One of my favorite meals in Brazil had to be the Galeto's (both my 1st & last meal). Its a simple dish-- baby chicken brushed with a lime, vinegar, garlic solution and slowly charbroiled over an open fire- simple and delicious! As the juice from the baby chicken drips into the charcoal pit, the flame rises creating a thin crispy skin and wonderful smokey flavor. The frango (chicken) meat is fall off the bone tender and juicy -- absolutely amazing! The galeto's are served with a totmato onion-salsa, oil, vinegar, and salt.
My favorite spot was: "Quick Galeto's" a modest dine in bar located one block from Copacabana Beach. Check out the video below:
They also had all sorts of other grilled meats, sides and salads-- their beef skewers w/ green peppers and onions is also a winner. They even add bacon strips to the meat making the beef taste even smokier!!! Grilled Beef Skewers w/ green peppers & onions
Hearts of Palm, tomato, avocado, onion salad
And of course galetos!
And the elderly owners are too cute ;) http://www.quickgaletos.com/
2 Tb Peanut/Canola Oil ( for the wok-additional oil needed for deep frying)
Flour (for coating chicken)
1 Orange (1/2 cup of the juice and zest from rind)
1/4 cup Chicken Broth
1 Tb of corn starch
2 Tb Soy Sauce
1 Tb Honey
1 inch Ginger Root- finely chopped
1 clove Garlic- finely chopped
1 Scallion- chopped
1 Chili Pepper- finely chopped
Directions: Sauce- 1) Make Sauce: Combine orange juice, chicken broth, cornstarch, soy sauceinto a measuring cup and mix well--set to de side
Chicken- 2) Dice chicken into bite size chunks 3) Coat in egg batter, then flour. Repeat again 4) Fry coated chicken & degrease
Combine- 5) In a wok with the peanut oil, add: ginger, garlic, spring onions, hot pepper, & orange zest 6) Once flavors release, add the sauce mixture and simmer until bubbling and thickened 7) Add chicken with broccoli and coat until completely covered
It’s been a while since I’ve been back to the University of Maryland and it’s been even longer since I’ve known anyone with extra dining hall points that I could mooch off of. In order to appease my yearning for an old college favorite, I decided to re-create the infamous Adele’s chicken sandwich at home.
(Makes 4 sandwiches)
Ingredients: 4 Kaiser Rolls (sandwich buns) 2 chicken breast- boneless, skinless 6 slices of bacon 1 apple 4 oz Brie cheese 3 Tb Poultry or Grill seasoning Salt-n-Pepa
Directions: Carefully butterfly each chicken breast into 2 pieces. Flatten each piece by pounding it out *pause.* Season both sides with poultry (or grill) seasoning and Salt-n-Pepa.
Cut the bacon strips in half, cook in a hot skillet (or however you prefer) and set aside.
Cook the chicken breast in a hot skillet (or grill pan if you have one) over medium heat until cooked and brown on both sides.
While the chicken is cooking, thinly slice the apple (½”- ¼” pieces) and slice the brie cheese into thin pieces small enough to stack on your sandwich.
Assemble your sandwich by placing the chicken breast (and whatever condiments you like) on the roll. Stack the sliced apples, brie cheese and bacon on top and heat in a toaster/oven until the cheese is melted (be careful not to burn your bread though).
Grilled Beef Skewers w/ green peppers & onions
And of course galetos!
