Alheira

Name: Alheira
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Portuguese
Ingredients: 300g chicken breast, poached and shredded; 200g day-old bread; 100ml chicken stock; 3 cloves garlic, minced; 2 tbsp sweet paprika; 1 tbsp olive oil; 1 tsp cumin; salt and pepper to taste; sausage casings as needed

Portugal's remarkable bread-based sausage of chicken and game, originally devised by Jewish communities — grilled until crispy.

Total time

45 min

Prep

30 min

Cook

15 min

Difficulty

hard

Cuisine

Portuguese

Ingredients

300gchicken breast, poached and shredded

200gday-old bread

100mlchicken stock

3 clovesgarlic, minced

2 tbspsweet paprika

1 tbspolive oil

1 tspcumin

salt and pepperto taste

sausage casingsas needed

Instructions

Soak bread in stock until soft. Squeeze and mix with chicken, garlic, paprika, oil and cumin.

Season generously. Fill into sausage casings, tying into links.

Hang to dry 24 hours, or use fresh.

Pan-fry or grill over medium heat 10 minutes, turning, until golden on all sides.

Serve with fried eggs and greens.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

181

Protein

24.7g

Fat

7.2g

Carbs

5.1g

Fiber

2.7g

Sodium

157mg

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