Bahia Chicken Xinxim Recipe

The chicken xinxim is a recipe for braised chicken with a dry shrimp paste, cashew nuts, peanuts, ginger, palm oil and others. Learn with Specialfood how to make this typical dish of Bahian cuisine, check out the step by step below!

Ingredients for making Xinxim chicken from Bahia:

 1 unit of chicken pieces

 300 grams of peeled dry shrimp

 1 cup coconut milk

 ½ cup of palm oil

 ½ cup of ground cashew nuts

 ½ cup roasted and ground peanuts

 ½ cup of fresh chopped parsley or cilantro

 2 units of coarsely chopped onion

 4 cloves of crushed garlic

 2 tablespoons of lemon juice

 1 tablespoon of grated ginger

 Black pepper

 salt

How to make Xinxim chicken from Bahia:

To prepare xinxim from Bahia step by step, start by seasoning the meat with garlic, lemon juice, salt and pepper to taste. Leave it for 30 minutes.

Tip: If you prefer, use only the hen's thigh and thigh.

After this time, place a large pot of palm oil over medium heat. When it's hot, add the chicken and let it simmer for 20-30 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Place the chestnuts, peanuts, parsley or cilantro, onion and ginger in a blender or food processor, and beat until smooth.

Add the previous paste to the braised chicken, along with the ground or whole shrimp, and cook over medium heat until the meat is tender. Then add the coconut milk, adjust the flavor with salt and pepper, and bring to a boil.

Tip: If the broth dries out, add a little water.

Your Bahian chicken xinxim is ready to serve! Serve with white rice and palm kernel farofa, and enjoy all the flavors. Enjoy your food!

If you liked the Bahia Chicken Xinxim recipe, we suggest you enter our Chicken Recipes category. You can also visit a list of the best Brazilian recipes. You may be interested to read about the pork carapulcra recipe/ roasted milk recipe/ recipe for roasted milk with condensed recipe/ peruvian bread pudding recipe/ recipe for roasted milk in bain marie.

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