Free-range chicken is a very traditional recipe in our cuisine, especially in the central region, and is a staple of Sunday lunch.
Today we will teach you how to prepare the free range chickenwhich is one of the most traditional dishes of Brazilian cuisine. In fact, this recipe is very common in the Central-West region of the country, especially accompanied by pequi.
However, for those who don’t like pequi, we will teach you the recipe for free-range chicken, which is a perfect dish to serve for a traditional Sunday lunch with the family. Furthermore, this recipe has a farmhouse flavor and is very family-friendly, as many people grew up eating this dish made by their grandmother or mother. So it’s comforting and very delicious food.
Anyway, preparation time is 60 minutes and yields 8 servings.
Take the opportunity to also check out the complete feijoada recipe.
Free-range chicken recipe
Ingredients
- 1 free-range chicken
- 1 medium onion
- 4 cloves of garlic
- 1 teaspoon of saffron (check out the benefits of saffron)
- 3 teaspoons of oil
- 1 tablet of chicken broth
- 1 pack of green scent
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 3 cup of water
Preparation mode
- First, let’s prepare the free-range chicken and the other ingredients for the recipe. So, start by cleaning and chopping the chicken into pieces. Peel and chop the onion, crush the garlic cloves, chop the green chilli and set aside.
- Meanwhile, bring the water to a boil.
- Then, season the chicken with salt, garlic, pepper and saffron.
- In a pan, add the oil and wait for it to heat up.
- In this way, add the chicken pieces and gradually sauté them until golden brown.
- When all the pieces are well browned, add the chopped onion and sauté again until the onion turns golden.
- Once done, add the boiling water and chicken broth.
- Let it boil for 20 to 30 minutes, until the chicken is tender. If necessary, you can add a little more water.
- Then, when it is very soft, add the green scent.
- Now, your traditional free-range chicken is ready to be served.
Tips for preparing free-range chicken
- Free-range chicken is a very traditional dish, Another very popular version is country chicken with pequi. So, if you like the yellow fruit of the cerrado, you can add it to the recipe and it will be wonderful.
- For those who like spicier food, You can add pepper or homemade seasoning to season the chicken and give it a special flavor.
- Free-range chicken has slightly tougher meat, so it is important to cook it well until it is tender. After all, you don’t want to serve tough chicken. Before taking it off the heat, check the tenderness of the chicken and, if it needs more water and heat, leave it for a few more minutes.
- When serving the free-range chicken, our tip for accompaniment is white rice, corn angu, fried okra and of course, a salad of your choice.
Anyway, did you like this recipe? Then you will also like to learn how to make chicken or baião de Dois, which is another traditional dish of Brazilian cuisine.
Sources: Tudo Gostoso Petitichef Sabor na Mesa
