paprika hendl

[TasunkaWitko]

from bram stoker's dracula:

"We left in pretty good time, and came after nightfall to Klausenburgh. Here I stopped for the night at the Hotel Royale. I had for dinner, or rather supper, a chicken done up some way with red pepper, which was very good but thirsty. (mem. get recipe for Mina.) I asked the waiter, and he said it was called "paprika hendl" and that, as it was a national dish, I should be able to get it anywhere along the Carpathians. I found my smattering of German very useful here; indeed, I don't know how I should be able to get on without it."

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◦1 chicken cut up or equivalent (i used eight thighs plus six legs)

◦2 large onions, diced
◦About 9 cloves of garlic, peeled
◦2 Quarts tomato juice or V8
◦24 Oz container of sour cream
◦2 TBSP flour
◦2 TSP salt
◦1 TSP pepper
◦7 or 8 heaping tablespoons Hungarian Sweet Paprika.
◦4 or 5 TBSP chicken fat, butter or olive oil

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