Brazilian Chicken Appetizer (Coxinhas De Galinha)

Ingredients

• cooking oil, for frying
• 1 1/2 kg chicken cutlets
• 1-2 cup water
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• salt and pepper
• 1 cup breadcrumbs, or as needed

For the dough

• 1 cup rice flour
• 2 1/2 cups milk
• 1/2 cup butter
• 3 egg yolks
• 1/4 teaspoon chili sauce

Serve with

• chili salsa (optional if you want it hot or not)

Directions

1. 1

   Heat cooking oil on a pan and when hot enough, add and brown the chicken at both sides.

2. 2

   Add 1-2 cups of water enough to boil chicken for 20 mins or until tender. Don't forget to cover it. Drain and set aside liquid.

3. 3

   When chicken is cool enough, separate the meat from the bones. Cut the breast into12 long strips and set aside.

4. 4

   Mince the rest of the meat and combine with onion, cloves, salt and pepper. You can use a food processor to make the mincing and mixing quick just by pulsing it. Set aside. You can also set aside the thin bones to serve as a sticks for the chicken later on.

5. 5

   For the dough: mix rice flour with milk, add enough chicken juices that was set aside to make a firm dough. Then, add butter and egg yolks to soften it. Add and mix the minced chicken. Add chili sauce and mix.

6. 6

   Divide dough in 12 equal parts. Flatten it a bit with palm, add a piece of chicken breast from near the edge. Roll to cover then shape it like a bulb or teardrop with a tapered end. You can push in the thin bones at the thin part of the shaped dough so they looks like chicken drumsticks.

7. 7

   Roll in breadcrumbs and fry in hot oil until golden brown putting it on strainer or napkins to help drain excess oil.

8. 8

   Serve with chili salsa.