Chicken Stroganoff For Beginners

Total Time: 16 mins Preparation Time: 8 mins Cook Time: 8 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 chicken breasts, portions skinned and boned
• 60 g butter or 60 g margarine
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 150 -200 g mushrooms, sliced
• 1 1/2 teaspoons paprika
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 3 tablespoons dry sherry or 3 tablespoons water
• 1 cup sour cream or 1 cup plain yogurt

Recipe

• 1 cut each chicken breast into 10 or 12 strips.
• 2 melt the butter in a large frying pan over moderately high heat.
• 3 add the chicken and sprinkle with salt.
• 4 cook for two minutes, stirring constantly.
• 5 add the onion, mushrooms and paprika, and cook two minutes longer, continuing to stir.
• 6 add the water. reduce the heat to moderate, cover, and cook for another two minutes.
• 7 meanwhile, combine the flour and sherry in a small bowl.
• 8 add the mixture to the pan, and cook, stirring rapidly, until the mixture thicken, about 1 minute.
• 9 add the sour cream or yoghurt and stir the mixture until heated through. do not let the mixture come to a boil.
• 10 serve over rice.