Portuguese Chicken

Written By May E on Tuesday 20 April 2021 | 15:55

Ingredients:

1 whole chicken about 2kg ( cut into big pieces )

1 large tomato ( chopped )

1 brown onion ( chopped )

2 large potatoes ( cut into big chunk )

1 large carrot (cut into big chunk)

1piece chorizo about 8cm ( 3 in ) ( Cut into medium slices )

1 tbsp cooking oil

20g butter

200ml coconut cream

200 ml milk

2 bay leaves

2 cloves of garlic ( finely chopped )

Salt and pepper to taste

1 big non stick cooking pot

Marinate:

1 1/2 tbsp Turmeric powder

1/2 tsp ground white pepper

2 tsp salt

Garnish:

20g desiccated coconut

2 hard boil eggs

Black pitted olives

Method:

Marinade chicken pieces with marinade ingredients for at least 30 minutes.

Heat cooking oil and butter in a big pot. Once heated put in onions saute until soft add garlic, stir well add tomato saute about 2 minute, put in chorizo cook for another minute.

Add the chicken pieces to the pot, bring up the heat and cook for 2 minutes.

Add potato, carrots and bay leaves stir and mix well then add coconut milk and milk, bring it to boil, once it's boiled lower heat and simmer about 20 to 30 minutes or until the chicken are soft, add more salt or pepper if needed.

Stir every 5 /10 minutes so it will not stick.

while the chicken is cooking, boil 2 eggs, when is done cut into halves put aside.

Pre-heat oven to 200 c

Spoon chicken into a baking dish, place black olives and egg on top, garnish with desiccated coconut, bake in the oven for 10 minutes or until desiccated coconut turn light brown.

Best serve with plain rice or Portuguese bun.