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Grilled Chili Chicken
Grilled Chili Chicken, (Frango Piri Piri) is one of the tastiest Portuguese chicken dishes. Variations of this dish abound, but the constant ingredient is chili in one form or another. Seasoning varies from the simple basting of hot sauce while…

Garlic Nailed Steak
Garlic Nailed Steak (Prego no Pão) is one of the earliest cooking methods for Portuguese steak that I learned from my aunt. It is simple, but you can up the level with serving an egg on top.
Serves 2 to 3
1/2 pound of rump or sirloin…

Carrot Soup (Sopa de Cenoura)
Carrot Soup (Sopa de Cenoura) is best with freshly harvested carrots. Of course, we all do not have access to just harvested carrots. Nonetheless, this soup is a truly wonderful one that is easy to make and loaded with vitamin A. It's perfect…

Black Scabbard Stew of Madeira -
Black Scabbard Stew of Madeira is not heard of in north America. Peixe Espada Estufado de Madeira (as we know it) is known more among the immigrant Portuguese. Fresh swordfish or tuna is sometimes substituted for Black Scabbard Stew of Madeira.
Serves…

Pot Luck Soup
Since there is a lot of utilizing what is on hand, it could be said that with the exception of a number of soups, a Portuguese cook might never serve the same soup twice. My aunt made this pot luck soup known as "sopa de panela" thirty years…
