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Arroz de Marisco
A rich Portuguese seafood rice stew brimming with prawns, clams, mussels, and fragrant coriander.
⏱ 60 min🔥 480 kcalMedium
★4.8(1,100)
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Portuguese Tomatoes Recipes
12 recipes using tomatoes — Bacalhau, pastéis de nata, piri piri — Atlantic-influenced and deeply flavourful.
These 12 portuguese tomatoes recipes are ready in about 56 minutes on average, with 251–547 kcal per serving, and 42% are rated easy enough for a weeknight. Every recipe includes exact ingredient quantities, step-by-step instructions and full nutrition per serving.
12
recipes
56 min
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397 kcal
avg per serving
42%
easy recipes
How Portuguese cuisine cooks with tomatoes
Portuguese food is Atlantic and rustic — generous with garlic, fresh herbs and chilli, and famous for its love of bacalhau and grilled fish. When Portuguese cooks work with tomatoes, they reach for olive oil, garlic, bay, piri-piri, coriander and plenty of seafood, and the techniques that come up most across these recipes are boiling, simmering, sautéing and steaming.
Sweet-acidic fruit that forms the backbone of sauces, stews and salads across nearly every cuisine. In this collection it's most often cooked with garlic, olive oil, onion, sweet paprika, clams and mussels. The dishes here span portuguese classics ready in as little as 20 minutes to slower, more involved cooking that rewards a relaxed afternoon.
Reader favourite: Arroz de Marisco is the highest-rated dish in this collection at 4.8★ from 1,100 ratings.
12 Portuguese Tomatoes Recipes
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Cataplana de Peixe
A traditional Algarve fish stew cooked in the iconic clam-shaped copper cataplana pot with tomatoes and peppers.
⏱ 50 min🔥 380 kcalEasy
★4.6(870)
✨ Newdinner
Cataplana de Marisco
Algarve's spectacular seafood stew of clams, prawns and mussels steamed in a copper cataplana with white wine, chorizo and tomatoes.
⏱ 45 min🔥 340 kcalEasy
★4.7(987)
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Caldeirada
Portuguese layered fish stew with potatoes, tomatoes and white wine — the fisherman's pot from the Atlantic coast.
⏱ 65 min🔥 380 kcalMedium
★4.8(612)
✨ Newlunch
Arroz de Marisco (Portuguese Seafood Rice Bowl)
Saucy tomato rice simmered with shrimp, clams and mussels, a soupy Portuguese seafood rice from the Algarve coast.
⏱ 55 min🔥 420 kcalMedium
★4.5(28)
✨ Newbreakfast
Portuguese Breakfast with Pao and Queijo Fresco
Crusty Portuguese bread rolls with fresh cheese, ham and a simple tomato spread, a light, unfussy Portuguese breakfast.
⏱ 20 min🔥 380 kcalEasy
★4.2(16)
✨ Newdinner
Pimentos Recheados (Portuguese Stuffed Peppers with Rice)
Bell peppers stuffed with a rice, ground beef and tomato filling, baked until tender, a comforting Portuguese family dinner.
⏱ 70 min🔥 380 kcalMedium
★4.3(19)
✨ Newdinner
Portuguese Almôndegas with Piri-Piri Glaze
Tender Portuguese meatballs simmered in a sweet-spicy piri-piri tomato sauce.
⏱ 40 min🔥 547 kcalHard
★4.2(34)
✨ Newsalad
Portuguese Salada de Tomate com Cebola (Tomato and Caramelized Onion Salad)
A simple Portuguese tomato salad with deeply caramelized onions and good olive oil.
⏱ 61 min🔥 251 kcalEasy
★4.5(48)
✨ Newdinner
Portuguese Arroz de Marisco (Seafood Rice)
A brothy, saffron-tinted seafood rice loaded with shrimp, clams and mussels, a coastal Portuguese classic.
⏱ 75 min🔥 420 kcalHard
★4.7(62)
✨ Newsoup
Portuguese Sopa de Lentilhas (Lentil Soup) with Sweet Paprika and Chouriço
A hearty, smoky lentil soup with chouriço and sweet paprika, a Portuguese neighborhood staple.
⏱ 55 min🔥 340 kcalEasy
★4.6(51)
✨ Newdinner
Portuguese-Style Stuffed Peppers with Slow-Cooked Onions and Chouriço Rice
Bell peppers stuffed with chouriço rice and slow-cooked onions, simmered until tender.
⏱ 80 min🔥 440 kcalMedium
★4.4(32)
Choosing & preparing tomatoes
How to choose
Ripe tomatoes smell fragrant at the stem and give slightly to a gentle squeeze. For cooking out of season, good-quality tinned tomatoes often beat pale fresh ones.
Prep & storage
Store at room temperature, never the fridge, which kills their flavour and texture. Score and blanch to slip off skins; salting slices draws out excess water for salads.
Nutrition
A low-calorie source of vitamin C, potassium and the antioxidant lycopene — which actually becomes more available when tomatoes are cooked.
Classic flavour partners: basil, garlic, olive oil, mozzarella, onion, oregano
Portuguese Tomatoes Recipes — FAQ
How long do Portuguese tomatoes recipes take to make?
Most of these 12 Portuguese tomatoes recipes are ready in around 56 minutes from start to finish. The quickest, Portuguese Breakfast with Pao and Queijo Fresco, takes about 20 minutes, while the slower-cooked dishes run up to 80 minutes.
How many calories are in Portuguese tomatoes dishes?
Across this collection they range from about 251 to 547 kcal per serving, averaging 397 kcal — Portuguese Salada de Tomate com Cebola (Tomato and Caramelized Onion Salad) is the lightest option at 251 kcal.
What is the easiest Portuguese tomatoes recipe for beginners?
Cataplana de Peixe is a great place to start — it's rated easy and comes together in about 50 minutes. 42% of the recipes here are beginner-friendly.
What goes well with tomatoes in Portuguese cooking?
In these recipes, tomatoes is most often paired with garlic, olive oil, onion, sweet paprika, clams and mussels. Portuguese kitchens also lean on olive oil, garlic, bay, piri-piri, coriander and plenty of seafood.
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