Chicken Stroganoff

Ingredients

• 4-5 skinless boneless chicken thighs washed, dried, trimmed of excess fat and cut into bite size pieces
• sweet Hungarian paprika
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
• freshly ground black pepper
• 2 Tbs flour for dusting
• 1/2medium onion diced
• 8 oz. mushrooms cleaned and sliced
• 1/4 C vermouth or sherry
• 1/2 C chicken stock
• 1 Tsp tomato paste
• 1 bay leaf
• 1/4 C plain yogurt
• salt and pepper to taste
• chopped parsley (optional)

Directions

1. Prep the chicken then sprinkle with salt, pepper and a generous amount of paprika. Dust with flour.
2. Get a heavy bottomed stainless steel saute pan hot overmedium high heatthen add some olive oil. Use tongs to place a layer of chicken dowd and allow the chicken to brown before attempting to turn over Repeat with a second batch if necessary.
3. Add some more oil if needed then add the onions and mushrooms. Get these nice and brown tossing to make sure nothing gets burned.
4. Deglaze the pan with the vermouth then add the chicken stock, tomato paste, and bay leaf. Turn down the heat a bit and let the chicken cook, stirring to mix the coating on the chicken with the liquid to help it thicken.
5. Once the chicken is done and the sauce is nice and thick, turn down the heat to low and add the yogurt. Taste it and add some more salt and pepper if you like.
6. Finish with some chopped parsley and serve over egg noodles.