Portuguese Caldo Verde
From mystic_river1 16 years ago
- 20 minutes to make
- Serves 8
This is a typical Portuguese soup, here spiced up by the piri-piris. The sausage often contains piri-piri powder and is the same as the chorizo of Spain and Mexico.
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup olive oil 1 large spanish onion, diced shopping list
- 2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced shopping list
- 10 ounces chorizo sausage , diced shopping list
- 6 medium potatoes, peeled and diced shopping list
- 3 dried piri-piri chiles, crushed (or substitute piquin or Thai) shopping list
- 8 cups of cold water shopping list
- 1 pound kale or spinach, cut into small julienne shopping list
- salt and pepper to taste shopping list
How to make it
- In a large pot, heat the olive oil over medium heat.
- Add the onions and cook until they are translucent.
- Add the garlic, half the chourizo, and the chiles and cook for 2 minutes.
- Add the potatoes, cover everything with water, bring to a boil and lower the heat, simmering until the potatoes are almost done, about 15 minutes.
- When the soup is cool enough to handle, puree it in a food processor and return to the pot.
- Add the greens, and bring everything back to a boil.
- Lower the heat and simmer for 2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper, ladle into bowls and garnish on top with the remaining cubes of chourizo.
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Great soup. I love the color, texture and flavor combinations. *5*
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