Snack · Fried
Coxinha (Chicken Croquette)
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Shaped like a chicken drumstick, even though there's no bone inside.
Shredded chicken wrapped in a teardrop-shaped dough shell, breaded and deep-fried, sold from bakeries and beach vendors across Brazil.
Why it's made this way: The drumstick shape is a nod to its origins as a way to use up chicken meat around the bone, later becoming boneless but keeping the traditional shape.
Roughly what's in it
280kcal
10gprotein
28gcarbs
15gfat
Estimated per typical street-vendor portion — not lab-tested.
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Part of World of Street Food — 690 dishes from 118 countries.
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