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Recipe of the Week – Chicken Paprikash
(from www.emealsforyou.com/Chicken Entrees/Chicken Paprikash)
Tradition, not quite the loud and strong TRADITION sung about by Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof; but tradition none the less. Most of us probably have a meal that remains in our memory from our youth. One of those meals that always brings a smile to our lips. One we hopefully have continued today, passing along the comfort to the next generation and possibly, no hopefully, the one beyond that. Tradition.
My father had a rather large, 15 inch, copper-bottomed frying pan. About twice a month he would put that “puppy” on the stove and make wonderful, comforting Chicken Paprikash and dumplings. You knew what he was cooking as soon as you opened the back door. It was always amazing how many of us could get around the kitchen table and eat the seemingly bottomless pan of wonderful chicken and sour cream gravy. The chicken was always complimented by an endless supply of dumplings; solid, toothsome dumplings; not the light and fluffy kind made with Bisquik, but belly bombs, fulfilling, satisfying.
After my father died I beat my siblings to the pan; they still don’t forgive me. We continued to make the chicken and dumplings when our kids were growing up. It soon became their favorite as well; the “birthday” dinner of choice, in fact it became the dinner of choice of our neighbors’ kids. I am now happy to inform you that our kids make chicken and dumplings all the time themselves. I am sure that when their kids are old enough to ask for their own” birthday” dinner they too will choose the Chicken Paprikash. Tradition!
The dish is good, in fact it is very good, but I am not sure whether it is the food or the tradition that makes it special. Either way I invite you to start a “Tradition” in your home.
P.S. I have included the dumpling recipe as well, just in case.
Chicken Paprikash
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 4 |
| Category: | Chicken Entrée |
| Meal: | New Neighbors (Share-a-Meal Plans) |
| 2 | Tb | oil, olive |
| 2 | large | chicken breasts cut in half |
| 4 | medium | chicken thighs |
| 4 | medium | chicken legs |
| 1 | large | onion, yellow ,quartered |
| 1 | 15 oz can | chicken broth |
| 2 | Tb | paprika, sweet |
| 3 | Tb | flour |
| 8 | oz | sour cream |
| 3 | Tb | water |
Place oil in large pan, brown chicken, add onions and sauté for 3 minutes. Add broth to just cover chicken, sprinkle paprika on chicken. Reduce heat to simmer, cook for 20 minutes, until chicken is tender. Remove chicken to platter. Mix flour, sour cream and water in bowl, add some of the juice from the pan to temper, add to gravy to thicken. Salt to taste. Spoon over chicken and serve with dumplings.
Serve with a small side salad.
Dumplings
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 4 |
| Category: | Starch |
| Meal: | New Neighbors (Share-a-Meal Plans) |
| 3 | cup | flour, all-purpose |
| 0.25 | tsp | salt, table |
| 0.25 | tsp | baking powder |
| 2 | large | egg |
| 4 | oz | water, hot |
Mix flour, salt, baking powder and eggs in mixer or food processor. Add just enough water to make a loose dough. Drop teaspoonfuls into salted, boiling water. Cook for 3-5 minutes. Dumplings will float. Drain and serve.
From the New Neighbors (Share-a-Meal Plans) at emealsforyou.com
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