Chicken Paprikash

I took a cooking class specifically to learn how to make Chicken Paprikash correctly. The instructor explained why onion is used the way it is — something I'd never understood from just eating it. The deeply flavourful result when you make it yourself is different. Hungarian cuisine was shaped by n…

I ate Chicken Paprikash at three different restaurants in the same week to compare. The results were illuminating. The use of lard varied significantly — only one got it right. The creamy and savoury profile should be consistent but interpretation differs widely. paprika only entered Hungarian cook…

I've now had Chicken Paprikash prepared traditionally and in a modern interpretation. Both are interesting. The traditional version emphasises lard in the way Hungarian cuisine was shaped by nomadic Magyar traditions mixed with Ottoman and Habsburg influences. The deeply flavourful character is more…