Portuguese Main Dish Recipes

"I love the blend of flavors in this dish. This is a hearty one dish meal. The secret spice is the Saffron. Saffron is expensive, but you must add it or the taste of authentic Paella is lost."

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Ingredients: fresh ground black pepper, dried rosemary...

"This rich stew uses typical Portuguese seasonings and ingredients such as dry wine (vinho seco), paprika, and lemon. The meat is oh-so-tender, and the dish is very no-fuss. Serve with rice and/or lots of traditional Portuguese cornmeal bread."

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Ingredients: cilantro, dried basil...

"A traditional portuguese dish."

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Ingredients: pepper, dry white wine...

"This is very easy to make and is simply delicious. The wine is an optional ingredient, but I think it really gives the fish great flavor."

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Ingredients: Chardonnay wine, tilapia fillets...

"After looking though 108 Fried potato recipes and seeing none that contain parsley, but no onions, I thought I would post this typically Portuguese version of fried potatoes. The mixture of oil and butter keeps things from burning, but for health reasons I usually use less of the butter. I allow between 30 minutes and 1 hour cooking time to get a more..."

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Ingredients: oil, parsley, potatoes...

"My grandmother (from Fall River Massachusettes) taught me to make this soup just before I went to college. I tweaked it a little, but not much. This is portuguese soul food. It cures all ills, especially the rainy cabin fever I get here in Seattle each winter. Note: 12.02.07 I stopped eating meat, but still love to make this soup. Vegetarians......"

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Ingredients: fresh kale, dry sherry...

"This pot roast needs no knives... it's tender and absolutely delicious. "Alcatra" comes from the term "alcatre", the Portuguese word for "rump", indicating that rump roast is preferred there for pot roasts, but I've prepared this with sirloin tip roast as well with fabulous results."

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Ingredients: cloves, lean bacon, garlic...

"For Zaar World Tour II - Italy/Portugual. Recipe source: Bon Appetit (May 1984)"

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Ingredients: pepper, olive oil, parsley...

"Wonderful cod dish from Portugal. From Canadian Food Network.Traditionally made in a terra cotta dish that has been soaked in water. You can use an oven proof covered baking dish instead"

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Ingredients: oil-cured black olives, olive oil...

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Ingredients: pepper, corn kernels, cornmeal...

"An effortless preparation this dish will impress! Enjoy this savory taste sensation. Can be made with salmon, tuna, boneless chicken breast should be baked at 400 cooked to a temperature of 165 degrees F about 15-20 minutes, tofu even veggies like eggplant and zucchini slices...... Cod is a dense, flaky white flesh that is low in fat, so give it a..."

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Ingredients: pepper, dried parsley, panko...