diff --git a/content/galinha-caipira.md b/content/galinha-caipira.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a98b3ad --- /dev/null +++ b/content/galinha-caipira.md @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +--- +title: Galinha Caipira +tags: ['chicken', 'stew', 'brazilian'] +date: 2022-09-08 +author: "bernardo-slongo" +--- + +Chicken stew ubiquitous in rural Brazil. Perfect pair with rice and beans, polenta or boiled cassava root. + +- ⏲️ Prep time: 30 min +- 🍳 Cook time: 2h 30min +- 🍽️ Servings: Usually enough for a family of five. + +## Ingredients + +- 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. +- A cup of diced onions of any kind. +- Half a cup of diced chives. +- A tablespoon of lard. +- A full kettle of boiled water. + +## Directions + +1. Cut the chicken into pieces. Remove offal or small bones, if you want. Salt and pepper to taste now. +2. In a pan (best if cast iron), add the lard and heat it up very well. +3. Add the chicken and lower the heat. +4. After the meat sears, add the diced onions. +5. When the onions brown, cover the pot with boiling water, and let it simmer for two hours. If it dries, add more water. +6. After those two hours, add the diced chives and simmer it for more thirty minutes.