Spice It Up!

With the positively frigid weather we had on Thursday (only in the seventies!), Gerry took the opportunity to cook a dish with a lot of heat: chicken paprikas. I debated for a long time whether it was okay to call this paprikas, which traditionally uses sour cream, but Google turned up a few instances of genuine Hungarians preferring their paprikas sans sour cream, so I'm running with it. The couscous on the other hand...I'm not sure how they'd feel about that in Hungary.

For some reason, Gerry doesn't think to use paprika too often, which explains why our tin of it was six years old! He used it anyway, liberally, but some of the fire had gone out of it. There are also different types of paprika, which was news to me. Now that we need a new supply, we'll keep that in mind! Do you have a favorite place to buy spices? We have been happy with My Spice Sage, because shipping is free and there are always free samples!

One thing Gerry really enjoyed about this dish was the slightly smoky flavor imparted by the paprika. And although the top of his head broke out in a sweat, he wishes it were a little hotter!