Traditional Cozido A Portuguesa (Mixed Boiled Meat)
This delicious national Portuguese Azorean dish, Cozido a Portuguesa is made using a variety of juicy mixed boiled meat and vegetables then served on a platter where everyone can enjoy the true taste of Portugal's heritage.
Equipment
- Large deep cooking pot
- Medium Size Pot
Ingredients
- 900 grams beef 2 lbs
- 450 grams beef ribs 1 lb
- 225 pork belly toucinho 1/2 lb cut in squares
- 1 farinheira sausage
- 900 grams pork spare ribs 2 lbs
- 1 Portuguese sausage chorizo or linguica
- 1 Azorean blood sausage morcela
- 1 medium onion cut in half
- 4 garlic buds peeled and washed
- 10 small potatoes peeled and washed
- 2 large carrots peeled and cut in half
- 1 cabbage cored and cut up in quarters
- 1 stock collards or kale washed and stems removed
- 2 cups of white or whole wheat long-grain rice
- salt to taste
Instructions
- In a large deep pot add the beef, beef ribs, salt to taste, onion, garlic buds, and fill with water just over the meat. Cook on medium-high heat for about 30 minutes. Make sure water is always covering the meat, add as needed.
- In the meantime prepare the rice, In a medium-size pot, add 2 cups of rice and 4 cups of water and cook for 25-30 minutes. You can also use a rice cooker. Once cooked set aside.
- Add in the pork spare ribs, pork belly, and chorizo into the beef pot and cook on medium heat for 25 minutes. Add water if needed to cover.
- Add the potatoes, carrots, cabbage, and collards and cook on medium heat for 20 minutes or until the potato is cooked. Then add the blood sausage (morcela) and farinheira sausage and cook for additional 5 minutes.
- Remove all the meats, potatoes, collards, onion, and cabbage from the pot and separate them onto a serving plate. You can use the broth for soup by adding some of the meats, rice, and vegetables into it.
- Serve meat, vegetables, and rice and enjoy.
VARIATIONS FOR PORTUGUESE COZIDO A PORTUGUESA FOR THIS RECIPE
- 5 turnips (nabos) – peeled, washed, and cut in half, add in with the potatoes.
- 1/2 chicken – cut into pieces, add with pork.
- 225 grams (1/2 lb) of pig’s forefoot cut, add with pork meat.
- 225 grams (1/2 lb) of pig ears, add in with pork meat.
- 3 sweet potatoes – washed, peeled, and cut in half, add with potatoes
- 2 large yams – washed and cut in half, add with potatoes.
- 3 pig feet (trotters) – cut into small pieces, add with pork meat.