Xinxim de galinha recipe

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  • Cuisine: Brazilian
  • Serves 6

Fresh tasting braised chicken and prawns cooked in coconut milk with blended dried prawns, garlic and ginger, thickened with crushed cashew nuts

Ingredients

1 kg chicken thigh fillets, cut in strips
Juice of ½ lime
1 tsp crushed garlic
1 tbsp olive oil
1 medium size onion, finely chopped
½ can diced tomatoes
50 g dried shrimp, finely ground in a blender
½ cup coconut milk
1 tbsp palm (dendê) oil
1 tsp shredded ginger
½ bunch coriander, leaves picked
2 tbsp crushed cashew nuts or peanuts
200g peeled green prawns
Chopped chillies, optional
Black pepper and salt to taste

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Preparation

Marinate chicken in lime, garlic and salt.

Fry onion in the olive oil; stir in the marinated chicken.

Add diced tomato and palm oil and let it cook for about 10 minutes.

Add dried prawns and coconut milk and simmer gently for another 10 minutes.

Add coriander, cashew nuts and green prawns, cover and continue to cook for about 5-10 minutes until prawns are cooked.

Stir in chillies, if using and serve with white rice and salad.

If you enjoyed this Xinxim de galinha recipe then browse more Brazilian recipes, meat recipes and our most popular hainanese chicken rice recipe.

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Comments (5)

   
05 Aug 2011 03:20 AEST
Mary
lane cove
Delicious
Easy to make and very tasty Will make again soon
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27 Jun 2010 06:42 AEST
Jeff
Bonython
Ginger
The ingredients list includes ginger, as does the recipe description, but the preparation does not indicate when to add the ginger nor does the video.
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10 Feb 2009 06:14 AEST
Lisa
Lewisham
Yum
I made this at home for friends and they all loved it. A nice combination of flavours, real comfort food!
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06 Dec 2008 11:04 AEST
Sally
Chatswood
Lacking Flavour
I tried this dish at the resturant and found it lacked the flavours of ginger, chilli. cashew nuts and corriander. However I will make the recipe as it sould be a full of flavour. I mentioned this to resturanter and was told they keep flavours down because of children diners!! We travelled half way across Sydney to try the flavours of Brazil.
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03 Dec 2008 07:42 AEST
Trish
Noosaville
Great Flavour
We made this after watching the TV show last week, and loved the taste. Will definately make again very soon.
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