My husband is a creature of habit when it comes to dinners. He FREAKS OUT when I change a recipe that he loves, and if he had his way, I'd make many of the same dishes over and over. So, when I made Chicken Paprikash for the first time this past weekend and he loved it, he made a declaration. He decided that we need to do a better job keeping track of our family favorites. The easiest way to do that is by just making that a category on the blog, so here it is. Family favorites.
The latest issue of Saveur is the annual 100 recipe, where they publish 100 fabulous things. This year, the issue was especially interesting because all of the articles were user submitted. It was kind of like reading eGullet or my food blogs but on paper. So enjoyable. And the recipes they included (not enough, by the way) were really enticing.
The Chicken Paprikash was written about towards the end of the issue in an article about a woman's mom and the delicious Paprikash she'd make for the family. This was so, so good. It was filling, and rich, and the chicken was moist. It was just amazing, and we all loved it. We ate this Sunday night, and it was much needed, as I had run 8.5 miles that morning. We will certainly be making this again.
A few notes: I cooked it a lot longer than they said, and it was fine (though I had it on extremely low heat). I also just added the whole pepper to the dish instead of reserving some as garnish. Finally, the dumplings were really yummy, but they were HUGE. I think next time I'll use my spaetzle maker so that they are smaller and more tender.
I love this dish and vow to make it soon. Le Dog in Ann Arbor also has a very nice soup version.
Posted by: Laurie | Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at 05:16 PM
Le Dog in Ann Arbor has a nice version of everything. I miss their bisque!!!
Posted by: foodmomiac | Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at 05:19 PM
When I was taking eating classes(lifestyle changes) in New England they had a night where the leader was doing cooking. Her Paprikash looked nothing like that appetizing picture. So I'm going to assume there's a lot more calories in this dish then the one I saw?
Posted by: kyooty | Friday, January 22, 2010 at 05:52 AM