Street Food: Coxinhas... Sorted Eats Brazil

flour

🥗Healthier: whole wheat flour

More nutritious option.

chicken

🥗Healthier: turkey

💰Cheaper: chicken thighs

Lower in calories and more budget-friendly.

Make chicken stock using a whole chicken carcass, carrot, onion, bay leaves, and peppercorns; strain and reduce it.

Poach chicken breasts in the prepared chicken stock until cooked.

Prepare the pastry by combining 250 ml of chicken stock, a generous pinch of salt, and 250 grams of flour; stir until smooth and let cool.

Chop coriander and mix it with cream cheese, lime juice, salt, and pepper.

Shred the poached chicken and mix it with the cream cheese mixture.

Roll out the pastry thinly, place a teaspoon of filling in the center, fold it, and shape it into a teardrop.

Dunk the shaped coxinhas in beaten egg and then coat with breadcrumbs.

Fry the coxinhas at 160 degrees Celsius for 3-4 minutes until golden brown.

Prepare salsa by blending tomatoes, half an onion, peppers, garlic, salt, pepper, sugar, cilantro, vinegar, and oil until chunky.

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