Coxinha, the perfect Brazilian Snack!

Hello my friends, 

today I escaped a little of my diet and made some of my favourite brazilian snacks, the COXINHAS. 

Coxinhas are Fried Chicken Croquettes and so delicious, that today I want to show you the recipe: You need for 25 pieces:  

• 1l water
• 1/2 kg de flour
• 1 chicken buillon
• 1/2 tbsp. butter
• 1/2 tbsp salt
• 1/2 tbsp. sweet paprika powder

Filling:  

• 1/2 kg cooked and shredded Chicken Breast
• 1 cut Onion
• 100 g prasley
• a little bit of chili
• 1 piece of garlic
• Creamcheese
• salt
• sweet Paprika powder
• olive Oil

Coating:  

• 1 egg white
• 1/2 l water
• salt
• flour
• breadcrumps

For the dough:  

1. Mix up all ingredients except the flour and let it boil.
2. Add the flour and mix everything until it isn’t sticky anymore.
3. Take the dough and put it on a straight surface.
4. Let it cool down, but mix it sometimes to not build a crust.

For the filling. 

1. Stir first the garlic, onion e chili, then dd the shredde chicken brest. Also, add the sweet paprika powder and salt. Mix it up with the fresh parsley and creamcheese and let it cool down. 
2. Rub ome butter in your hands and take a bit of the dough. Form a little bowl and fill it with some part of the filling. 
3. Now take fringe of the dough and close the bowl, forming an egg. 

Now:  

1. Mix the water with the white of the egg, flour and salt until it becomes homogene.
2. Put the Croquettes first in the Water-Egg-Mixture, and after this, put it in the breadcrumps. Do this twice.
3. Heat the Olive oil up to 190° degrees and fry them until they get golden. 

Let them dry and voila – perfect snacks!