Chicken cake with requeijão cremoso, sauteed spinach and grated yellow yam

Name: Chicken cake with requeijão cremoso, sauteed spinach and grated yellow yam
Prep time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Cuisine: Brazilian
Ingredients: 800 g chicken breast; salt and pepper, to taste; salt and pepper, to taste; 400 g butter; 800 g flour; 200 g requeijão cremoso or buttermilk cheese; 200 g requeijão cremoso or buttermilk cheese; 1 onion, finely chopped; basil to taste; 50 g butter; 2 garlic cloves, smashed; water and salt, to cook; water and salt, to cook; 400 g yellow yam, thickly grated; oil, for frying; 12 garlic cloves, smashed; 100 ml olive oil; salt and pepper to taste; 1 kg spinachs; 600 ml milk; salt and pepper to taste

Preparation info

Servings:
4
portions

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr

Appears in

Brazil Rhythms and Recipes

By Morena Leite

Published 2006

About

Ingredients

Chicken

800 g chicken breast
water and salt, to cook
50 g butter

Americas
Brazil
Main course

Method

Preparation

Cook chicken breast in water and salt, until meat is tender and white. Remove from heat, rinse to eliminate odor, leave it to cool. Shred chicken with your hands. In a skillet, melt butter and sauté garlic until golden brown; add onion and sauté for some minutes. Add shredded chicken and basil leaves. Pour milk and buttermilk cheese. Season with salt and pepper. Cook until