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Portuguese recipes tested and adapted for the home kitchen — 6 dishes from Portugal, each with step-by-step instructions and ingredient notes.

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Arroz de Marisco (Portuguese Seafood Rice)

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Cereal and Pasta Dishes

Arroz de Marisco (Portuguese Seafood Rice)

Arroz de marisco is the Portuguese rice cooked in a stock drawn from prawn heads and shells, with clams and mussels opening in the pot. The rice goes in unwashed and the dish is served loose and brothy — malandrinho, never dry like a paella.

60 min520 kcal4 serves

💪High protein🌾Gluten-free🌶️Spicy

Bacalhau à Brás (Portuguese Salt Cod with Eggs and Potatoes)

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Fish and Seafood Dishes

Bacalhau à Brás (Portuguese Salt Cod with Eggs and Potatoes)

Bacalhau à Brás is the Lisbon dish of salt cod, matchstick potatoes and eggs. The cod is soaked and pulled into threads, the potatoes go in at the last moment, and the eggs work as a binder — creamy rather than scrambled.

40 min560 kcal4 serves

💪High protein🌾Gluten-free

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Appetizers and Sandwiches

Bifana (Portuguese Pork Sandwich)

The bifana is the Portuguese sandwich of thin pork cutlets marinated in white wine with garlic, paprika and bay. The meat is fried, simmered in its own marinade and packed into a crusty roll with the sauce spooned over and a smear of mustard.

40 min480 kcal4 serves

💪High protein🌶️Spicy

Caldo Verde (Portuguese Greens and Chouriço Soup)

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Soups

Caldo Verde (Portuguese Greens and Chouriço Soup)

Caldo verde is the Portuguese potato soup carrying threads of finely shredded greens and rounds of chouriço. The base is blended completely smooth, the greens are cut one or two millimetres wide and cooked for five minutes at the end so they stay green.

45 min260 kcal6 serves

🌾Gluten-free

Frango Piri-Piri (Portuguese Grilled Chicken)

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Meat Dishes

Frango Piri-Piri (Portuguese Grilled Chicken)

Frango piri-piri is spatchcocked chicken grilled under a marinade of hot chillies, garlic and smoked paprika. The bird is cut along the backbone and pressed flat, marinated for at least four hours, and glazed at the end with the portion of marinade that was boiled first.

60 min520 kcal4 serves

🌶️Spicy💪High protein🌾Gluten-free

Pastel de Nata (Portuguese Custard Tart)

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Flour and Confectionery Products

Pastel de Nata (Portuguese Custard Tart)

Pastel de nata is the Portuguese puff pastry tart filled with egg yolk custard that comes out of the oven spotted dark. The custard is built on a sugar syrup rather than on sugar, and the pastry is rolled into a log and cut into rounds so the base sets in a spiral.

75 min300 kcal12 serves

🌿Vegetarian

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