Posted on Monday, November 4, 2019 in Chicken Recipes

Portuguese Chicken Legs with Beer

Serve these delicious Portuguese fried chicken legs with beer (pernas de frango fritas com cerveja) with Portuguese fries or white rice.
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Portuguese Chicken Legs with Beer

Preparation time 40 min
Cooking Time 30 min
Ready In1 h 10 min
Level of DifficultyEasy
Servings2

Ingredients

8 chicken legs (without the thighs)4 cloves of garlic, chopped2 bay leaves1 teaspoon of pepper sauce (to taste hot or mild)1/2 beer bottleOlive oil (to taste)Salt (to taste)Pepper (to taste)
8 chicken legs (without the thighs)4 cloves of garlic, chopped2 bay leaves1 teaspoon of pepper sauce (to taste hot or mild)1/2 beer bottleOlive oil (to taste)Salt (to taste)Pepper (to taste)
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Preparation

  1. Season the chicken with the garlic, salt, pepper, bay leaves, pepper sauce and beer and let it marinate for 30 minutes.
  2. Drain the chicken well and keep the marinade.
  3. In a wide pan, add the oil and olive oil and let it heat up well.
  4. Fry the chicken until brown (about 10 to 15 minutes), then add the beer marinade and cook for another 10 to 15 minutes.
Recipe & Photo Credit: receitasdeportugal.com
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Carolina
Carolina
Cooked this the other day and really loved it. Just hard to get some portuguese ingredients.
2 years ago, Wednesday, February 9, 2022
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Eddy
Great to know Carolina, if you live in the USA you can order most ingredients online.
2 years ago, Wednesday, February 9, 2022
Maria rego
Maria rego
It looks so good.
2 years ago, Friday, January 21, 2022
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lori vaughn
lori vaughn
will give this a try
2 years ago, Thursday, January 20, 2022
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Eddy
Great Lori, let us know how you like it.
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