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Mother Machados Portuguese Bean Soup Recipe

Ingredients

How to make it

  • saute onion and garlic in oil
  • add hocks and broth/water and bring to boil
  • add sausages sliced into 3 inch pieces
  • add bay leaves and rosemary and simmer until hock skin is soft
  • add ham bits if you desire
  • add potatoes, carrots and beans and continue simmering
  • about 40 minutes until serving, add chopped cabbage
  • about 20 minutes before serving, add macaroni
  • Serve warm with pao doce Portuguese bread or any bread you desire
  • The soup gets most of its flavor from the sausage and herbs. Remove Bay leaves before serving.
  • DO NOT Add additional salt until you taste soup. Ham Hocks have alot of salt in them. Add pepper to taste or other seasonings as to your taste

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  • lanijoy 13 years ago
    This sounds so good, makes me homesick. I really want to give this a try. (For mainland people wanting to make this, King's Bread works OK for pao doce. And linguisa for Portuguese sausage works, too. I get it at Fred Meyer in Washington state.)
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    " It was excellent "
    midgelet ate it and said...
    had similar of this most delcious recipes!
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