Coxinhas are delicious, the name Coxinha derives from ‘coxa’ thigh. It is a street food found in every corner in Brasil. It is a meal by itself. Everybody I know loves coxinhas, they can be big or small party size, can be filled in the middle with brasilian cheese ‘catupiry’. Coxinhas can be frozen without frying. Fried coxinhas stay good in refrigerator for 3 to 4 days. Do not defrost frozen coxinhas before frying.
Method:
Filling:
Can be used chicken breast or ground chicken
Pressure cook chicken breast for 4 minutes, in instant pot or regular pressure cooker
Shred the Cooked chicken with fork
Sauté garlic paste till golden
Add chopped onions, cook till transparent
Add shredded chicken without broth
Add tomatoes and tomato paste.
Add salt and black pepper to taste
After the mixture is almost dry
Turn off the stove
Add finely chopped parsley and cream cheese
Mix well, let it cool down
Dough:
Boil the chicken broth
Add butter
in a non stick pan put flour
Add, mixing constantly broth
cook till it completely leaves the pan
Cool to room temperature, mixing once in a while not to form the crust.
Preparing Coxinhas;
Prepare egg and milk mixture
Take a golf size dough
Flatten it in your palm
put a spoon full of filling
Rap the filling and shape either in coxinha or just leave it like a ball.
Deep each coxinha into milk and egg mixture
Soon cover it with bread crumbs
Make all the coxinhas first
Deep fry till golden
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