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Frango recheado (Stuffed chicken)

Stuffed chicken is very easy to prepare and it's delicious. You can serve it with rice, beans and Brazilian potato style salad.

PORTUGUESE ENGLISH
Ingredientes: Ingredients:
1 frango inteiro 1 whole chicken
2 dentes de alho amassado 2 cloves of crushed garlic
2 folhas de louro 2 bay leaves
salsinha picada finely chopped parley
1-2 colheres de suco de limão ou vinho branco 1-2 tablespoons of lemon juice or white wine
sal e pimenta-do-reino a gosto salt and ground black pepper to taste
Recheio: Stuffing mixture:
4-5 fatias de pão de fôrma sem casca 4-5 slices of crustless toast bread
2 colheres de óleo 2 tablespoons of oil
1 cebola picada 1 chopped onion
100 gr. de toicinho defumado (bacon) picado 100 g of chopped bacon
1 lata de milho verde 1 can of sweetcorn
salsinha e cebolinha picada finely chopped parley
sal e pimenta-do-reino a gosto salt and ground black pepper to taste
Modo de fazer o recheio: Preparing the stuffing mixture:
1. Frite a cebola e o bacon em óleo quente. 1. Sauté the onion and the bacon in hot oil.
2. Adicione o milho, a salsinha, a cebolinha, o sal e a pimenta e deixe refogar 5 minutos. 2. Add the corn, the parsley, the spring onion, the salt and the pepper and let it cook for 5 minutes.

3. Adicione o pão moído (use o processador para moer o pão) e mexa bem.

3. Add the minced bread (use your food processor to mince the bread) and mix well.

4. Deixe o receio esfriar um pouco e reserve. 4. Let the stuffing cool down a bit and save it for later.
Modo de fazer: Preparation:
1. Lave o frango e enxugue com uma toalha de papel. 1. Rinse the chicken and dry it with a paper towel.
2. Coloque o frango numa tigela e tempere-o com alho, louro, salsinha, limão, sal e pimenta a gosto. 2. Put the chicken in a bowl and season it with garlic, bay leaf, parsley, lemon, salt and pepper to taste.
3. Cubra a tigela com um filme plástico. 3. Cover the bowl with a plastic film.
4. Coloque a tigela na geladeira e deixe o frango no tempero de um dia para o outro. 4. Put the bowl in the fridge and leave the chicken in the marinade overnight.
5. Tire o frango do tempero e recheie o frango com o recheio. 5. Remove the chicken from the marinade and stuff it with the stuffing mixture. 
6. Costure o frango com uma agulha e linha ou use palitos de dente para fechar as aberturas. 6. Sew the chicken with a needle and thread or use toothpicks to close the openings.
7. Coloque o frango numa fôrma untada com óleo. 7. Put the chicken on a baking dish greased with oil.
8. Cubra a fôrma com papel alumínio e asse o frango em forno quente (200 graus) por 30 minutos. 8. Cover the dish with aluminum foil and bake the chicken in preheated oven (350 F) for 30 minutes.
9. Retire o papel alumínio da fôrma e asse o frango por mais 20-30 minutos ou até dourar. 9. Remove the aluminum foil from the baking dish and bake the chicken for 20-30 minutes more or until golden brown.
10. Sirva quente. 10. Serve it hot.

Remarks:

  • In Brazil, people usually stuff chickens and turkeys with a home-made stuffing mixture called "farofa".

  • The "farofa" used to stuff chickens and turkeys is different from the "farofa" served with "feijoada" or grilled meat.

  • The stuffing mixture can be made with precooked cornflakes (farinha de milho) or farinha de mandioca (manioc flour). I personally prefer precooked cornflakes, but you can find  precooked cornflakes and manioc flour only in Brazilian supermarkets and grocery stores.

  • You can replace precooked cornflakes or manioc flour with crustless toast bread. Toast bread is also tasty and it's available everywhere.

  • You can replace bacon with smoked sausage (lingüiça calabresa) or cooked chicken giblets (miúdos).

  • Some people add olives and boiled eggs to the "farofa"

  • If you wish, you can replace the sweetcorn with fresh sliced mushrooms.

  • Boned chicken (frango desossado) is popular in Brazil. If you can't remove the bones yourself, you can buy a boned chicken at a Brazilian butcher shop. A boned stuffed chicken is something really special. Boning a chicken is really not as difficult as it sounds.

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