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Caldo Verde is a Portuguese soup made with potatoes, collard greens, sliced chouriço or linguiça (smoked Portuguese sausage) and olive oil. It originated in northern Portugal, but nowadays it is a national favorite. Some people even say it's the national dish but I disagree!
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook caldo verde com chouriço (portuguese collard green soup) using 8 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Caldo Verde com Chouriço (Portuguese Collard Green Soup):
- Make ready 2 tbs extra virgin olive oil
- Make ready 1 chouriço,linguiça or Spanish chorizo sliced in 1/4 inch rounds
- Prepare 1 large onion, diced
- Make ready to taste Salt and white pepper,
- Get 3 garlic cloves, minced
- Get 6 large potatoes, peeled and chopped
- Make ready 4 cups chicken stock AND 3 cups of water
- Make ready 1 pound (medium bunch) collard greens or kale, sliced thin *****
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Instructions to make Caldo Verde com Chouriço (Portuguese Collard Green Soup):
- In a large pot, add your olive oil and brown the chouriço on medium heat. Allow the fat from the sausage to really come out as this helps flavour the soup. Once done, remove chouriço with slotted spoon and set aside
- Add the onions and cook until translucent, then add your garlic. Stir to combine
- Add your raw potatoes to the pot, stir then add your water and chicken broth. Bring everything to a boil, then reduce heat and let simmer until the potatoes are fork tender
- Using a wand blender, puree the soup to a smooth consistency. You want it mostly smooth but a few SMALL potato pieces are fine.
- Season with salt and pepper to your taste. Add your collard greens (or kale) and your choiriço back to the pot and bring back up to just a boil, then reduce heat and let simmer for 3-5 min
- Serve with bread if desired
- ** note: remember to remove the stem from your greens
Caldo verde literally means green soup. And you can see why just by looking at the pictures. Portugal has a long history of humble recipes that were created during the hard times of war So, caldo verde is basically a creamy potato soup with collard greens (couve manteiga), and Portuguese chorizo. Portuguese Caldo Verde Soup - A rustic sausage potato and kale soup with bold flavor and chunky texture. This slightly creamy version is so enticing, you'll.
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