
- 4.
Stir sour cream into sauce. Garnish with dill and serve.
5 min
