File this under: I have a chicken and some onions and need to have dinner on the table in 38 minutes. I adapted this from an old Gourmet recipe and one of the things I changed was to triple the amount of onions because they are the best part of this dish.
Seriously, a delicious from-scratch dinner does not get easier than this.
Paprika Roasted Chicken and Onions
Serves 4
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1 whole chicken cut into 10 pieces (2 each: thighs, drumsticks, 2 breast halves, cut in half, and 2 wings)
3 sweet onions, cut into 1/2″ wedges
1-1/2 tablespoons paprika
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1-1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly-ground black pepper
3 tablespoons olive oil
Preheat oven to 500 degrees.
Place chicken and onions in large bowl, sprinkle with spices and drizzle with olive oil. Mix with a rubber spatula until the chicken and onions are evenly covered with oil and spices. Turn out onto a cookie sheet and cook for 30 minutes, or until chicken is golden brown. Serve.
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I LOVE paprika; there is always bright red, glorious, fragrant Hungarian paprika in my freezer. I get it at the Hungarian Meat Market at 81st Street and Second Avenue. It’s the last hold-out Hungarian store in the neighborhood that once housed most of the Hungarian immigrants in NYC. Last week I bought sausage there to make lesco, using the beautiful tomatoes I put up in September, and I make Gizi’s Chicken Paprikash all the time.
This looks delish – almost like tandoori chicken! I am definitely trying it, but I will use who legs as I prefer dark meat.
Hope your Thanksgiving was wonderful.
Victoria, you are going to have to take me on your own culinary tour of NYC when I’m there next. This will be amazing with good paprika. I often stop by the Spice House for the good stuff but this time just used fresh supermarket brand.
I am also a dark meat person but married to a breast man (fortunately, only in the chicken sense). So we divide up a chicken quite nicely!
This looks great. I have made something similar before. I might make this for dinner tonight.