Caldo Verde
Portugal's green soup — a smooth potato and onion broth with kale cut into hair-fine ribbons and slices of smoky chouriço, finished with a thread of olive oil; a fixture of Portuguese weddings and summer saints' festivals.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 700 g floury potatoes, peeled and sliced
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, sliced
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- 1.5 l water
- 1.5 tsp salt
- 250 g kale or collard greens, stems removed
- 150 g chouriço or smoked chorizo, thinly sliced
- to taste black pepper, ground
Nutrition (estimated)
medium confidenceRecipe total: 3436 kcal · P 18.3g · C 143g · F 311.3g
Estimated from 8 of 9 ingredients
Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.
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Steps
Steps
- 1Heat 2 tbsp of the olive oil in a pot over medium heat and soften the onion and garlic for 5 minutes without colouring.
- 2Add the potatoes, water and salt, bring to the boil and simmer 20 minutes, until the potatoes fall apart.
- 3Meanwhile stack the kale leaves, roll them up tightly like a cigar and slice across as finely as you can — the ribbons should be almost thread-thin, which is what makes this soup.
- 4Blend the potato broth until smooth and bring it back to a simmer.
- 5Fry the chouriço in a dry frying pan for 2–3 minutes, until it releases its red fat.
- 6Add the kale to the soup and simmer uncovered for 4–5 minutes only, until bright green and tender but still with a little bite.
- 7Stir in the chouriço and its fat, season with pepper and taste for salt.
- 8Serve with the remaining olive oil drizzled over each bowl.
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Questions and answers
How long does Caldo Verde take to make?
About 50 minutes: 15 min prep and 35 min cooking.
What ingredients do you need for Caldo Verde?
9 ingredients: floury potatoes, onion, garlic cloves, olive oil, water, salt, kale or collard greens, chouriço or smoked chorizo, black pepper.
How many servings does this Caldo Verde recipe make?
6 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.
How many calories are in a serving of Caldo Verde?
About 573 kcal, with 3 g protein, 23.8 g carbohydrate and 51.9 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.
Which diets does this Caldo Verde recipe suit?
It is dairy-free.
What cuisine is Caldo Verde?
Caldo Verde comes from Portuguese cuisine.
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