This recipe originally comes from Croatia’s Hungarian neighbours, and is now a staple of Croatian cuisine. The key ingredient here is ground paprika (I think you guessed that in the name). With this recipe I only used sweet paprika, but you can mix it up and use one tablespoon of sweet and either smoked or hot paprika depending on your preference. I should have at least used half a tablespoon of some hot paprika to give it some kick.
You can make this recipe with larger chicken pieces, like Marylands or just thighs, or a whole chicken cut up into pieces. You can also use meat like beef or venison (venison is amazing) or fish. I will make a fish version in the coming months. Enjoy!
Ingredients:
~ One kilo chicken breasts, diced
~ One tablespoon of oil
~ One tablespoon of butter
~ One red onion, diced
~ 250 grams of mushrooms, sliced
~ Two tablespoons ground sweet paprika
~ One 450 gram can of diced tomatoes
~ One cup of chicken stock
~ One cup of white wine
~ Salt / Pepper (to taste)
~ One tablespoon of parsley
~ 150 grams cooked rice / or crusty bread (to serve)
Method:
- Heat butter and oil in a flat stock pot, add the diced chicken and fry until golden. Add the paprika and sauté for two minutes.
- Remove the chicken and set aside. Add the onion and mushrooms, turn the heat to low and sauté until mushrooms are soft.
- Add the canned tomatoes, stock, wine and season to taste.
- Return the chicken to the pot and add some boiled water, enough to cover the chicken and bring to the boil.
- Turn the heat to low, cover with lid and simmer for 45-50 minutes or until chicken is cooked through.
- Ladle into bowls, sprinkle with parsley and serve with rice or crusty hot bread.
Let me know if you tried this Croatian staple and what you thought
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