Name: Chicken Stroganoff
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Russian
Ingredients: 500 g chicken breast, cut into strips; 250 g mushrooms, sliced; 1 onion, about 150 g, sliced; 2 tbsp butter; 2 tsp smoked paprika; 150 ml chicken stock; 150 ml soured cream; ½ tsp salt; ½ tsp black pepper; 10 g flat-leaf parsley, chopped

Chicken Stroganoff

Strips of chicken breast and mushrooms in a paprika and soured cream sauce, served over rice or noodles.

30 min total Serves 4 servings Easy

Why This Chicken Stroganoff Recipe Works

The first thing you notice is the colour: mushrooms that have gone from pale and wet to deep brown and dry. If they are still pale, they are not ready, and the sauce will taste thin.

Cook the mushrooms alone in a hot pan first, without stirring for the first 3 minutes, until the water has gone. Then take them out, brown the chicken strips in the same pan, and return everything together. Crowding the pan steams the meat instead of browning it.

Stir in the paprika for 30 seconds before the stock goes in, so it cooks without burning. Take the pan off the heat before adding the soured cream. Boiled soured cream splits into grains.

Stir it in gently and the sauce turns pale orange and glossy. Serve over rice or buttered noodles with chopped parsley. Cut the chicken into strips of an even size, so every piece is cooked at the same moment.

Making Chicken Stroganoff

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Fry the mushrooms in half the butter in a hot pan for 6 minutes until browned and dry, then set aside.
Add the rest of the butter and brown the chicken strips for 5 minutes, then add the onion for 3 minutes.
Stir in the paprika for 30 seconds, then the stock, and simmer for 3 minutes.
Return the mushrooms, take the pan off the heat and stir in the soured cream, salt and pepper.
Scatter over the parsley and serve.

Tips for Making Chicken Stroganoff

Cook the mushrooms until dry.
Brown the chicken in a single layer.
Take the pan off the heat before adding the soured cream.
If the sauce is thick, add a splash of stock.

Serving Suggestions

Steamed rice
Buttered noodles
Green beans
Pickled cucumber

Storing & Reheating Chicken Stroganoff

Keeps in the fridge for 2 days. Reheat gently and do not let it boil.