Dracula Chicken Paprika Recipe

You may have heard that as Halloween approaches, Airbnb is offering you the chance to stay at Count Dracula’s castle in Romania. While we’re not sure we can handle that, we did start thinking about the story of Dracula and Jonathan Harker’s adventures.

The Paprika Hendle

After arriving in Buda-Pesth, Jonothan had a delightful meal which in no way prepared him for what would happen next:

“3 May. Bistritz–Left Munich at 8.35 p.m. on 1st May, arriving at Vienna early next morning. . . . Buda-Pesth seems a wonderful place, from the glimpse which I got of it from the train and the little I could walk through the streets. . . The impression I had was that we were leaving the West and entering the East. . . 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 hendle,’ and that as it was a national dish, I should be able to get it anywhere along the Carpathians” (3).

Want to make a stab (pub intended) at that paprika hendle yourself? Here’s a recipe:

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Chicken Paprika Recipe

A delicious, spicy paprika chicken.

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Ingredients

• 4 pounds chicken drumsticks
• kosher salt
• 1 tbsp canola oil
• 3 tbsp unsalted butter
• 1 large Spanish onion
• 3 cloves garlic peeled and minced
• 3 tbps Hungarian paprika
• 3 tbsp all purpose flour
• 1 large tomato chopped
• 1 cup chicken broth
• 1 pound egg noodles
• 3/4 cup sour cream

Servings MetricUS Imperial Ingredients 4 pounds chicken drumsticks kosher salt 1 tbsp canola oil 3 tbsp unsalted butter 1 large Spanish onion 3 cloves garlic peeled and minced 3 tbps Hungarian paprika 3 tbsp all purpose flour 1 large tomato chopped 1 cup chicken broth 1 pound egg noodles 3/4 cup sour cream

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Instructions

1. Heat an oven to 400C.
2. Season the chicken with salt and pepper.
3. Heat the oil and a tablespoon of butter in an oven safe pan for two minutes.
4. Seat the chicken for 5-7 minutes on each side.
5. Reserve 2 tablespoons of juices in the pot.
6. Sauté the onion in the pot for five minutes.
7. Add the garlic and sauté for four minutes.
8. Add the paprika and the flour.
9. Stir in the tomatoes and broth and whisk until smooth.
10. Add the chicken and place in the oven.
11. Bake for 25-30 minutes.
12. Cook the noodles and drain.
13. Top the chicken with the noodles and top with the sour cream
14. Serve and enjoy.