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Chicken Paprikash
Csirkepaprikás — tender chicken thighs braised in a velvety, paprika-scented sauce finished with sour cream, served with egg noodles.
⏱ 65 min🔥 510 kcalEasy
★4.7(1,634)
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Hungarian Chicken Recipes
10 recipes using chicken — Goulash, chicken paprikash, lángos — bold paprika-spiced Carpathian cuisine.
These 10 hungarian chicken recipes are ready in about 72 minutes on average, with 385–680 kcal per serving, and 10% are rated easy enough for a weeknight. Every recipe includes exact ingredient quantities, step-by-step instructions and full nutrition per serving.
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How Hungarian cuisine cooks with chicken
Hungarian cuisine — Goulash, chicken paprikash, lángos — bold paprika-spiced Carpathian cuisine — brings its own distinctive techniques and seasonings to every ingredient it touches. When Hungarian cooks work with chicken, they reach for its own regional aromatics, fats and signature spice blends, and the techniques that come up most across these recipes are simmering, braising, boiling and frying.
The world's most-cooked protein — mild, lean and endlessly adaptable to almost any spice profile or cooking method. In this collection it's most often cooked with fine sea salt, sweet hungarian paprika, sour cream, all-purpose flour, eggs and onion. The dishes here span hungarian classics ready in as little as 42 minutes to slower, more involved cooking that rewards a relaxed afternoon.
Reader favourite: Chicken Paprikash is the highest-rated dish in this collection at 4.9★ from 2,640 ratings.
10 Hungarian Chicken Recipes
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Csirke Paprikás
Hungary's most celebrated chicken dish — bone-in chicken simmered in a vibrant paprika sauce finished with sour cream, served with egg dumplings (nokedli).
⏱ 70 min🔥 560 kcalMedium
★4.9(1,780)
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Chicken Paprikash
Hungarian chicken paprikash: bone-in chicken braised in a creamy paprika-sour cream sauce, silky and mild, served over dumplings or egg noodles.
⏱ 80 min🔥 680 kcalMedium
★4.9(2,640)
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Hungarian Market Lemon Herb Rice Bowl
Hungarian Market Lemon Herb Rice Bowl brings hungarian flavor to a practical rice bowl built with chicken thighs, paprika, sour cream, caraway and peppers, and a fresh parsley finish.
⏱ 42 min🔥 385 kcalMedium
★4.8(11,510)
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Hungarian Mountain Green Herb Salad
Hungarian Mountain Green Herb Salad brings hungarian flavor to a practical salad built with grilled chicken, paprika, sour cream, caraway and peppers, and a fresh parsley finish.
⏱ 58 min🔥 469 kcalMedium
★4.5(11,626)
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Csirkepaprikás (Hungarian Chicken Paprikash)
Bone-in chicken braised in a rich sour cream and paprika sauce, traditionally served over egg noodle dumplings (nokedli).
⏱ 70 min🔥 460 kcalMedium
★4.5(89)
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Hortobágyi Palacsinta (Hungarian Savory Stuffed Crepes)
Thin savory crepes filled with a paprika-braised chicken filling, topped with a creamy paprika sauce.
⏱ 90 min🔥 420 kcalMedium
★4.5(66)
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Hungarian Paprika Roast Chicken (Csirke Paprikás Style)
A whole chicken rubbed with sweet paprika and roasted until deeply golden — a simplified, roasted take on Hungary's beloved paprikás flavor.
⏱ 95 min🔥 440 kcalMedium
★4.6(34)
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Hortobágyi Palacsinta (Hungarian Savory Crepes with Paprikás Chicken)
Thin Hungarian crepes filled with paprika chicken (paprikás csirke), rolled and topped with more of the same creamy paprika sauce.
⏱ 70 min🔥 460 kcalMedium
★4.7(46)
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Hungarian Holiday Plate: Chicken Paprikás with Nokedli
A classic Hungarian holiday-table plate of chicken paprikás and hand-rolled nokedli dumplings, finished with sour cream.
⏱ 80 min🔥 620 kcalHard
★4.8(621)
Choosing & preparing chicken
How to choose
Look for plump, pinkish flesh with no grey patches and a clean smell. Thighs stay juicier than breasts and forgive overcooking; bone-in, skin-on pieces deliver the most flavour.
Prep & storage
Pat dry before searing for proper browning, and bring it to room temperature for 15 minutes so it cooks evenly. Marinades with acid or yoghurt tenderise lean breast meat.
When is it done?
Cook to an internal temperature of 74°C / 165°F — the juices should run clear and there should be no pink at the bone.
Nutrition
A lean, high-protein choice: a skinless breast delivers roughly 31 g of protein per 100 g with very little saturated fat.
Classic flavour partners: garlic, lemon, thyme, ginger, paprika, yoghurt
Hungarian Chicken Recipes — FAQ
How long do Hungarian chicken recipes take to make?
Most of these 10 Hungarian chicken recipes are ready in around 72 minutes from start to finish. The quickest, Hungarian Market Lemon Herb Rice Bowl, takes about 42 minutes, while the slower-cooked dishes run up to 95 minutes.
How many calories are in Hungarian chicken dishes?
Across this collection they range from about 385 to 680 kcal per serving, averaging 500 kcal — Hungarian Market Lemon Herb Rice Bowl is the lightest option at 385 kcal.
What is the easiest Hungarian chicken recipe for beginners?
Chicken Paprikash is a great place to start — it's rated easy and comes together in about 65 minutes. 10% of the recipes here are beginner-friendly.
What goes well with chicken in Hungarian cooking?
In these recipes, chicken is most often paired with fine sea salt, sweet hungarian paprika, sour cream, all-purpose flour, eggs and onion. Hungarian kitchens also lean on its own regional aromatics, fats and signature spice blends.
How do I know when chicken is properly cooked?
Cook to an internal temperature of 74°C / 165°F — the juices should run clear and there should be no pink at the bone.
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