Chicken Paprika & Dumplings

By Taraespo

Family favorite, worth the effort!

Ingredients

• Dumplings:
• 1 med onion, chopped
• 1 stick butter
• 6 chicken breasts
• 1 carrot
• 2 bouillon cubes
• paprika
• 1 T. flour
• 16 oz sour cream
• 2 eggs
• 1 c. warm milk
• 1/4 c. warm watter
• 1 T. butter, melted
• 1 T. yeast
• 2 -3 slices day old bread, cubed
• 4 c. flour
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1 tsp salt

Preparation

Step 1

Dumplings:
Beat eggs until light. Add milk, water, butter and yeast. Let stand 5 minutes until it activates. Sift flour with salt & sugar. Add bread cubes to yeast mixture and stir in 1 cup flour at a time. When well mixed, knead well. Let rise 1 1/2 hours, in clean bowl in warm place. Turn dough into two loaves and let rise another 1/2 hour. Boil in two separate pots for 15 minutes, turn over and boil another 15 minutes. (DO NOT LIFT COVER UNLESS TURNING)

Chicken:
Saute onion in butter. Push onion aside and brown chicken sprinkling with a lot of paprika. Add carrot and eough water to cover 1/2 way. Simmer about 15 minutes and take out chicken and carrot and set aside. Add flour to sour cream, stir in about 1 1/2 cups broth mixture and simmer until thick. Salt to taste. Grate carrot and add to mixture. Return chicken to warm. Serve with dumplings.