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Hungarian-Style Paprika Chicken with Potatoes

Dinner 🍽️Lunch 🥪 Austrian 🇦🇹German 🇩🇪Polish 🇵🇱 High-Protein 💪Sugar-FreeGluten-FreeComfort-Food

Hungarian-Style Paprika Chicken with Potatoes features tender chicken simmered with bacon-rendered onions, warm paprika, and aromatic caraway, finished with a tangy sour cream sauce. The potatoes soak up the savory juices, creating a rich, balanced bite in every forkful. Serve it for a cozy family dinner or a comforting weekend meal alongside dumplings or crusty bread.

  • Prep15 mins
  • Cook1 hr 30 mins
  • Serves4
  • DifficultyMedium
Hungarian-Style Paprika Chicken with Potatoes
  1. 1

    Put the bacon in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat, turning now and then, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Drain the bacon on paper towels and crumble it. Keep 1 tablespoon of the bacon grease in the skillet.

  2. 2

    Season the chicken pieces with salt and pepper. Add the chicken to the skillet with the bacon grease and cook over high heat until golden brown on all sides, about 10 minutes. Move the chicken to a plate.

  3. 3

    Cook and stir the onions in the same skillet until softened, 5 to 10 minutes. Lower the heat to low and stir the paprika and caraway seeds into the onions; add the chicken. Cover the skillet and cook for 30 minutes. Add the potatoes to the chicken mixture, cover again, and cook until the potatoes are tender and the chicken is no longer pink in the center, about 30 more minutes. Transfer the chicken and potatoes to a serving dish.

  4. 4

    Stir the sour cream, parsley, and garlic powder into the same skillet until the sauce is smooth and creamy, 3 to 5 minutes. Pour the sauce over the chicken and potatoes and sprinkle with the bacon.