One-Pot Chicken Paprika Is a Weeknight Winner

If you are looking to expand your family’s palate on weeknights, try this easy, one-pot take on Hungarian chicken paprikash. Kristina Vanni/TNS

With traditional paprikash, chicken is served in a thick, creamy paprika sauce over a bed of egg noodles. In this streamlined recipe, you rub a paprika-based spice mixture on bone-in chicken thighs, sear the chicken in a skillet, then toast rice and veggies in the chicken drippings. The chicken goes back into the skillet, then the whole thing goes into the oven for 30 minutes. Fluff the rice with a fork, add a few chopped herbs, and dinner is served!

A Few Tips

Use chicken thighs. I prefer them to chicken breasts because they are more flavorful and budget-friendly. Go for the bone-in, skin-on thighs for the most succulent, tender results.