Portuguese Food Recipes

Here is a wide array of Portuguese recipes. We start of with a soup in the true Portuguese style followed by a chicken recipe, pork stew and end with the recipe for the famous Portuguese Chili Beans…

Portuguese Soup

Ingredients

• Small Cabbage - 1
• Kale – 1 Bunch
• Red Kidney Beans – 1 Can
• Mexican Chorizo – 1 lb
• Potatoes – 10
• Beef Bone – 1
• Salt & Pepper – To Taste

Directions

• Wash the potatoes. Peel and cube them.
• Cut the kale into small pieces.
• Peel the cabbage and rip each leaf into three to four pieces.
• Fill water in a medium sized stock pot and bring it to boil. Add the meat bone and Chorizo along with salt and pepper and boil for half hour.
• Now add the cabbage, kale, potatoes and beans.
• Boil until all the ingredients are cooked. .
• Serve warm with bread.

Portuguese Chicken Recipe

Ingredients

• Large Chicken Breasts – 6
• Halved Onion - 1
• Chopped Carrots – ½ Cup
• Whole Potatoes – 4
• Crushed Garlic – 1 Teaspoon
• Garlic Powder – 1 Pinch
• Hot Chopped Peppers – 1 Tablespoon
• Wine Vinegar – ¼ Cup
• Sazon Gova – 1 Packet
• Chedese – 2
• Margarine Stick – ½
• Water – 2.5 Cups

Directions

• Place the chicken breasts, carrots and potatoes on a roasting pan.
• Mix all the other ingredients together and pour it over the contents in the roast pan.
• Cover the pan and cook at 375 degrees for about 90 minutes till the chickens and the potatoes are cooked.

Portuguese Pork Stew Recipe

Ingredients

• Pork – 2 lbs
• Clams – 2 lbs
• Cooking Oil – 2 Tablespoon
• Flour – 2 Teaspoon
• Sliced Onions – 2
• White Wine – 1 Cup
• Peeled Tomatoes – 2
• Tomato Paste – 2 Teaspoon
• Chopped Garlic – 1 Teaspoon
• Laurel Leaf – 1
• Salt & Pepper – To Taste

Directions

• Wash the clams in a large bowl and drain the water. Fill the bowl with salted water and leave the clams in to for sometime.
• Slice the peeled tomatoes into quarters. Remove the seeds and then cut them into cubes of about half inch.
• Cut the pork into big cubes abd sprinkle the flour on it.
• Saute the pork cubes in cooking oil for about 3 minutes in a pressure cooker.
• Add the sliced onions and cook for a couple more minutes.
• Now add wine, tomato paste, tomato cubes, chopped garlic, laurel leaf and salt and pepper. Add a little less salt as the clams will add a little saltiness.
• Heat until the wine starts boiling and then close the pressure cooker. Cook for 45 minutes.
• Drain the clams and add them to the stew in the cooker.
• Without replacing the cover, cook the clams in the stew for a few minutes until they open up.
• Serve hot with steamed rice.

Portuguese Chili Beans Recipe

Ingredients

• Dried Kidney Beans – 2 Cups
• Chopped Onion – 1
• Mashed Garlic – 3 Cloves
• Cooking Oil – 1 Teaspoon
• Ground Chuck – 2 lbs
• Tomato Paste – 1 Can
• Cloves – ¼ Teaspoon
• Chili Powder – 1 Tablespoon
• Hot Red Pepper – 1
• Salt & Pepper – To Taste

Directions

• Soak the beans overnight and then cook until they are tender.
• In a pan sauté the onion and garlic until they are brown in color. Add the ground chuck and fry further till it turns brown.
• Add the tomato paste, chili powder, salt and pepper along with the whole red pepper.
• Heat the paste for 15 minutes.
• Add the beans and cook further for half hour.
• Serve with fresh Portuguese bread.