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Friday, October 14, 2011

My Dads Chicken Parikash(Parika)

  
This recipe is straight out of my head. It may not be exact. :)


Ingredients:
  • 1 cut up fryer. Remove the backs,wing tips,neck and gizzards. (I like to freeze them for making a good broth)
  • 2 cups flour
  • 5 tsp  Hungarian Paprika extra for garnish, plus dried parsley for garnish.
  • 1 and 1/2 cups sour cream
  • 2 bullion cubes
  • 1/2 black pepper
  • 1/2 tsp white pepper
  • Salt
  • 1 T garlic powder plus 1tsp
  • oils- 1/4 cup olive oil plus a 1/3 cup vegetable oil
  • one can diced tomatoes. or 8 Roma tomatoes blanched, then peeled and chopped up, liquids intact
  • 1-2 cup of water
  • options: 1/2 cup chopped mushrooms.
  •  4 cups cooked Pasta

Place flour in a large mixing bowl. Add 3 tsp of the paprika, black pepper, garlic and a dash of salt. Wash and dry chicken thoroughly. Heat oils in a large frying pan.  Lightly dredge the chicken in the flour mixture. Place skin side down and Fry until very light brown, turning as needed. Remove to a platter. Keep warm. Don't over crowd the pan. Fry in  multiple sessions if needed.

Place the tomatoes in a large pot. Add the water to make about 6 cups of liquid all together. Add the bullion, rest of the paprika, the white pepper and the last of the garlic powder. Mix well. Bring to a low simmer. Add the chicken carefully so that you don't splatter yourself. Place breasts and thighs skin side down. Cook in a simmer, until juices run clear when the breast is poked with a fork. About 35 minutes. After 25 minutes add mushrooms if using. Can be put in a crock pot on high for 8 hours.  Remove chicken to a platter, keep warm.( at this point I remove and discard skin, but that's a matter of preference) 

Turn sauce off, add sour cream and mix well.  Place chicken on precooked pasta, then top with the sauce. Garnish with a nice sprinkling of paprika and dried parsley flakes.

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