Bacalhau à Brás (Portuguese Salt Cod)
Portugal's most beloved salt cod dish — shredded bacalhau with silky scrambled eggs, crispy matchstick potatoes, olives and fresh parsley. Simple genius.
18 recipes using garlic — Bacalhau, pastéis de nata, piri piri — Atlantic-influenced and deeply flavourful.
Portuguese cuisine is famous for its bold, distinctive flavours. These portuguese garlic recipes range from quick weeknight dishes ready in under 30 minutes to impressive weekend feasts. Each recipe includes exact ingredient quantities, step-by-step instructions, and full calorie counts per serving.
Portugal's most beloved salt cod dish — shredded bacalhau with silky scrambled eggs, crispy matchstick potatoes, olives and fresh parsley. Simple genius.
Portugal's national soup: silky potato and kale broth with slices of smoky chouriço — humble, nourishing and deeply comforting.
A rich Portuguese seafood rice stew brimming with prawns, clams, mussels, and fragrant coriander.
Marinated pork with clams, fried potatoes, and pickled vegetables — a signature dish from the Alentejo region.
A traditional Algarve fish stew cooked in the iconic clam-shaped copper cataplana pot with tomatoes and peppers.
Portuguese baked duck rice with chouriço and olives.
Portugal's most beloved salt cod dish — flaked bacalhau scrambled with golden matchstick potatoes and silky eggs, finished with olives and parsley.
Portugal's most beloved soup — silky potato broth threaded with ribbons of dark kale and enriched with smoky chouriço — simple, nourishing and deeply satisfying.
Algarve's spectacular seafood stew of clams, prawns and mussels steamed in a copper cataplana with white wine, chorizo and tomatoes.
A classic Portuguese salt cod casserole layered with potatoes, onions, olives, and hard-boiled eggs — one of Portugal's most beloved bacalhau dishes.
Portugal's iconic green soup made with silky potato broth, ribbons of kale, and slices of smoky chouriço — simple, warming, and deeply comforting.
A rich Portuguese duck and rice bake where duck legs are slow-cooked then shredded into saffron-scented rice, topped with chouriço and baked until golden.
Portugal's legendary pork sandwich — thin slices of marinated pork simmered in a garlicky, paprika-white wine sauce, stuffed into a crusty roll.
Portuguese layered fish stew with potatoes, tomatoes and white wine — the fisherman's pot from the Atlantic coast.
Portugal's most famous soup — silky potato broth with finely shredded kale and slices of chouriço sausage.
Salt cod with hand-cut shoestring potatoes, scrambled egg, caramelised onion and black olives — Lisbon's most beloved cod dish, refined.
Portuguese spatchcocked chicken bathed in piri-piri chili-garlic-lemon marinade, charred over flame.
Lisbon's iconic comfort dish — flaked salt cod tossed with crispy matchstick potatoes, soft-scrambled eggs, fried onions, parsley and black olives.