Cozido à portuguesa, a quintessentially Portuguese dish, bursts with intense flavours, combining various meats and vegetables. It’s typically accompanied by plain rice. This dish is traditionally eaten for Carnaval (Fat Tuesday).
Ingredientes – 4 Pessoas | Ingredients – 4 People
- 200 g carne de vaca para cozer (200 g stewing beef)
- 200 g pá de porco (200 g pork shoulder)
- 300 g carne de galinha (300 g hen)
- 1 morcela (1 black pudding)
- 150 g toucinho fumado (150 g smoked pork belly)
- 1 chouriço de carne (1 chouriço)
- 400 g couve-lombarda (400 g savoy cabbage)
- 1 alho-francês (1 leek)
- 4 batatas (4 potatoes)
- 2 nabos (2 turnips)
- 4 cenouras (4 carrots)
- 3 dentes de alho (3 garlic cloves)
Preparação | Preparation
1 – Lave bem as carnes e coloque-as numa panela de pressão. Coza durante 25 minutos. Depois de cozidas, reserve as carnes e o caldo. (Wash the meat well and put it in a pressure cooker. Cook for 25 minutes. Once cooked, set the meat and stock aside.)
2 – Lave a couve e o alho-francês corte-os aos pedaços. Lave, descasque e corte as batatas, os nabos, as cenouras e os alhos ao meio. De seguida coloque-os numa panela. (Wash the cabbage and leeks and chop them up. Wash, peel and cut the potatoes, turnips, carrots and garlic in half. Then put them in a saucepan.)
3 – Junte as carnes previamente cozidas e cubra até metade com água. A outra metade, com o caldo da cozedura das carnes. (Add the previously cooked meat and cover half of it with water. The other half with the stock from cooking the meat.)
4 – Cozinhe tapado durante 15 minutos, ou até os legumes ficarem cozidos. (Cook covered for 15 minutes, or until the vegetables are cooked.)
5 – Retire as carnes e corte-as aos pedaços. (Remove the meat and cut it into pieces.)
6 – Coloque as carnes e os legumes numa travessa larga e sirva. (Place the meat and vegetables on a large platter and serve.)
7 – Sugerimos que acompanhe com arroz branco cozinhado na restante água de cozedura das carnes. (We suggest serving with white rice cooked in the remaining cooking water.)
Now that you know what goes into a proper Cozido à Portuguesa, see how it’s described in real conversation.
In this video, we discuss traditional Portuguese food naturally, just as it would come up in everyday speech.
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