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Type | Salgado, a fried snack |
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Place of origin | Brazilian |
Region or state | São Paulo |
Serving temperature | Best served fresh |
Main ingredients | Chicken (sometimes cooked unripe jackfruit), broth, flour, sometimes potatoes, and requeijão [cream cheese] |
Coxinha (Portuguese: [koˈʃĩɲɐ], little [chicken] thigh) is a popular food in Brazil consisting of chopped or shredded chicken meat, covered in dough, molded into a shape resembling a teardrop, battered and fried.