🇧🇷 Brazil
Salpicão (Brazilian Chicken Salad), made with supermarket ingredients
The authentic flavor in three easy steps with what any supermarket sells, in metric, for students and anyone cooking far from home (serves 2).
15 min2 to wash
3 lazy steps
- 1
Boil 450 g shredded cooked chicken breast with 250 ml cooked shredded carrots, 250 ml cooked sweet corn, and 1 finely chopped apple in a large bowl.
- 2
Whisk together 120 ml mayonnaise, 60 ml heavy cream, 1 tbsp lime juice, and salt and pepper to taste, then fold into the chicken mixture until evenly coated.
- 3
Refrigerate for 30 minutes, then top with 250 ml potato sticks right before serving for maximum crunch.
🇧🇷 How it's eaten in Brazil
In Brazil, this salad is traditionally served cold as a side dish for festive meals like Christmas or weekend barbecues (churrasco).
Ingredients (serves 2)
- cooked chicken breast, shredded450 g
Swap: 450 g rotisserie chicken, shredded（no cooking needed）
- carrots, shredded250 ml
- sweet corn kernels250 ml
- green apple, diced1
- mayonnaise120 ml
- heavy cream60 ml
Swap: 60 ml sour cream（tangy and easy staple）
- lime juice1 tbsp
- shoestring potato sticks250 ml
Authentic ingredients in Brazil
- cooked chicken breast, shredded450 g
- carrots, shredded250 ml
- sweet corn kernels250 ml
- green apple, diced1
- mayonnaise120 ml
- table cream (creme de leite)60 ml
- lime juice1 tbsp
- batata palha (Brazilian potato sticks)250 ml
Optional authentic touch
Chilling all ingredients thoroughly before mixing and adding the potato sticks at the very last second prevents the salad from becoming watery and keeps the topping crispy.
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