Paulista-style chicken couscous

Paulista-style chicken couscous





Paulista-style chicken couscous

There is nothing better than trying recipes that remind you of the time when Grandma made delicious treats in the kitchen, right? Make this paulista chicken couscous at home to remember this wonderful time!

Time: 40min (+ 30min rest)

Performance: 8 servings

Difficulty: easy

Ingredients for chicken couscous

  • 4 tablespoons of oil
  • 1 chopped onion
  • 1 chopped green pepper
  • 1 cup of drained and chopped hearts of palm
  • 1 can of drained green corn
  • 1/2 jar of drained peas
  • 3 cups of cooked and shredded chicken
  • 1 cup chopped green olives
  • 1 chopped tomato
  • 1/2 cup (tea) of tomato sauce
  • 1 vegetable stock cube
  • 1 1/2 cups of warm water
  • 3 cups of cornmeal
  • Salt to taste
  • oil for greasing
  • 1 sliced ​​tomato, 2 sliced ​​hard-boiled eggs and sliced ​​green olives for garnish

Method of preparation

Heat the oil in a skillet over medium heat and sauté the onion and pepper until wilted. Add the hearts of palm, corn, peas, chicken, olives, tomato and sauté for 3 minutes. Add the sauce, the vegetable broth dissolved in the water and cook for 3 minutes. Add the cornmeal, salt and cook for 5 minutes, stirring. Pour into a 24 cm diameter mold with a hole in the center, greased and decorated with tomato, egg and olives, pressing with a spoon. Cover and let it rest for 30 minutes. Turn out and serve.

Source: Terra

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