Dinner · 60 min · brazilian

Xinxim de Galinha (Chicken in Peanut-Cashew Sauce)

If you like chicken, you’ll love this Brazilian dinner — 60 minutes from craving to table. At 574 calories and 59g protein per serving, it fits easily into a high-protein day. Leftovers keep well, so it doubles as next-day lunch without any extra work.

✓ USDA-verified nutrition data

Ingredients

• 2.5 lb Chicken
• 0.75 cup Peanuts
• 0.5 cup Cashews
• 3 tbsp Red palm oil
• 1 Onion
• 4 cloves Garlic
• 1 tbsp Ginger
• 1 cup Coconut milk
• 0.5 cup Cilantro
• 1 Lime
• 2 tsp Salt

Steps

1. Season the chicken with salt and lime juice and rest 20 minutes while you build the sauce base.
2. Blend the peanuts and cashews with the coconut milk into a thick, pourable cream — this nut cream is the body of xinxim.
3. Brown the chicken pieces in the palm oil until golden on all sides, then set aside. The dendê stains the chicken a beautiful amber.
4. Soften the onion, garlic, and ginger in the same oil, then pour in the nut cream and 1 cup of hot water. Simmer 10 minutes, stirring, until thickened.
5. Return the chicken to the sauce and simmer 25 minutes, until cooked through and the sauce clings richly to every piece.
6. Shower with cilantro and serve over white rice. Xinxim is Bahia’s answer to the question of how luxurious chicken can get.

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