Chicken Paprika with Sour Cream

This Chicken Paprika Recipe is made in one pan with chicken broth and a delicious sour cream sauce. It is an old-fashioned recipe that is true comfort food for a tasty family meal.

Chicken Paprika

Chicken Paprika is one of those main dishes that makes you nostalgic for the good old days. These are the dishes that generations will always love like Old-Fashioned Braised Beef Stew, Chicken A La King recipe, and Slow Cooker Creamy Italian Chicken.

This easy chicken paprika casserole is from a 1972 Mother’s Day cookbook. It is an oldie but goodie. In my opinion, those recipes with cream of something soup or sour cream in the gravy are the best recipes for down-home cooking comfort.

Ingredients for Chicken Paprika

• Chicken Breasts – 3-4
• Butter – Unsalted
• Chopped Onion
• Paprika
• Chicken Broth
• Salt
• Flour
• Sour Cream – room temperature

Equipment Needed

Large pot or Dutch Oven

How to Make Paprika Chiken

Cut chicken into serving-sized pieces

Melt butter in a large pot

Saute onions until tender

Add paprika, broth, and salt

Brink to a boil and add chicken

Reduce heat to a simmer and place lid on pot

Cook on low heat for about one hour or until chicken is cooked through and tender.

Remove chicken from pot and set aside

Stir flour into sour cream

Pour slowly into liquid, all while whisking

Put chicken back into sour cream mixture

Cover and cook for five minutes or until sauce has thickened – stirring occasionally.

Cooking Tips

If sour cream is too cold, it might curdle. It is best to let sour cream warm up to room temperature or temper the mixture by slowly adding a little bit of the hot juices to warm it up to the same temperature as the hot liquid.

Whisk the sour cream mixture as you add it to distribute it evenly

Recipe FAQs

How Do I Know if Chicken Is Cooked Through?

Chicken should be white with no pink. Juices should run clear. The internal temperature should be 165 degrees Fahrenheit.

How Do I Stop My Sour Cream from Curdling in my Hot Sauce?

Temper the sour cream by whisking a small amount of hot liquid from your sauce to the sour cream – warming the sour cream up to prevent a temperature shock.

Flavor Variations

You can add your flavors to customize this dish. I often add my own touches and spices that I know I enjoy.

Vegetables: You can add vegetables like mushrooms, carrots, or broccoli to this dish. Saute fresh vegetables with at the beginning with the onion. If you add frozen veggies like broccoli, add those with the broth.

Cheese: Sprinkle some cheese into the sour cream gravy to add more flavor and thicken the sauce up even more

Serving Suggestions

I like to serve this dish with Mashed Potatoes or rice.

Side dishes like baked mac and cheese or cowboy baked beans.

Side vegetables like broccoli, sauteed corn and green pepper, or green beans.

Drink choices would include old-fashioned drinks like lemonade punch.

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