Chicken and musrooms from Brazil

Tasty and easy, this chicken and mushroom recipe is a good wa to get started with Brazilian flavors.

Brazilian chicken and mushrooms recipe

Recipes with eggs and milk show Portuguese influence in Brazilian cooking.

Ingredients

USA Imperial
1 cup		chicken broth
1 cup		milk, or thin cream
2 Tbs		butter
2 Tbs		flour
3 cup		chicken, cooked, sliced
4		egg yolks
1/2		green pepper, diced
1/2		red pepper, diced
1 cup		mushrooms, sliced
1 tsp		lemon juice
		salt
		pepper

Metric
250 ml		chicken broth
250 ml		milk, or thin cream
50 g		butter
50 g		flour
400 g		chicken, cooked, sliced
4		egg yolks
1/2		green pepper, diced
1/2		red pepper, diced
150 g		mushrooms, sliced
5 ml		lemon juice
		salt
		pepper

Procedure

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.

Servings: 6
Yield: 4 to 6 servings

Nutrition facts

Serving size: 1 serving

Percent daily values based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Nutrition information calculated from recipe ingredients.


Amount Per Serving
Calories		262.22
Calories From Fat (55%)		144.82
		% Daily Value
Total Fat 15.85g		24%
Saturated Fat 6.34g		32%
Cholesterol 220.25mg		73%
Sodium 372.50mg		16%
Potassium 326.35mg		9%
Carbohydrates 6.33g		2%
Dietary Fiber 0.47g		2%
Sugar 0.55g
Sugar Alcohols 0.00g
Net Carbohydrates 5.86g
Protein 22.49g		45%

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