Looking for a unique chicken soup recipe? Creamy Chicken Paprikash Soup with Gnocchi is rich with flavor and only takes 30 minutes to make. This recipe is a fun take on the original Hungarian recipe, Chicken Paprikash. Use sweet or Hungarian paprika to make this recipe taste authentic.
What is Chicken Paprikash made of?
Authentic Hungarian Chicken Paprikash is made of bone-in chicken pieces browned in butter, some Hungarian paprika, salt and flour for the roux, chopped onions, broth and finished with sour cream. It's a simple dish that has amazing flavor. Just add more broth and some tomato paste to make this hearty dish a cozy soup. We use gnocchi instead of homemade dumplings to make it an easy weeknight dinner.
What does Chicken Paprikash Soup taste like?
Chicken Paprikash Soup is a perfect combination of savory, warm and peppery with a little tang from the dollop of sour cream. This bright orange chicken recipe is basically a tomato and roasted red pepper soup and is the definition of comfort food. Make sure to have some crusty bread alongside it!
How do you make Creamy Chicken Paprikash Soup with Gnocchi?
Start by browning some cut up chicken breasts in butter. Stir in some paprika, salt and flour and cook for a few minutes until the flour is absorbed. Pour in two cartons of room temperature chicken broth and let simmer for 15 minutes until it gets a little thick. Carefully dump in the gnocchi and simmer another 10 minutes. Turn off the heat and stir in some sour cream.
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Creamy Chicken Paprikash Soup with Gnocchi
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 6 servings 1x
Description
Looking for a unique chicken soup recipe? Creamy Chicken Paprikash Soup with Gnocchi is rich with flavor and only takes 30 minutes to make.
Ingredients
- 4 Tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 lb chicken breast, roughly cut into 1" pieces
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 2 Tablespoons flour
- 2 Tablespoons sweet paprika
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper, optional but highly suggested
- 1 Tablespoon tomato paste
- 8 cups chicken broth, 2 cartons
- 1 package gnocchi
- 1/2 cup sour cream
Garnish
- Parsley
- Extra Sour Cream
Instructions
- Melt 4 tablespoons of butter in a large pot over medium high heat.
- Toss in the chicken pieces and cook until browned slightly for around 7-10 minutes stirring occasionally. Remove the chicken from the pot and set aside in a bowl. It's okay if it's not cook all the way through because we will add it back to the pot to finish cooking.
- Add the chopped onions to the hot pot and cook until soft. Throw in the flour, sweet paprika, salt, cayenne pepper and tomato paste and cook until the flour has absorbed which takes 2-3 minutes.
- Pour in 1 cup of broth stirring frequently to blend and smooth out the flour paste. Once the lumps have smoothed out add the additional 7 cups of broth and give it a good stir.
- Turn up the heat to bring everything to a boil and carefully plop the packaged gnocchi into the soup and the chicken and let simmer for another 10-15 minutes.
- Turn off the heat and let cool a little bit before stirring in the sour cream. (If the soup is too hot the sour cream will become grainy and separate.)
- Serve with your choice of garnishes and some crusty bread!
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The cayenne pepper brings out more of the paprika flavor and adds a warming component to this yummy soup.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Soup
- Method: One Pot
- Cuisine: Hungarian
Keywords: chicken paprikash, chicken recipe, soup recipe, 30 minute meal, easy recipe
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Alexandria Summerfield
Great tasting easy soup. I did mix it up a bit I added some fresh red peppers and as I couldn't get gnocchi I swapped it out for pasta. But I loved it my husband loved it and even my fussy kids.
★★★★★