Hungarian Chicken Paprikash with Mushrooms
and egg noodles / green beans
When we first featured this meal in 2019, so many community members included mushrooms in the sauce that we wanted to bring it back with that delicious update. We also heard that many people liked this with some spice, so feel free to add a pinch of cayenne or red pepper flakes.
Smarts: The amount of flavor you get from your paprika will vary depending on how long the spice has been sitting in your pantry. Increase the amount a bit if you know your paprika is on the older side.
Ingredients
- Green beans - 1 lb, trimmed
- Oil, olive - 1 Tbsp
- Vinegar, red or white wine - 1 tsp
- Mustard, Dijon - 1 tsp
- Onions, medium and red - 1/2, diced
- Bell peppers, red - 1, diced
- Garlic - 4 cloves, chopped
- Chicken thighs, boneless and skinless - 4
- Mushrooms, any button - 8 oz, sliced (look for pre-sliced)
- Chives - 1 Tbsp, chopped
- Oil, cooking - 1 Tbsp + 1 Tbsp
- Vinegar, apple cider - 2 tsp
- Butter - 2 Tbsp
- Flour, all-purpose - 3 Tbsp
- Paprika - 1 Tbsp (use Hungarian sweet paprika if you have it, but regular paprika will work fine)
- Tomato paste - 1 Tbsp
- Tomatoes, diced and preferably fire-roasted (14 oz / 397 g) - 1 can
- Water - 1 cup
- Sour cream - 1/2 cup (sub plain or Greek yogurt)
- Lemon juice - 2 tsp
- Egg noodles - 8 oz (sub fusilli or rotini)
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Prep
- Green beans / Onions / Bell peppers / Garlic - Prep as directed. Combine onions and bell peppers in one container. Store green beans and garlic in their own containers. (Can be done up to 5 days ahead)
- Noodles - Boil noodles according to package directions. (Can be done up to 3 days ahead)
- Chicken - Tenderize with a fork and season with some salt and pepper. (Can be done 1 day ahead)
- Mushrooms / Chives - Prep as directed.
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Make
- Heat oven to 400F / 204C degrees.
- While oven is warming up, heat a Dutch oven with first portion of cooking oil over medium-high heat. Add chicken thighs. Cook on both sides until golden brown but not cooked through, 6 to 8 minutes total. Set chicken aside.
- To Dutch oven, add second part of cooking oil and then mushrooms. Saute until mushrooms are tender, 6 to 8 minutes (adding some water if the pan starts to look dry). Season mushrooms with some salt.
- Add apple cider vinegar to pan, scraping up any browned bits.
- Add butter to pan and then onions and bell peppers. Saute until soft, 2 to 3 minutes.
- Add garlic, flour, and paprika and stir until no dry spots remain.
- Add tomato paste, tomatoes (including liquid), and water over aromatics. Bring to a simmer, scraping up any brown bits on the bottom of the pan.
- Add chicken back to pan and nestle into sauce. Reduce temperature to a low simmer. Cover and simmer until chicken is cooked through, 10 to 15 minutes (depending on size of chicken thighs).
- While chicken cooks, whisk together olive oil, wine vinegar, and mustard. Toss with green beans.
- Spread green beans out on a sheet pan. Season with some salt and pepper. Roast until green beans are tender and brown in spots, shaking the pan halfway through cooking, ~15 minutes.
- When chicken is done, move pan off heat. Remove 1 cup / 237 mL of sauce from chicken (for 4 servings; adjust if customizing) and combine with sour cream. Pour sauce / sour cream back over chicken and stir everything together to combine. Season with some salt and pepper.
- Squeeze lemon juice over chicken and top with chives.
- If noodles were made ahead, reheat in the microwave. (You can toss them with some oil or butter if they seem dry.)
- Serve chicken and sauce over noodles with green beans on the side. Enjoy!
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Reviews
Ratings
Most Helpful
Was good but I think next time I'm gonna use a bit more spices to bring out the flavor even more.
1 Helpful23 reviews
Used chicken beat since I am not a fan of thighs- 28 oz. Also upped cabbage. Still more than enough sauce, but since I don't follow paleo in truth, I used bread to sop it up.
0 HelpfulThere were a lot of moving parts to this recipe, especially for a week night. I may just not be a fan of paprika, (or I just need to buy better spice) but it wasn't very flavorful. I don't think I will make this one again.
0 HelpfulKids didn’t love the mushrooms, but it was edible to them which is rave reviews. Note to self: do not use frozen beans for this. They turned out wilted and mushy.
0 HelpfulI could only find hot Hungarian paprika and while I don’t usually like spice, it gave it really nice flavor. I made the original version of this from a few years ago and thought it was bland. This version with the type of paprika I used was a big improvement!
0 HelpfulMy kids are really, really into egg noodles lately. The thigh meat was so flavorful with the sauce.
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