Cozido à Portuguesa
Hearty boiled meat and vegetable stew with beef, pork, sausages (chouriço, morcela), cabbage, carrots, and potatoes. Ultimate comfort food.
10 ingredients
7 steps
Ingredients
- 1500g beef chuck or shin
- 2300g pork belly
- 32 chouriço sausages
- 42 morcela (blood sausage) links
- 5200g smoked ham or presunto
- 64 medium carrots, whole
- 74 potatoes, halved
- 81 small cabbage, quartered
- 9200g white beans, cooked
- 10Salt, peppercorns and bay leaves
Instructions
- 1Place beef and pork in a large pot, cover with cold water, bring to a boil. Skim foam.
- 2Add peppercorns, bay leaves and salt. Reduce heat and simmer 1 hour.
- 3Add chouriço, morcela and ham. Continue simmering 30 minutes.
- 4Add carrots and potatoes. Cook 20 more minutes.
- 5Add cabbage and white beans. Simmer 10–15 minutes until all tender.
- 6Remove meats, slice and arrange on a platter with vegetables. Strain broth and serve as soup first.
- 7Traditionally served with rice cooked in the broth and crusty bread.