How to Make Cozido à Portuguesa

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How to Make Cozido à Portuguesa

It is a rich stew that usually includes shin of beef, pork, Portuguese smoked (or blood) sausages served with cabbage, carrots, turnips, rice, potatoes, and collard greens.

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Shred the cabbage

Shred the cabbage

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Peel and slice the potatoes, carrots and turnips.

Peel and slice the potatoes, carrots and turnips.

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Boil the meat and pork in a double boiler pot of water.  Add a couple of Oxo beef cubes. Then simmer until tender. Keep the stock.

Boil the meat and pork in a double boiler pot of water. Add a couple of Oxo beef cubes. Then simmer until tender. Keep the stock.

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Remove some of the meat from the pot to make room for the vegetables to steam and cook in the stock.

Remove some of the meat from the pot to make room for the vegetables to steam and cook in the stock.

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Prepare the sausages to place in the pot.

Prepare the sausages to place in the pot.

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Add the sausages and potatoes to the pot with the remaining beef and pork.

Add the sausages and potatoes to the pot with the remaining beef and pork.

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Continue to simmer the meat and potatoes in the pot.

Continue to simmer the meat and potatoes in the pot.

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Then add the cabbage to the pot.

Then add the cabbage to the pot.

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Tap the cabbage down.

Tap the cabbage down.

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Place a steamer full of meat and potatoes over the pot and cover for a few minutes.

Place a steamer full of meat and potatoes over the pot and cover for a few minutes.

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Then uncover the steamer and set aside.

Then uncover the steamer and set aside.

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Add the vegetables to the beef, pork, sausages and potatoes.

Add the vegetables to the beef, pork, sausages and potatoes.

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Cozido served with rice and peas.

Cozido served with rice and peas.

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2 Comments
Supplies

Various cuts of beef and pork

Blood sausages

Carrots

Potatos

Cabbage

Turnips

Lucilla M

Yes this is a family recipe that my boyfriend's mother learned from her mother. They are Portuguese.

(author) last year

Kate Richbourg

Such an interesting dish! Is this a family recipe?

Kate Richbourg last year

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