Portuguese Tomato And Sausage Soup Food

PORTUGUESE SAUSAGE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in a soup pot over medium heat until it sizzles, about 1 minute. Add potatoes, onion, carrots, and celery. Cook and stir for 3 to 4 minutes. Add garlic, salt, pepper, and red pepper flakes. Stir for another 2 to 3 minutes.
• Add kale and bay leaves to the pot. Cover and let kale wilt for 2 to 3 minutes.
• Add chicken broth, linguica, chorizo, tomatoes, and garbanzo beans with their juices to the pot and bring to a boil, about 5 minutes. Reduce heat to medium and simmer until veggies are tender, about 15 minutes more.

PORTUGUESE SAUSAGE AND KALE SOUP (CALDO VERDE)

Steps:

• Saute sausage slices in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until browned, 3 to 5 minutes per side. Transfer sausage to a plate, leaving any fat in the skillet.
• Add olive oil to the skillet and heat oil over medium heat; stir in onions. Cook and stir until the onions begin to brown, 8 to 10 minutes. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Return sausage to the pot and add chicken broth, potatoes, and pepper; bring to a boil. Add kale and cannellini beans, reduce heat slightly, and simmer until sausage is cooked through and potatoes are tender, about 30 minutes. Season with salt.

SOPA DE TOMATE (PORTUGUESE TOMATO SOUP)

Steps:

• Heat bacon in a 6 qt saucepan over medium-high heat. Cook until fat is rendered and bacon is crisp, about 10 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, transfer bacon to a bowl and set aside.
• Add sausage to pan. Cook until browned (4-5 minutes), then using a slotted spoon, transfer to bowl with bacon.
• Drain and discard all but 3 tbsp fat from pan and add onions. Cook, stirring occasionally, until slightly caramelized (10-12 minutes). Add garlic and cook 1-2 minutes more.
• Add tomatoes, salt, pepper, and 2 cups water and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low. Cook, uncovered, until soup is slightly thickened, about 1 hour. Remove from heat and let cool slightly. (May be cooled completely, refrigerated and made later at this point).
• Working in batches, puree soup in a blender until smooth. Transfer to a very large high-sided skillet and bring to a simmer over medium heat.
• Working with 1 egg at a time, crack eggs into a small bowl and carefully slide into soup. Using a spoon, baste eggs with soup, until whites are firm and yolks are just set, about 5 minutes.
• Divide bread slices between serving bowls and using a slotted spoon, place eggs over bread; ladle soup over the top. Garnish with reserved bacon and sausage.

PORTUGUESE SAUSAGE AND BEAN STEW

Steps:

• If using dried beans, add the beans to a large bowl, cover by 2 inches with cold water and let soak for at least 8 hours, or overnight. Drain and set aside. If using canned beans, drain and rinse.
• Add the bacon, if using, to a large, heavy-bottomed pot over medium heat and cook until browned and crisp, about 10 minutes. Remove the bacon and set aside. Discard all but 1 tablespoon of the fat and return the skillet to the stovetop. Add the sausage and cook until browned. With a slotted spoon, remove the sausage to a bowl and reserve.
• Discard all but 1 tablespoon of the fat from the skillet and return to the stove over medium heat. When the fat shimmers, add the onion and garlic, stir to coat in fat, and cook until golden brown, about 4 minutes. Stir in the tomato paste and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
• Add the potatoes and stir to coat in the tomato paste. Add the beans, chorizo, and all remaining ingredients, except the bacon, and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer until the flavors have melded and the dried beans are cooked through, about 1 to 1 1/2 hours. Crumble the bacon into beans, and season with additional salt, if needed. Remove the bay leaf, transfer the beans to a serving bowl and serve.

PORTUGUESE CHOURICO AND KALE SOUP

Steps:

• Heat oil in a deep pot over medium high heat. Add potatoes and onions, cover and cook 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Add garlic, bay leaves, and kale to the pot. Cover pot and wilt greens 2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Add beans, tomatoes, chourico, and broth to the pot and bring soup to a full boil. Reduce heat back to medium and cook 5 to 10 minutes longer or until potatoes are tender.
• Serve soup with hunks of crusty bread and butter.
• Cook's Note: If you are in Mystic, ask for cherise (phonetic pronunciation), if you want to sample the chourico.

PORTUGUESE TOMATO AND SAUSAGE SOUP

Steps:

• 1. Cook up the bacon in a pot over medium heat for about 2 minutes. Add the sausages and cook with the bacon until all is browned, about 5 more minutes. Add the onions and Essence and cook, stirring, until the onions are soft, about 5 minutes.
• 2. Add the crushed red pepper and garlic and cook until they are fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add the bay leaves, tomatoes, and chicken stock and stir to combine well. Bring it to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for about 30 mintues. Season to taste with the salt and pepper. Stir in the cilantro and ladle into warm soup bowls. Serve with crusty bread.

PORTUGUESE CHICKEN AND SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Place potatoes, carrots, celery and onion in a pot. Add wine, sugar, salt, oil and chicken broth. cover the pot and bring to a boil. reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes.
• While the veggies cook, brown the chorizo in a nonstick skillet over med-high heat.
• Uncover the veggies and add in the chorizo and the tomato sauce. Set cooked chicken into the pot and heat through for 5 minutes. Adjust seasoning to taste. ladle the Portuguese Chicken into shallow bowls, garnish with parsley and serve with the crusty bread for dipping.

PORTUGUESE KALE AND POTATO SOUP

Steps:

• Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a 5-quart heavy pot over medium-high heat until it shimmers, then brown sausage, stirring often, 2 to 3 minutes. Transfer with a slotted spoon to a bowl. Add 2 tablespoon oil to fat in pot and cook onion and garlic with 1/4 teaspoon each of salt and pepper over medium heat, stirring often, until browned, 7 to 8 minutes.
• Add potatoes, water, and 1 teaspoon salt and simmer, covered, until potatoes are very tender, 15 to 20 minutes. Mash some potatoes into soup to thicken, then add kale and simmer, uncovered, until tender, about 5 minutes. Stir in sausage and cook until just heated through, 1 to 2 minutes. Drizzle with remaining tablespoon oil and season with salt and pepper.

KALE SOUP WITH POTATOES AND SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Place the sausage in a large pot over medium-low heat and cook until it begins to render its fat, about 2 minutes. Add the onion and cook for 2 minutes. Add the garlic and potatoes and cook for 2 minutes. Add the kale and cook, stirring constantly, for 2 minutes longer.
• Stir in the chicken broth, vinegar and salt. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer for 1 hour. Season with pepper. Stir in the tomatoes and cook, uncovered, for 15 minutes. Divide among 4 bowls and serve.

SAUSAGE TOMATO SOUP

Steps:

• In a saucepan, cook the sausage, onion and green pepper over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Stir in the tomatoes, broth, tomato sauce, picante sauce, sugar, basil and oregano. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 10 minutes. Sprinkle with cheese.

SAUSAGE AND FENNEL SOUP

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a medium-sized saucepan; add garlic and shallots. Cook 1 minute. Add sausage, cook until browned, about 3 minutes. Add leeks, fennel, carrots, tomatoes, parsley and sprinkle all with salt and pepper. Cook another 2 minutes. Add chicken broth. Cover and simmer over medium heat for about 10 minutes or until vegetables are tender.
• Serve immediately.

PORTUGUESE KALE SOUP

Steps:

• Wash kale under running water.
• Strip from tough stem, coarse chop and set aside.
• In the food processor, using the medium shredder blade, shred cabbage, drain and rinse beans.
• Heat the olive oil in a large stock pot, add sausage, chopped onion and minced garlic.
• Cook, stirring occasionally until the onion is transparent.
• Add remaining ingredients, bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for about 45 minutes to 1 hour.
• Adjust chicken stock as needed for desired consistency.
• Add salt and pepper to taste, remove bay leaf and serve hot with a coarse bread.

PORTUGUESE SAUSAGE SOUP

Steps:

• In a soup pot, combine all the ingredients over medium-high heat; bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low. Cover and simmer for 1 to 2 hours. The soup will be done after about an hour, but the longer you simmer it, the heartier it will be.