DISH RESEARCH · Main dish
Frango à Cafreal
Flattened chicken grilled over coals with chilli, garlic and lemon.
About Frango à Cafreal
Vanessa Pereira’s frango à cafreal follows the Mozambican charcoal-grilled style described in her introduction. A whole chicken is flattened and seasoned with lemon, garlic, dried chillies, salt, black pepper and olive oil.
The chilli and garlic give the chicken a forceful aromatic seasoning. Lemon adds acidity and olive oil brings the seasoning paste together; the flavour centres on this short ingredient list.
The chicken has a golden surface and tender, juicy meat in the author’s account. Fried potatoes and a green-leaf salad are the named accompaniments.
Allergens in this recipe
Allergen details are not yet confirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Frango à Cafreal
Vanessa Pereira’s Mozambican-style charcoal frango à cafreal.
- Whole chickenProtein
- Lemon juiceLiquid
- GarlicAromatic
- Dried chilliesSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- SaltSeasoning
- Olive oilCooking medium
- Freshly ground black pepperSeasoning
- Fried potatoesAccompanimentIngredient page not linked
- Green-leaf saladAccompanimentIngredient page not linked
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Whole chicken: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Whole free-range/country chicken form explicit; broader chicken candidate.
- Lemon juice: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Dried chillies: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Type/cultivar unspecified.
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Olive oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Freshly ground black pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Fried potatoes: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Named prepared accompaniment; potato cut, frying oil and full formula unprovided.
- Green-leaf salad: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Named prepared leafy salad; ingredients/dressing unprovided.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Mozambique
- MozambiqueCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Mozambican Cuisine
- Mozambican CuisineCatalogue link pending review
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