Brazil

Chicken Meat and Okra Stew

BY Julia Goulart Sereno I used to work as a fashion model and am now working as a secretary in Rio de Janeiro. The following dish is very easy to cook. I hope you will enjoy this Brazilian food.

@ Ingredients Chicken leg meat (bite size pieces): 500g Okra: 400g-500g Salad oil: 8 tbsp Salt: 2 tsp Vinegar: 2 tbsp Cilantro (finely chopped): 1 cup (to taste) Onion (finely chopped): 1 large Garlic (finely chopped): 2 cloves Pre-cooked canned tomatoes (1 cup) or tomato puree (3 tbsp)

@ How to make 1, Marinate bite-size chicken leg meat in a mixture of salt (1 tsp), garlic (2 cloves) and vinegar (1 tbsp). 2, Add salad oil (4 tbsp) to a pan and heat. Transfer mixture 1, to pan and saut. When cooked, transfer to a plate. 3, Trim stems from washed okra and cut into 2 - 3 cm lengths. 4, Add salad oil (4 tbsp) to emptied pan and heat; saut okra mixed with salt and vinegar. 5, Combine 4, 2, and a little less than one cup of water (if you prefer a tomato taste, add Pre-cooked canned tomatoes or tomato puree as well) and cook for 15 minutes. 6, Add cilantro at the end. 7, Serve with rice.