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Nutrition Facts 1-3/4 cups: 551 calories, 38g fat (23g saturated fat), 137mg cholesterol, 1013mg sodium, 22g carbohydrate (6g sugars, 3g fiber), 30g protein.
Portuguese chicken [1] (traditional Chinese: 葡國雞; simplified Chinese: 葡国鸡), also known as Portuguese-style chicken or galinha à portuguesa [2] (Portuguese pronunciation: [ɡɐˈlĩɲaapuɾtuˈɣezɐ]) is a dish found in Macanese cuisine. Despite its name, Portuguese chicken did not originate from Portugal, but from its former ...
Popular dishes include galinha à Portuguesa, galinha à Africana (African chicken), bacalhau (traditional Portuguese salt cod), pato de cabidela, Macanese chili shrimps, minchi, [2] [3] [4] stir-fried curry crab; pig's ear and papaya salad, and rabbit stewed in wine, cinnamon and star anise.
African chicken (traditional Chinese: 非洲雞; simplified Chinese: 非洲鸡), also known as galinha à africana (Portuguese: [ɡɐˈlĩɲaafɾiˈkɐ̃nɐ], is a Macanese chicken dish. African chicken. African chicken consists of a grilled or roasted chicken coated with spicy piri piri sauce, which sometimes includes Asian ingredients. [1]
Grill or broil the chicken until browned and just cooked through, about 5 minutes each side. Transfer the chicken to a cutting board and let rest 5 minutes before slicing into strips.
The dish is prepared by stir frying blanched broccoli florets and seared pieces of chicken breast. [3] The chicken is often velveted to tenderize it. [4] The stir fry typically includes a "brown sauce" made with oyster sauce, soy sauce, ginger, garlic and Shaoxing wine. [5] [6] [7] Some recipes substitute Shaoxing wine with sherry. [8]
The term "stir fry" as a translation for "chao" was coined in the 1945 book How To Cook and Eat in Chinese, by Buwei Yang Chao. The book told the reader: Roughly speaking, ch'ao may be defined as a big-fire-shallow-fat-continual-stirring-quick-frying of cut-up material with wet seasoning. We shall call it 'stir-fry' or 'stir' for short.
The Portuguese sauce from Macao is considered to be a legacy of Portugal's colonization of Daman and Diu in India, [1] and is likened to a mild yellow curry. [ 2 ] Despite its name, Portuguese sauce (along with Galinha à portuguesa) is a Macanese cuisine invention, and is not a sauce used in Portuguese cuisine .