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Easy Chicken Goulash
A quick an easy midweek twist on a classic, this Easy Chicken Goulash is just as delicious as a traditional beef goulash but is ready in half the time! (Serves 4-6 depending on appetite and accompaniments)
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
1 hr
Servings: 6 people
Calories: 449 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
Hungarian , Eastern European
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 medium onions sliced
- 1 green (bell) pepper sliced
- 1 red (bell) pepper sliced
- 90 g smoked lardons or chopped streaky bacon (I use the little packs of Tesco Finest Lardons)
- 4 teaspoons smoked paprika
- 1 teaspoon caraway seeds
- 3 cloves garlic crushed or grated
- 800g g chicken thigh cut into bite size pieces
- 400 g tin chopped tomatoes
- salt and pepper to taste
To serve...
- Rice or pasta/mash/baked potatoes/bread
- sour cream optional
- 2 tablespoons parsley optional
Instructions
- Put the onion, peppers and olive oil in a large saucepan and fry gently, with the lid on for 5 minutes, until the onions and peppers are softened but not brown.
- Add the lardons (or chopped streaky bacon) and turn up the heat. Fry for 3 minutes until the lardons, peppers and onions have a little colour.
- Turn down the heat and add the paprika, caraway seeds and garlic. Fry for 1 minute.
- Add the chicken, tinned tomatoes, salt and pepper and bring to the boil.
- Turn down the heat, put the lid on and cook for 45 minutes. Add a little splash of water if it gets too dry. Alternatively you can cook this stew in the oven. Cook at 180C (160C fan/ gas mark 4 / 350F) for the same length of time (or longer!)
- Serve with rice, sour cream and a sprinkling of parsley.
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Notes
- This Easy Chicken Goulash will be perfectly cooked and delicious after 45 minutes, but can be cooked for up to 1h30 if you need it to – a longer cook will result in a more concentrated and more developed flavour.
- This goulash can also be cooked in a slow cooker: follow the recipe as above then transfer to your slow cooker and cook for 3 hours on high or 6 hours on low.
- Suitable for freezing.
- Nutrition information is approximate and meant as a guideline only.
Nutrition Information
Calories
449kcal
(22%)
Carbohydrates
12g
(4%)
Protein
25g
(50%)
Fat
33g
(51%)
Saturated Fat
8g
(40%)
Cholesterol
140mg
(47%)
Sodium
294mg
(12%)
Potassium
672mg
(19%)
Fiber
3g
(12%)
Sugar
5g
(10%)
Vitamin A
1710IU
(34%)
Vitamin C
52.4mg
(58%)
Calcium
54mg
(5%)
Iron
2.5mg
(14%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 6people
Amount Per Serving
Calories 449
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 449kcal | 22% |
| Carbohydrates | 12g | 4% |
| Protein | 25g | 50% |
| Fat | 33g | 51% |
| Saturated Fat | 8g | 40% |
| Cholesterol | 140mg | 47% |
| Sodium | 294mg | 12% |
| Potassium | 672mg | 14% |
| Fiber | 3g | 12% |
| Sugar | 5g | 10% |
| Vitamin A | 1710IU | 34% |
| Vitamin C | 52.4mg | 58% |
| Calcium | 54mg | 5% |
| Iron | 2.5mg | 14% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.