Definitions

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  • noun A Hungarian dish resembling goulash (a paprika-based potato stew), but without potatoes and using meat instead, often chicken and sometimes veal.

Etymologies

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From Hungarian paprikás.

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Examples

  • The excellence of native paprika is also why it’s built into so many Hungarian dishes whether or not the dish is called paprikash—and why Hungarian cuisine is arguably the spiciest in Europe.

    SARA MOULTON’S EVERYDAY FAMILY DINNERS SARA MOULTON 2010

  • The excellence of native paprika is also why it’s built into so many Hungarian dishes whether or not the dish is called paprikash—and why Hungarian cuisine is arguably the spiciest in Europe.

    SARA MOULTON’S EVERYDAY FAMILY DINNERS SARA MOULTON 2010

  • I froze it and pulled it out this past Sunday and used it as a gorgeous base for a turkey "paprikash" made with Thanksgiving leftovers and served over noodles.

    A Chicken In Every Granny Cart 2009

  • And now I have a sort of totally fake beef paprikash that's been in the crockpot all day, and I have a new Criminal Minds episode tonight, promising Emily backstory.

    she got a six foot pitchfork. i see the wrecking ball. matociquala 2009

  • On the menu were split pea soup, chicken paprikash, homemade applesauce—and, of course, this apple strudel.

    One Big Table Molly O’Neill 2010

  • "Waiter, there is too much pepper in my paprikash." liz posted at 3:36 PM

    Pausing to people watch e 2009

  • I grew up in Hungary and we never put mushrooms in paprikash!

    Blue Cheese Dressing 2008

  • I grew up in Hungary and we never put mushrooms in paprikash!

    Paisano: German Potato Salad 2008

  • Earlier in the week, the secretaries and clerks at the town offices were "signing up for a Putin potluck lunch, featuring such Eastern European favorites as cherry-pear compote, eggs baked in butter and sour cream, and fiery chicken paprikash."

    Sara Whitman: God Bless America, Please Pass the Borscht 2008

  • Bought some pretty stained glass candle bowls and ate peanut butter burgers and paprikash and perch--though not at the same time.

    All Things Yesteryear yuki_onna 2007

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