Chicken Paprikash (Uncle Mitch)

By ezunich

Ingredients

• 2 whole fryer chickens, cut up
• 1 medium onion, diced
• 1/3 cup Sweet Hungarian Paprika
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 8-12 oz sour cream
• 2 cans chicken broth
• Spaetzle
• 3 cups flour
• 3 eggs
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 cup water, if necessary

Preparation

Step 1

Saute onions in about 1/3 cup oil in a large skillet. Add 1/3 cup paprika

Place chicken in skillet to fry, dusting one side again with paprika. Brown 6-8 minutes on each side. Turning occasionally. Take chicken out and place in a roasting pan.

Add chicken broth until it covers chicken. Cover the pan and bake at 375° for 2 hours or until chicken is tender.

Remove chicken from roaster. Cover and set aside. Put roaster on top of stove and bring to a slow boil.

Gravy: Mix sour cream into some of the hot north from roaster, whisking until smooth. Add back to roaster and boiling broth.

Make spaetzle.
Mix ingredients in a bowl. dust hands and mix with flour. Knead into a ball. Flatten to 1/4 inch thick. Boil chicken broth in a pot. Keeping a spoon wet, section off pieces of spaetzle dough. Remove when float to the top. Put in cool water.
Serve.