TORTA DE FRANGO - BRAZILIAN CHICKEN PIE

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A Brazilian recipe easy to prepare great to prepare in advance. Found online and posted for ZWT7.

Provided by @MakeItYours

Number Of Ingredients 16

2 chicken breasts
1 cup tomato sauce
1 onion
2 garlic cloves
1 teaspoon oregano
1 cup canned corn
1 tablespoon cilantro
salt and pepper
12 tablespoons flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
2 tablespoons parmesan cheese
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 eggs
1 1/2-2 cups milk
3/4-1 cup oil
pepper

Steps:

  • Take a chicken breast or two and shred it while it cooks.
  • Still cooking add tomato sauce, onion, garlic, salt, oregano, pepper, canned corn, and of coarse chopped cilantro.
  • Cook until sauce thickened a bit, and all of the chicken is shredded. Adjust to taste.
  • Preheat oven to 350ยบ F.
  • Put all dough ingredients for the dough into a blender and beat until smooth. Adjust salt and pepper to taste.
  • Grease and flour a 9 x 13 inch baking pan.
  • Put the pie together for baking: pour half of dough mixture into pan. Add filling. Pour rest of the dough on top.
  • Bake until a toothpick comes out clean (about 45 minutes).
  • Let it cool, slice and serve with a nice green salad with vinaigrette dressing!
  • Note: to the filling you can add 1 red bell pepper chopped. You can also change the recipe using tuna instead of chicken! If you like it hot, add a pinch of chili.

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