Chicken paprikash meatballs. Give your paprikash a makeover with this chicken meatball version that’s packed with earthy mushrooms and tender bell pepper. Simmered in an amazingly rich and flavorful paprika -infused tomato sauce with sour cream. Serve over buttered noodles for an all time favorite that everyone at your table will love. It’s pure heaven!
With luscious, tender chicken meatballs in a fragrant sauce, this dish is the embodiment of comfort food. It’s packed with flavor, calls for minimal ingredients, and can be made as spicy as you can handle.
Sautéed bell pepper gives this sauce a natural sweetness and the earthy mushrooms add that extra special taste. But the key ingredient is undoubtedly the paprika as it gives a warm touch to the smooth tomato sauce.
This delicious dish also relies on sour cream, to thicken the sauce and to balance the warmth of the paprika. Serve it with some buttered noodles, boiled potatoes or some bread for a fabulous weeknight meal.
Let me guide you through the recipe with this step-by-step VIDEO.
RECIPE NOTES
- this is a super versatile recipe!
- you can leave out the mushrooms or bell pepper
- use red and green bell peppers, or add roasted bell peppers
- add potatoes to the sauce and turn these chicken meatballs into a complete one-pot meal
- if you can find it, use Hungarian mild or hot paprika
- use boneless/skinless chicken thighs
- serve with buttered egg noodles, crusty bread, rice or mashed potatoes
- add a big side salad tossed with a sour cream dressing or a cucumber salad
Try These Next
Cooking Video
Calories Per Serving: 538 kcalChicken Paprikash Meatballs
Ingredients
Chicken Meatballs
Tomato Paprika Sauce
Spices
Instructions
Add the ingredients for the meatballs to a large bowl. Mix until just combined, using your hands. Roll the meat into balls. Notes
Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.
DOWNLOAD PRINTABLE RECIPE PDF
Just made it 🙂 It’s delicious! Like all dishes made from your recipes 🙂 Thank You for your work! It’s pleasure to eat this food. Yum!
Fantastic, I am so happy you’re enjoying the recipes! Thank you so much for your kind comment and following along!