Skip to main content
Main

Coxinha

Coxinha is a Brazilian fried dough snack filled with shredded chicken.

From the Recipes Wiki (Fandom) · 11 ingredients
Jump to recipe ↓

Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Coxinha

Time8 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Make the filling

  1. Combine chicken breast, chopped onion, garlic, beef bouillon, salt, ground pepper, margarine, and 3 cups of water in a pressure cooker; cook until chicken is ready in 10 minutes.

  2. Remove chicken breast from broth and finely chop it to make the filling.

  3. Add parsley and green onions to the filling.

Make the dough

  1. Bring exactly 3 cups of the remaining broth to a boil.

  2. Add the 3 cups of flour to the boiling water and stir vigorously with a wooden spoon for about 1 minute until it becomes dough.

  3. Remove the dough from the pan.

  4. While warm, knead the dough for about 10 minutes until it becomes smooth and flour lumps dissolve.

Shape and fry

  1. Flatten the dough with a rolling pin to about ¼-inch thick and cut medium circles with a biscuit cutter.

  2. Fold and shape the dough into a drumstick shape.

  3. Brush the filled dough with egg whites and roll it in breadcrumbs.

  4. Deep-fry the snacks at 350 °F for about 8 minutes or until golden brown.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1210Calories
80 gProtein
47 gFat
111 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 11 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Beef100g cooked250
Chicken100g cooked165
Butter1 tbsp (14g)102
Cream Cheese1 oz (28g)99
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Cloves1 tsp ground (2g)7
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

Recipe from the Recipes Wiki (Fandom).

Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Chicken + beeftop 4% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,148 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-furfurylthiol (coffee, roasted).

  3. Clove + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together17,451 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  4. Onion + beeftop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together17,092 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  5. Chicken + garlictop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,850 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

All-purpose flour
Forms the starch-based dough that holds the filling when boiled and kneaded.
Cream cheese
Adds richness and creaminess to the filling, softening its texture.
Eggs
Egg whites bind the breadcrumb coating so it adheres to the shaped dough.
Margarine
Adds fat for richness and helps the filling taste smooth and savory.
Chicken breast
Provides the main protein of the filling, cooked then finely chopped.

The step that matters

Kneading the warm dough. Kneading while warm develops a smooth, pliable dough and helps dissolve flour lumps. Dough that cools and stiffens becomes hard to shape and may crack when folded.

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, onion, garlic, beef, pepper, flour, cream cheese):

  1. Cuminfits better
  2. Thymefits better
  3. Turmericfits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, onion, garlic, beef, pepper, flour, cream cheese. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

You might also like

Brown BreadBrown Bread461 recipesChicken BrothChicken Broth257 recipesRoast BeefRoast Beef211 recipesBeef LoafBeef Loaf175 recipes