Chicken thighs braised with paprika and onions, finished with sour cream stirred in off the heat, served with nokedli (egg dumplings) to soak the sauce.
Chicken paprikash dates to the same late-19th-century period as Szeged paprika's industrialisation. The sour cream finish (tejföl) is the Hungarian signature; the dish migrated west with Jewish immigrants and became a staple of Ashkenazi cooking.
4 editor picks for Paprikás csirke in Budapest, ranked by editorial score. All Budapest signature dishes · Paprikás csirke across every city.
Hungarikum Bisztró ★ 4.5
lipotvaros · Steindl Imre utca 13, 1051 Budapest
Hungarikum Bisztro on Steindl Imre near Parliament cooks the canonical Hungarian classics, with gulyás, chicken paprikash and stuffed cabbage in a tiny old-school room, Budapest.
Kispiac Bisztró ★ 4.5
lipotvaros · Hold utca 13, 1054 Budapest
Kispiac Bisztro next to the Hold utca market in the 5th district is a six-table Hungarian room cooking veal liver, pork belly and roast duck right by the open kitchen, Budapest.
Bock Bisztró ★ 4.3
erzsebetvaros · Erzsébet körút 43-49, 1073 Budapest
Bock Bisztro inside the Corinthia Hotel on Erzsebet korut is a rustic-modern Hungarian kitchen with 220 wines from the Bock family Villany cellar, Budapest.
Menza Étterem ★ 4.1
terezvaros · Liszt Ferenc tér 2, 1061 Budapest
Menza on Liszt Ferenc ter is a retro-70s Budapest bistro just off Andrassy boulevard, cooking modern takes on the Hungarian canteen canon at a steady boulevard pace.