Coxinha Recipe (Brazilian Chicken Croquettes)

How to Prepare Coxinha Croquettes

Coxihna

(A popular food in Brazil)

Ingredients

Chicken =  1 breast 

Onion = 1 tbsp finely chopped 

Garlic = 2 cloves  ( chopped)

Vinegar = half tsp

Soy sauce = half tsp 

Red chilli powder = 1 tsp

Salt = to taste 

Green chillies = 2 chopped 

Coriander leaves = 2 tbpsn finely chopped 

Water= 3 cups

All purpose flour  (maida) = 1 cup

Chicken broth = 2 cup.

cheese = 1 bowl ( mixture of cheddar, mozzarella and cottage cheese)

Egg = 1 

Breadcrumbs = as required 

Oil = for frying 

Method

 1. In deep pan add 3 cups of water then chicken , onion , garlic and salt.

2. Cook it for 25 mins.

3. Separate the chicken breast and the broth.

4. Cool it and shred the chicken breast and reserve

5. Drain the broth and reserve.

6. Also reserve the boiled onion and garlic.

7. Make paste of  boiled Onion and garlic then we will use it in filling.

For the Filling

1. In a medium pot, add oil and garlic onion paste until turns to brown.

2. Add boiled shred Chicken in the pot also add red chili powder, vinegar, soy sauce.

3. And cook it for 5 mins.

4. After that 1 small bowl of 3 types cheese ( mixture of cheddar, mozzarella and cottage cheese).

5. Then turn off the flame.

For Coxinha Dough

1. In deep pan heat  reserve  broth that we already made in step 1.

2. When Broth starts boiling add all-purpose flour and mix continuously 

3. Mix it until it form a big ball.

4. Transfer to a bowl and leave it to cool.

For Coxihna shape

1. To form a small coxihna we are going to get a little piece of the dough and form a ball the size of a ping pong ball.

2. Then, flatten the ball, creating a disc and then hollowing out the middle for the filling.

3. Place  a tablespoon of the filling in the middle of disc.

4. Then press the dough closed around the filling, shaping it as a teardrop. 

5. Repeat the same process and make remaining coxihna. 

6. Dip coxihna in beaten egg.

7. Roll it in breadcrumbs

8. Deep fry it until turns to brown.

9. Super delicious coxihna is ready to serve.

Coxinha recipe - Coxinha is a form of chicken croquette from Brazilian cuisine. It is made with chicken breast, chicken broth, all purpose flour, green chilies, coriander, egg, breadcrumbs, soy sauce and few other condiments.

Coxinha is very popular in Brazil. Coxinha pastry and croquettes are eaten not only in Brazil but also in other countries of the world. Pakistanis who have been ever to Brazil or USA might have met a meal with coxinha in it.

Here is the method of making Brazilian coxinha.