Brazilian chicken and mushrooms
Tasty and easy, this chicken and mushroom recipe is a good way to get started with Brazilian flavors. Recipes with eggs and milk show Portuguese influence in Brazilian cooking.
Ingredients
1 cup milk (or light cream)
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons flour
3 cups chicken (chicken meat already cooked and sliced)
4 egg yolk
1 bell pepper (diced, better half green and half red)
1 cup mushroom (sliced)
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1⁄2 teaspoon salt
1⁄2 teaspoon pepper
1 cup broth (chicken broth)
Instructions
Melt the butter, add the mushrooms and diced pepper, red and green. Saute for 5 minutes over a slow heat to prevent butter from burning.
Add flour and seasonings, mix well, then add cold chicken broth and milk. Stir constantly until creamy.
Set dish over hot water in a double boiler, add chicken slices, lemon juice and cook until hot. Then add well-beaten egg yolks.
Continue stirring until everything is hot. Do not overcook unless you like creamy scrambled
Serve on toast, if desired.
Total time
40 minutes
Cooking time
20 minutes
Preparation time
20 minutes
Yield
6 servings
Notes
Churrascarias are the restaurants serving Brazilian churrasco.