World Flavors Cookbook

Torta de Frango

Brazilian chicken pie with a liquid batter poured over the filling — a quick, moist batter pie that is the favorite of Brazilian home baking.

Cuisine: Brazil

Ingredients

• For filling: 400g shredded chicken, 1 onion, 1 tomato, green olives, cream corn
• For batter: 3 eggs, 200ml milk, 200g flour, 100ml oil, 1 tsp baking powder, salt
• Parmesan to top

Instructions

1. Make filling: cook chicken with onion and tomato. Mix with olives and corn.
2. Blend batter ingredients until smooth.
3. Pour half the batter into an oiled baking dish.
4. Spread chicken filling.
5. Pour remaining batter over top.
6. Sprinkle parmesan.
7. Bake at 180C for 35-40 minutes.