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paprikash

paprikash

2 7.7
A Hungarian stew of meat and paprika often served with sour cream
  • noun
  • /ˈpæprɪkæʃ/
translation icon : paprikash
  • For dinner, we enjoyed a rich paprikash made with tender beef and creamy sauce.
  • chicken paprikash

Examples

  • This chicken paprikash is delicious.

  • There were aromas of paprikash and strudel, and the eternal cabbage.

    Academic text (2010)
  • Waiter, there is too much pepper on my paprikash.

  • Waiter, there is too much pepper on my paprikash.

  • Is that paprikash?

  • I picked up some cabbage the other day because it was irresistibly on sale, only to realize that my usual "bake it in a casserole dish with sour cream, bacon, and paprika" recipe used exactly the same flavors as the paprikash I intended to serve it with.

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  • Unique farmhouse and English ales, as well as comfort food like German-style sausage, goulash, stuffed pork schnitzel, and mushroom paprikash, make hanging at this sports mecca a rare pleasure.

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  • I learned how to make paprikash from my grandmother's old recipe book.

  • My favorite dish is paprikash served with a side of fluffy dumplings.

Synonyms

chicken paprikash
vspaprikash
1 6.1

A Hungarian dish of chicken cooked in a paprika sauce with sour cream

is the broader name for similar Hungarian stews using various meats
chicken paprika
vspaprikash
3.4

A dish of chicken in broth with onions and paprika, usually served with sour cream

is the traditional Hungarian stew term rather than this broth variant

Compounds

A Hungarian dish of chicken cooked in a paprika sauce with sour cream

How Rich

ragout
3 7.9
paprikash
2 7.7
stew
110 1.0
soup
733 1.0
broth
76 1.0

Surface Forms

paprikash singular
paprikashes plural

Etymology

Paprikash comes from the Hungarian paprikás, from paprika, the spice made from red peppers. It literally means 'with paprika', which explains why the stew is full of that spice and often has a red color.