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Chicken paprikash with cream and lemon

Name: Chicken paprikash with cream and lemon
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Slovak
Ingredients: 1 Onion; 4 tbsp Vegetable oil; 1 Chicken bouillon; 500 g Chicken breasts; 3 tsp Salt; 3 tsp Sweet paprika; 3 tsp All-purpose flour; 1 Cream; 1 Lemon

Chicken breasts simmered with onion, sweet paprika, and bouillon in a sauce finished with cream and lemon. Makes 4 servings.

Slovak cuisine · Translated from Slovak · October 24, 2026 · High-protein recipe · 31 g protein per serving

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Recipe at a glance

Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 45 min
Servings: 4 servings
Difficulty: Easy
Cuisine: Slovak

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Chicken paprikash with cream and lemon is a classic from Czech cuisine that brings back childhood memories for many. Pieces of chicken breast are sautéed with golden fried onions, then simmered with sweet paprika and bouillon until tender. The sauce is thickened with a flour-and-water slurry, mellowed with cream, and brightened with lemon. If you like spicier food, add a few chili peppers at the end.

Instructions

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Finely chop the onion and fry it in the oil until golden. When it starts to brown, add the chicken pieces seasoned with salt and pepper and sauté for 5 minutes.
Stir in the sweet paprika and bouillon. Simmer the chicken until tender, then remove it from the pot.
Thicken the sauce in the pot with a slurry of all-purpose flour and water. Strain the thickened sauce, then return the chicken to it.
Stir in the cream and season the sauce with salt and a little lemon juice. Serve with pasta or Czech-style bread dumplings.

Tip: Whisk the cold water and flour until smooth, then pour the slurry into the sauce while stirring constantly to prevent lumps. Add the lemon a little at a time, tasting as you go.

Nutrition facts

Approximate values per serving, calculated from the ingredients

Energy: 434 kcal
Protein: 31 g
Carbohydrates: 11 g
of which sugars: 4.7 g
Fat: 30 g
of which saturates: 8.7 g
Fiber: 1.9 g
Salt: 6.1 g

Calculated from the raw ingredients, without frying oil. Where an amount is “to taste”, typical amounts are used. Food composition: USDA FoodData Central and product labels.

This recipe was translated from the Slovak original: Kura na paprike so smotanou a citrónom