Wow your guests by making this delicious and easy dish – Chicken Breasts in Paprika Sauce. Perfect for weeknight dinner and elegant enough for a special dinner! The chicken comes out so moist and the yummy sauce adds so much flavor!
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It was Mother’s Day yesterday,so I decided to give my family a treat (I know, shouldn’t it be the other way around?) 🙂 Well,our family day outisusually on a Monday and Sunday is the Lord’s Day, so I didn’t really mind waiting till the next day.
Anyway,I decided to cook them something French — just to try something new. Chicken Breasts in Paprika Sauce – Supremes de Volaille Hongroise. Easier to say it in English, if you ask me. Also, it wasan easy dish to prepare yet itlooks quite elegant too.
Well, it was the rice that accompanied the chickenthatsealed the deal. Am glad myBritish husband did not complain that I was giving him French food.
He did suggest that perhaps next time I should tryto use thehot paprika to give the dish a bit of a kick!You see my hubby loves anything spicy but just like the French I onlyused the mild/sweet paprika for this one.
So, depending on your taste preference, you can use either the sweet or spicy paprika. Either way,I think it’s a winner, especiallyifit is eaten with rice!
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NOTES ON INGREDIENTS FORChicken Breasts in Paprika Sauce
- Butter – melted with a little oil so it doesn’t burn or brown
- Onion,chopped
- Paprika – choose either sweet, spicy or smokey depending on your taste preference ce
- Salt – adjust to taste
- Dry white wine – use a good quality wine – one that you would actually drink
- 1 cup Velouté Sauce (clickhere for recipe)
- Oil
- Chicken breast (about 2 if large or 3 smaller ones), skinned, boned and halved
- Heavy cream
HOW TO MAKEChicken Breasts in Paprika Sauce
STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS for ChickenBreasts in Paprika Sauce.
Melt 1 tbsp of the butter in a small saucepan. I usually add a little bit of oil to the butter to prevent it from burning/browning. Add the onion. Season with the paprika and salt and cook until onion is soft about 5 mins.
Add the white wine.Increase theheat,reducethe wine to about half. Once reduced, lower the heat.
Stir in the velouté sauce. Cook until heated up and everything is fully incorporated.
Set aside and keep warm. Season the chicken halves with salt and additional paprika.
Melt the remaining 1 tbsp of butter with the oil in a large frying pan. When hot, sauté the chicken in the pan for about 3 minutes per side, or until springy when pressed.
Transfer the breasts to a servingplate. Deglaze the pan with the heavy cream.
Pour in the velouté saucemixed with the onions.Cook until heated through.
Pour the sauce over the chicken and serve with steamed rice and green veggies.
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CHICKEN BREASTS IN PAPRIKA SAUCE
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Wow your guests by making this delicious and easy dish – Chicken Breasts in Paprika Sauce. Perfect for weeknight dinner and elegant enough for a special dinner! The chicken comes out so moist and the yummy sauce adds so much flavor!
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Prep Time 10 minutes mins
Cook Time 25 minutes mins
Course Dinner, Main Course
Cuisine French
Servings 6
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp butter, divided
- 1 tbsp oil
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 2 tsp ground paprika sweet or spicy, whatever you fancy
- salt, to taste
- 1/4 cup dry white wine
- 1 cup Velouté Sauce (gravy) see recipe link for veloute sauce in the notes below
- 1 tbsp oil
- 1 lb chicken breasts (about 2 large ones or 3 smaller ones), skinned, boned and halved
- 1/2 cup heavy cream, or to taste
Instructions
Melt 1 tbsp of the butter in a small saucepan. Add a tablespoon of oil, to prevent the butter from burning/browning.
Add the onion. Season with the paprika and salt and cook until onion is soft about 5 mins.
Add the white wine. Increase the heat, reduce the wine to about half. Once reduced, lower the heat. Stir in the velouté sauce (gravy).
Cook until heated up and everything is fully incorporated. Set aside and keep warm. Season the chicken halves with salt and additional paprika.
Melt the remaining 1 tbsp of butter with the oil in a large frying pan. When hot, sauté the chicken in the pan for about 3 minutes per side, or until springy when pressed.
Transfer the breasts to a serving plate. Deglaze the pan with the heavy cream.
Pour in the velouté sauce mixed with the onions. Cook until heated through. Pour the sauce over the chicken and serve with steamed rice and green veggies.
Notes
Find the easy recipe for Veloute Sauce (gravy) here.
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Last updated on October 25th, 2021 at 03:29 pm
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