Nilza’s Coxinhas de Frango/Little Chicken Thighs
These snacks are so named as they look like chicken thighs.
Makes 30 medium
Ingredients:
1 chicken breast
4 cups of flour
2 medium onion chopped
3 spring onions chopped
2 cloves of garlic chopped
2 tablespoons of parsley
Salt and black pepper
2 × ½ teaspoons of paprika
1 cup of cream cheese
2 chicken stock cubes
2 cups of bread crumbs
1 egg whisked
To make the filling: Heat a little cooking oil and fry half
of the chopped garlic, onions and paprika for 2 minutes. Add the chicken, 1
liter of water, seasoning and one chicken stock cube and bring to the boil and
simmer for about 15 minutes. Strain the water and keep in a separate bowl.
Shred the chicken. In a medium sized pan, add a little cooking oil and fry the
other half of the chopped onions and garlic for 2 minutes, then add the
shredded chicken, chicken stock cube, spring onions, parsley and seasoning.
Take off the heat.
To make the dough: Taking the water you cooked the chicken
in, bring the water to boil again and add the flour and mix with the liquid to
a nice thick dough. Take off the heat and cool. On a plain surface, knead the
dough into a ball. Take a piece of dough and roll into a ball. Press your
finger into the top of the ball and work the casing so you have a thin cup
opening. Fill the hole with ¾ of the filling and top it off with a teaspoon of
cream cheese. Close. Dip your shaped coxinha into the egg mixture and roll into
the bread crumbs. When your coxinha is ready, deep fry in hot cooking oil,
until golden brown. Done.