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Chicken Paprikash

A paprika‑flavored chicken dish with yogurt, sour cream, onions, garlic, mushrooms, and sherry stock.

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Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Chicken Paprikash

Oven375 °F

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Preheat oven to 375 °F.

  2. In a small bowl, combine the sherry and chicken stock.

  3. Pound the chicken breasts to ¼‑inch thickness.

  4. In a small bowl, combine the yogurt, sour cream, and paprika.

Cook the vegetables

  1. In a 10‑inch non‑stick fry pan, brown the onions, garlic, and mushrooms by adding 1 tablespoon of the combined liquid, stirring until the pan dries, then repeating with another tablespoon of liquid. Season the vegetables with salt and pepper.

  2. Transfer the vegetables to a plate and set the pan aside.

Cook the chicken and finish

  1. Reheat the 10‑inch pan, adding 2 tablespoons of the combined liquid. Lay the chicken pieces in the pan and cook on medium‑high heat for 2 minutes.

  2. Turn the chicken over, add the remaining 2 tablespoons of liquid to the pan, and cook the chicken for a final 2 or 3 minutes.

  3. Reduce heat to low.

  4. Stir 1 tablespoon of the hot stock from the pan into the yogurt mixture, then pour the yogurt over the chicken pieces, stirring to coat them well.

  5. Heat for 1 minute.

  6. Stir in the onions and mushrooms, and cook for 1 more minute.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

359Calories
52 gProtein
5 gFat
22 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 8 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Chicken100g cooked165
Yogurt170g plain Greek100
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Wine2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml)25
Mushrooms1/2 cup sliced (35g)15
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Chicken + mushroomtop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,172 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-butyl acetate (fruity, banana).

  3. Clove + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together17,451 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  4. Sherry + mushroomtop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,176 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-methoxy-4-methylphenol (smoky, clove).

  5. Garlic + mushroomtop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,700 recipes

    Shared aroma: linalool (floral, citrus).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Chicken breasts
Provides the main protein; pounding to even thickness helps it cook through evenly.
Plain non-fat yogurt
Forms a tangy sauce that gently coats the chicken and adds moisture.
Reduced-fat sour cream
Adds richness and creaminess to the sauce, smoothing its texture.
Sweet hungarian paprika
Gives the sauce its characteristic sweet, earthy flavor and red color.
Fresh mushrooms
Release moisture as they cook, adding savory depth and a tender texture.
Onion
Softens and sweetens as it browns, building the base flavor of the sauce.

The step that matters

Keep the heat low when adding the yogurt mixture. Yogurt and sour cream can curdle and separate when exposed to high heat, so reducing the heat before adding them keeps the sauce smooth.

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sherry, chicken, onion, garlic, mushroom, pepper, yogurt):

  1. Thymefits better
  2. Cuminfits better
  3. Corianderfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sherry, chicken, onion, garlic, mushroom, pepper, yogurt. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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