Coxinhas (brazilian chicken croquettes)

Ingredients

The dough :

• 1.5 cups water
• 1 chicken stock cube
• 1.75 cups flour

Stuffing :

• 10 oz chicken breast
• 1 onion
• 1/2 red pepper
• parsley
• salt
• pepper
• 1 egg
• breadcrumbs
• frying oil

Materials

• pot
• fryer
• pan

Preparation

• Put the water and the stock cube to boil.
• Once it is boiling, add the flour at once, and stir with a wooden spoon, until the dough doesn't stick to the pot anymore. Wrap the dough in some foil and leave to cool down.
  
• Cut the chicken into pieces and cook them in some boiling water for 15 minutes.
• After, take the chicken out of the water, and leave to cool down for a few minutes. Then, shred the meat.
  
• In a pan, heat some oil, and sauté the pepper and the onion, previously chopped. Cook for 5 minutes.
• Add the shredded chicken and the chopped parsley. Stir well, add salt, pepper, and take out of the heat.
  
• Take some dough to form a ball, size of a walnut. Dig a hole in the middle, to make a little bowl.
• Put 1 to 2 tablespoons of the chicken in it, and gradually close the croquette, to make it look like a thigh (or a water drop). Watch the video at the bottom to see how it is done.
  
• Put each croquette into some beaten egg and some breadcrumbs. Fry them in hot oil, for about 5 minutes.
• There you are, your coxinhas are ready!