Asordo - Portuguese Bread Soup

By luvcook'n on May 06, 2009

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Ingredients

    1. 1 lb loaf French bread, dry, broken up into small pieces
    2. 5 garlic cloves, peeled and finely chopped
    3. 3 tablespoons olive oil
    4. 2 quarts chicken stock
    5. 1/2 lb shrimp, peeled
    6. salt
    7. Tabasco sauce ( use Piri Piri if available)
    8. chopped parsley
    9. 4 whole eggs

Directions

  1. Soak bread in water until soft. Squeeze out the water and set the bread aside.
  2. In a soup pot, toast the garlic in the olive oil, just until it begins to barely brown.
  3. Add the chicken stock to the pot and bring to a simmer.
  4. Add the bread to the pot and simmer, making a thick soup.
  5. Add the shrimp, salt, and Piri Piri.
  6. Cook for a moment.
  7. Place the soup in a tureen and garnish with the parsley.
  8. Break the eggs on top of the soup.
  9. Bring to the table and stir the eggs into the soup before serving.
 
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