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Here is a wide array of Portuguese food 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 - Cup
  • Whole Potatoes - 4
  • Crushed Garlic - 1 Teaspoon
  • Garlic Powder - 1 Pinch
  • Hot Chopped Peppers - 1 Tablespoon
  • White Vinegar - Cup
  • Sazon Gova - 1 Packet
  • Cheese - 2
  • Margarine Stick -
  • 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 Tablespoons
  • Flour - 2 Teaspoons
  • 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 and 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 saltines.
  • 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 - 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 saut 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.

Here is a wide array of Portuguese food 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 - Cup
  • Whole Potatoes - 4
  • Crushed Garlic - 1 Teaspoon
  • Garlic Powder - 1 Pinch
  • Hot Chopped Peppers - 1 Tablespoon
  • White Vinegar - Cup
  • Sazon Gova - 1 Packet
  • Cheese - 2
  • Margarine Stick -
  • 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 Tablespoons
  • Flour - 2 Teaspoons
  • 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 and 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 saltines.
  • 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 - 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 saut 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.

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