Hungarian Paprikash
Meat with paprika in a thick sour cream sauce. Hungarian Paprikash is tender veal stewed with bell pepper in a rich sour cream sauce. The dish is generously seasoned with dried paprika, which gives it an especially deep flavor and aroma.
Updated : 15 June, 2026
Easy
About 30 min.
Ingredients
500 grams
Veal
125 grams
Sour cream
60 grams
Onions
120 grams
Bell pepper
2
Garlic
1 cup
Water
2 tablespoon
Vegetable oil
2 tablespoon
Paprika
0.5 tablespoon
Wheat flour
to taste
Salt
to taste
Hot pepper, ground
12
Cherry tomatoes
Table
Table of volume measurements:
- teaspoon - 5 ml
- dessert spoon - 10 ml
- tablespoon - 20 ml
- glass - 200 ml
Preparation
Step 1
How do you make Hungarian Paprikash? Wash the veal and pat it dry with paper towels. Cut it into small portion-sized pieces. Heat a skillet over high heat, pour in the sunflower oil, and heat it well. Fry the veal for 7 minutes, stirring occasionally. Transfer the meat to a separate dish.
Step 2
In the same oil left from frying the veal, sauté the finely chopped onion. There is no need to cook it completely; it should simply brown lightly.
Step 3
Wash the bell pepper and cut it into fairly large pieces. Transfer it to the skillet.
Step 4
Add the garlic, finely grated, and add all the paprika. In fact, the original recipe uses as much as 4 tablespoons of paprika for this amount of meat. But it seemed to me that this would be too much. If you want to try a more authentic Paprikash, feel free to add more paprika.
Step 5
Return the meat to the skillet and add the water. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Step 6
Wash the cherry tomatoes, cut them in half, and add them to the skillet. Simmer the Paprikash over low heat under a closed lid for 30 minutes.
Step 7
Mix the flour thoroughly with the sour cream so there are no lumps. It is convenient to do this with a regular fork or whisk.
Step 8
Add the sour cream mixture to the skillet and mix the dish thoroughly. Heat it until the first bubbles appear. Do not boil it for long, otherwise the sour cream will curdle. Remove from the heat immediately.
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