Hungarian Roasted Pepper and Paprika Chicken

Tonight, I decided to make the chicken dish that Rachel Ray made last week, Hungarian Roasted Pepper and Paprika Chicken.

First, I started by roasting 2 green bell peppers and 1 red chili pepper on the gas eye of the stove.  The recipe called for red bell peppers, but of course I couldn't find those in our tiny town.

Once those were blackened, I put them in a bowl and covered them with saran wrap to cool.  Meanwhile, I chopped a small onion, 2 cloves of garlic, and some parsley and thyme and added those to a blender with 1 cup of chicken stock (which I made by myself and froze by the way :-)).   I blended the ingredients until they were pureed.

Next, I heated 2 TBS of EVOO in a skillet and browned salt and peppered chicken breasts on both sides.

Meanwhile, I also set a pot of water to boil for some noodles and another saucepan to make the sauce.  In the saucepan, I melted 3 TBS of butter and added 3 TBS of flour to make a roux.

To the roux, I added 1 cup of milk, salt, pepper, and 1/2 cup of sour cream.  I thickened this sauce and then added 3 TBS of paprika and the roasted pepper puree.

Once I blended the sauce, I placed the chicken in my Rachel Ray browning dish (because I rock like that) and covered it with the homemade roasted pepper sauce and covered with shredded Gouda cheese.  Then, I placed the dish in the oven to continue baking for 20 minutes.

  


P.S.  I was to lazy to take out the pizza  stone, so I just sat the dish on top of it.  Oh well.








While the chicken was baking, I added wide egg noodles to the boiling water and boiled until they were tender.  Then, I drained them and added a heaping tablespoon of poppy seeds, 4 Tbs of butter, and 1/4 cup of chopped green onions.  The recipe called for chives, but I didn't have them nor couldn't find them.

Here is what it looks like all plated up!!!

The sauce made way too much for 5 small pieces of chicken breast, so I froze the rest for another day.  The same goes for the cheese.

My uncle, husband, and I ate this dish and we all liked it very much.  Darren and I both gave it an A and my Uncle Ed ate 2 plates (even though he claims not to eat carbs (-;) and said the it tasted very good.  The noodles were very good with the sauce and the chicken covered in cheese and sauce is good in my book ANY day of the week.  Would I make this again?  Of course!  Especially since the hardest and most time consuming part is already in my freezer! :-)