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title: Galinha Caipira
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tags: ['chicken', 'stew', 'brazilian']
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date: 2022-11-16
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author: "bernardo-slongo"
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Chicken stew ubiquitous in rural Brazil. Perfect pair with rice and beans, polenta or boiled cassava root.
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- ⏲️ Prep time: 30 min
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- 🍳 Cook time: 2h 30min
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- 🍽️ Servings: Usually enough for a family of five.
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## Ingredients
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- A whole ckicken weighing close to 2,5kg (roughly 3 pounds). Avoid industrially grown birds, as those can make the stew very greasy and flavorless.
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- A cup of diced onions of any kind.
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- Half a cup of diced chives.
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- A tablespoon of lard.
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- A full kettle of boiled water.
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## Directions
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1. Cut the chicken into pieces. Remove offal or small bones, if you want. Salt and pepper to taste now.
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2. In a pan (best if cast iron), add the lard and heat it up very well.
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3. Add the chicken and lower the heat.
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4. After the meat sears, add the diced onions.
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5. When the onions brown, cover the pot with boiling water, and let it simmer for two hours. If it dries, add more water.
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6. After those two hours, add the diced chives and simmer it for more thirty minutes.
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