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Family Chicken Paprika

Chicken paprika! Winner winner chicken dinner :) Kids even had seconds. Easy, cheap, yummy slow cooker meal.
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Serving: 4
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 6 hours
Total Time 6 hours 20 minutes

Ingredients
 

  • 8 large chicken drumsticks
  • 1 tablespoon or Vegeta
  • 2 cups of plain flour
  • 2 tablespoons of tomato paste
  • 2 tablespoons of sweet paprika
  • 1 brown onion, sliced
  • 250g stick of butter
  • 100ml of sour cream
  • 3 cups of water
  • 500g of spiral pasta or any you prefer
  • Dash of pepper

Instructions
 

  • Combine the flour, vegeta, 1 tablespoon of paprika in a large bowl season with pepper.
  • Add the chicken and gently toss to evenly coat in flour mix ( keep flour mix aside for later)
  • Add 150g of butter into fry pan on a medium heat until foaming, add chicken and cook evenly until evenly brown and set aside.
  • In slower cooker add rest of butter and saute onion until transparent. And butter is melted.
  • Add tomato paste, half a cup of the flour mix, 1 tablespoon of paprika a dash of pepper and stir until a nice paste .
  • Add chicken to slow cooker and coat in paste as well as possible. ( don't worry too much as water will be added)
  • Make sure all chicken is compacted together nicely as when adding water you just want the water sitting just below top of chicken. (too much water makes it to runny)
  • Mix all ingredients well in slow cooker.
  • Cook on low heat in slow cooker for 6hrs
  • After this time remove chicken and either shred from bone or breast. Leave aside.
  • Meanwhile boil pasta
  • Add sour cream to slow cooker and stir well.
  • Replace chicken back in slow cooker.
  • Strain pasta and add to slow cooker
  • Stir and serve.

Notes

  • This is a family recipe handed down to me. Its an easy hearty meal sure to get the kids asking for more.
  • I cooked this in a contempo 5 in 1 pessure cooker 6 litre