🇧🇷 Brazilian

Chicken Empadão

Name: Chicken Empadão
Prep time: 18 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 58 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Brazilian
Ingredients: 500 g Chicken; 150 g Butter; 200 ml Heavy Cream; to taste Salt; 1, sliced into rings Onion; 2 Eggs; 350 g All-Purpose Flour; 100 g, grated Cheese; 1 tsp Smoked Paprika; 1 tbsp, for the dish Palm Oil

🇧🇷 Brazilian

An oven-born brazilian classic — chicken under a savoury crust that crackles when served. Ready in 58 minutes including prep.

Prep 18 min Cook 40 min Serves 4 Hard

Ingredients

Chicken500 g
Butter150 g
Heavy Cream200 ml
Saltto taste
Onion1, sliced into rings
Eggs2
All-Purpose Flour350 g
Cheese100 g, grated
Smoked Paprika1 tsp
Palm Oil1 tbsp, for the dish

Optional extras

Fresh Cilantrohandful, to finish

Instructions

1
Heat the oven to 190°C and butter or oil a baking dish.
2
Layer the onion over the base, season, then nestle in the chicken.
3
Pour the cream around the edges, scatter over the cheese and the smoked paprika.
4
Bake for 30-35 minutes until bubbling at the rim and burnished on top.
5
Rest for 5 minutes so it sets, then spoon out with the pan juices and plenty of black pepper.

Chef's tip

Every oven runs hot or cold; start checking 5 minutes early.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Creamy Chicken Pie - CHICKEN PIE (Empadão de Frango) · on YouTube