Chicken With Sour Cream - (Pui Cu Smantana Acra) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 large chicken, 5 - 6 lbs
1/4 lb butter
2 tablespoons flour
1 pint sour cream
1/4 lb mushroom, sliced thin
3 scallions, chopped coarse, green tops as well
1/2 green pepper, chopped coarse
2 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
3 tablespoons parsley, chopped
1 teaspoon Hungarian paprika
1/4 cup water

Preparation

Preheat oven to 325\u00b0F.
Clean chicken well, and cut into pieces.
Brown pieces in hot butter in heavy frying pan.
Remove chicken to a covered casserole dish.
Make a roux; reheat butter in pan and add flour and water, blending carefully.
Heat and stir until mixture is light brown.
Cool roux thoroughly, (will not curdle if roux is cooled before sour cream is added).
Add sour cream slowly, to the roux, mixing well; simmer for a few minutes.
Pour this over chicken in the casserole dish.
Add mushrooms, seasoning, parsley, pepper, chopped scallions with green tops, and water.
Sprinkle Hungarian paprika over mixture.
Cover casserole dish tightly; place in preheated oven, and cook for 1-1/2 hrs, or until chicken is tender.