Serves: 8
Total Calories: 224

1 chicken
1 tablespoon butter
2 medium tomatoes
1 medium onion
2 cups chicken broth
1/3 cup flour
1/3 cup green olives
2 boiled eggs
3 tablespoons chopped parsley
1 small green pepper
1 can palmitos or a can of peas

Boil the chicken, when tender remove meat from bones and skin. If necessary, continue to boil the broth until it reduces to 2 cups. Heat the frying pan and melt butter, add chopped tomatoes without skin or seeds. Add the chopped onion and stir fry. Add the chicken broth and simmer until tender. Add the flour that has been dissolved in 1/2 cup water—it should be thick. Add the chopped green olives, grated boiled eggs, chopped parsley and the chopped green pepper, chopped palmitos or peas. Add the chicken cut into small pieces.

Let cool. Mixture should be cold and thick before putting into the little pastry shells.

Nutritional Facts:

Serves: 8
Total Calories: 224
Calories from Fat: 31

More Recipes from the A Taste of Brazil Cookbook:
Little Pies (Empadinhas)
Little Pies - Ground Beef Filling
Little Pies- Chicken Filling
Little Pies- Cheese Filling
Little Pies- Shrimp Filling
Mock Chicken Legs (Coxinha de galinha)
Cod Fish Croquette (Bolinho de bacalhau)
Cheese Croquette (Bolinho de queijo)
Meat Croquette (Croquete de carne cozida)
Meat Turnovers (Pastéis)
Fried Prawns (Camarão frito)
Melon with Ham (Melão com presunto)
Fresh Figs with Ham (Figos frescos com presunto)