Recipes
Brazilian Chicken and Potato Bake
This Brazilian chicken and potato bake is a great choice for lunch or dinner. Shall we make it?
Ingredients
- •2 tablespoons olive oil or cooking oil
- •½ medium onion, chopped
- •2 garlic cloves, minced
- •1 chicken breast, cooked and shredded
- •1 tomato, seeded and chopped
- •1 tablespoon ground annatto
- •Salt to taste
- •Oregano to taste
- •Black pepper to taste
- •1 pouch ready-made tomato sauce (340 g)
- •A little of the chicken cooking liquid (optional)
- •A pinch of sugar to balance the acidity of the sauce
- •Fresh herbs: 4 tablespoons parsley, scallions and cilantro
- •2 tablespoons margarine or butter
- •1 kg potatoes
- •1 cup milk
- •Black pepper to taste
- •Oregano to taste
- •Salt to taste
Instructions
- 1
Heat the olive oil in a saucepan over medium heat.
- 2
Add the half chopped onion and sauté well.
- 3
Once the onion is translucent, add the garlic and sauté a little longer.
- 4
Add the tomato and cook until the flesh starts to separate from the skin.
- 5
Add the shredded chicken and stir again.
- 6
Add the ground annatto and stir.
- 7
Add 1 pouch of ready-made tomato sauce and some of the chicken cooking liquid.
- 8
Mix well.
- 9
Taste to check the seasoning.
- 10
You can add a little sugar to balance the acidity of the tomato.
- 11
Turn off the heat and add the fresh herbs: parsley, scallions and cilantro.
- 12
In a separate saucepan, melt the butter completely.
- 13
Add the potatoes, previously boiled in salted water and passed through a potato ricer.
- 14
Mix well.
- 15
Season with salt, black pepper and oregano to taste.
- 16
Mix well.
- 17
Add 1 cup of milk and stir.
- 18
Spread some of the mashed potatoes over the bottom of a baking dish and smooth the surface.
- 19
Spoon the shredded chicken over the mashed potatoes and spread evenly.
- 20
Cover with the remaining mashed potatoes and smooth the surface.
- 21
Top with grated mozzarella and oregano, then bake in a preheated oven at 180°C for 20 minutes, or until the cheese is golden.
- 22
You can use the broiler to brown the top.
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Your Brazilian chicken and potato bake is ready.
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Let cool and serve!