Recipes with pork with paprika 6 times differently. Try them all!

A deep orange to red spice typical of Hungarian cuisine.

Paprika of course!

Similar to salt, paprika is so-called above gold when cooking.

Use it together with us in delicious recipes for pork with peppers!

You can serve the resulting dish with a variety of side dishes.

Whether you choose pasta, rice, legs or dumplings, you will always enjoy it!

Pork on paprika with potato gnocchi

In addition to pasta, rice or bread dumplings, this dish also tastes very good with gnocchi. The advantage is that you can easily prepare everything in one pot.

Ingredients:

• 700 g of pork, for example shoulder, thigh or chop
• 1/4 cup onion
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 1 cup chicken broth
• 1 cup white Greek yogurt
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 3 tablespoons of tomato puree
• 3 teaspoons of sweet paprika
• salt pepper

Method:

1. Cut the washed pork into smaller pieces.
2. Heat the oil in a deep pan or pot and lightly fry the pork in it for approximately 5 minutes.
3. Remove the meat and place the vitrified chopped onion in the pot.
4. Add crushed garlic, tomato puree, salt and pepper.
5. Cook for approximately 2 minutes.
6. Dust the mixture with sweet paprika and stir.
7. Then add the chicken stock, bring the mixture to a boil and put the gnocchi in the pot.
8. Cook until the gnocchi is tender.
9. Return the pork to the pot and cook briefly.
10. Finally, stir in the Greek yogurt.

Pork chops on paprika with cream

Whipped cream or cream is one of the typical ingredients that is usually added to paprika recipes. The result is a creamy sauce with a delicious taste.

Ingredients:

• 4 pork chops
• 1 cup mushrooms
• 3 cloves of garlic
• 1/2 cup chicken broth
• 1 and 1/2 cups of whipping cream
• 2 tablespoons of butter
• 2 tablespoons of olive oil
• 1 tbsp fresh chopped parsley
• 1 tbsp sweet paprika
• salt pepper

Method:

1. In a small bowl, mix crushed garlic, paprika, salt and pepper.
2. Rub the washed and dried pork chops very thoroughly with this mixture.
3. Heat the olive oil and butter in a deep pan.
4. Then fry the pork in the pan on both sides for approximately 3-5 minutes.
5. Then remove the chops from the pan and fry the sliced mushrooms in the remaining oil with a mixture of spices.
6. Cook for about 5 minutes until the mushrooms are soft.
7. Add chicken broth and whipped cream to the pot.
8. Return the pork to the pan.
9. Cook until thickened, stirring occasionally, until chops are tender.

Pork on paprika with cream sauce and mushrooms is best served with rice, sprinkled with fresh parsley.

Pork cubes in paprika sauce

A very simple recipe with only a few ingredients. Try it, you will see that you will be very pleasantly surprised by the result.

Ingredients:

• 500 g of pork, for example shoulder or thigh
• 3/4 cup whipping cream
• 1 Tbsp butter
• 4 teaspoons of sweet paprika
• 1 teaspoon plain flour
• salt pepper

Method:

1. Wash the pork and cut it into smaller cubes.
2. Then dust these cubes with flour and sprinkle with salt, pepper and sweet paprika.
3. Heat the butter in a saucepan and sear the pieces of meat on all sides for approximately 4-5 minutes.
4. Add the cream and possibly the rest of the paprika left after seasoning the meat to the pot.
5. Cook, stirring occasionally, for approximately 8-10 minutes until the meat is completely tender.

Pork with paprika prepared in this way is most often served with pasta.

Hungarian pork paprikash

Paprika is a very popular spice in Hungarian cuisine, which is added to many dishes. Try the pork version of the popular paprikash!

Ingredients:

• 500 g of pork
• 1 and 1/2 cups chopped onion
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 1 cup chopped Hungarian paprika
• 1 cup chicken broth
• 1/2 cup dry white wine
• 3 tablespoons of sour cream
• 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
• 3 tbsp sweet peppers
• 2 tablespoons plain flour
• 2 tablespoons of tomato puree
• 1 teaspoon of fresh thyme
• 5 teaspoons of olive oil
• salt pepper

Method:

1. Heat the oil in a pot or deep pan and lightly fry the pieces of pork on it, which you sprinkled with salt and pepper before.
2. Then remove the meat and fry the chopped onion and pressed garlic in the pan.
3. Add the chopped peppers and sauté for about 3-4 minutes until soft.
4. Add flour, tomato paste, thyme and sweet paprika.
5. Mix thoroughly and add white wine.
6. Cook for about a minute, then add the stock and apple cider vinegar.
7. Then add the pieces of pork back to the pan and cook for another 5-10 minutes, gently.
8. When the meat is soft, remove the pan from the heat and stir in the sour cream.
9. Taste and season with salt and pepper if necessary.

In Hungary, paprika is mainly served with noodles, but it tastes great with any kind of pasta and bun dumpling.

Pork slices with paprika-cream sauce

If you like spicier dishes, you can replace one teaspoon of sweet pepper with hot pepper.

Ingredients:

• 400 g of pork
• 1 onion
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 1 and 1/2 cups chicken stock
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 3 tablespoons of olive oil
• 5 teaspoons of sweet paprika
• salt pepper

Method:

1. Lightly fry the chopped onion and pressed garlic in a pot with olive oil.
2. Then add slices of pork to the mixture and saute for a few minutes on both sides.
3. Then add the chicken broth, paprika, salt and pepper.
4. Cover with a lid and cook for approximately 15 minutes.
5. Add the sour cream and cook for another 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
6. If the sauce is a little thick, stir in a little cornstarch.

Serve with Karlovy Vary or bun dumplings.

A mixture of pork and mushrooms in a paprika sauce

In this recipe, the taste of pork is enhanced not only with paprika and cream, but also with mushrooms and a mixture of spices.

Ingredients:

• 500 g pork shoulder
• 200 g of mushrooms
• 1 onion
• 2 tomatoes
• 1 cup chicken broth
• 2/3 cup sour cream
• 3 tablespoons of olive oil
• 1 tbsp dried minced garlic
• 2 tbsp sweet peppers
• 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1/2 teaspoon of dried ground cumin
• 3 tablespoons of tomato puree
• salt pepper

Method:

1. Cut the pork into small pieces or noodles.
2. Put the meat in a bowl and mix with one tablespoon of paprika, salt and pepper.
3. Heat the olive oil in a pan and sauté the seasoned pork in it for a few minutes.
4. Then remove the meat from the pan and put the sliced mushrooms in the same pan.
5. Cook for approximately 5 minutes.
6. Remove the mushrooms from the pan and add the chopped onion to the pan and let it vitrify.
7. Then add the garlic, the remaining tablespoon of sweet pepper, thyme, cumin and cook for 1-2 minutes.
8. Add the chopped tomatoes, chicken stock and tomato puree.
9. Cook for approximately 10 minutes.
10. Then return the pork and mushrooms to the pan, cover and cook gently for another 10 minutes.
11. Turn off the heat and stir the sour cream into the mixture.

You can serve this pork with peppers and mushrooms with bread dumplings, pasta or rice.

Why cook with paprika?

Together with salt and pepper, paprika is among the most commonly used spices worldwide. Its advantage is that, in addition to taste and aroma, it also adds an interesting color to dishes, depending on how much paprika you use. Paprika is most often added to meat dishes prepared not only from pork, but also from beef, chicken or chicken. But it also has its application in combination with sausages, cheeses or salty pastries.

A little history of peppers

Paprika as we know it is obtained from dried and ground pepper pods. The first mentions of the use of paprika come from Mexico around six and a half thousand years ago. The spread of paprika to other parts of the world did not occur until the discovery of America during the sixteenth century.

Paprika is not only sweet and hot

We most commonly encounter two types of paprika, sweet and hot or hot. But there is also a delicacy, goulash or smoked paprika. Last but not least, paprika, especially the sweet one, is also one of the basic ingredients of various pre-prepared spice mixes. Remember that pepper is not recommended to be added to hot oil, it may become bitter.