Hey everyone, it’s me, Dave, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, portuguese bacalhau a bras (salted cod). It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
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Remove the cod from the water and transfer to a saucepan (discard the soaking. To answer that question, let's start with bacalhau. This is the Portuguese word for salt cod, which has been a staple of the country's cuisine for decades.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook portuguese bacalhau a bras (salted cod) using 10 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Portuguese Bacalhau A Bras (salted cod):
- Prepare 200 grams salted cod
- Take 2 bay leaves
- Take 1 tsp black pepper
- Get 3 tablespoons olive oil
- Get 3 tablespoons white wine vinegar)
- Take 500 grams thin french fries
- Make ready 4 garlic cloves (finely chopped)
- Take 2 large onions (finely sliced)
- Prepare 1 handful parsely (finely chopped)
- Prepare 3 eggs (add 4 eggs if you want it really moist) beaten with a fork
To cook with bacalhau cod fish it must be prepared in advance. This is a very unique Portuguese Salt Cod fish dish. Very popular in the Azores Islands of Portugal. Cooked for many occasions and well enjoyed.
Steps to make Portuguese Bacalhau A Bras (salted cod):
- Soak the cod in cold water for 24 hours, skin face up, changing the water every few hours or so.
- Drain the cod from the water. Bring to the boil a pot of water and add the cod, cook for 15 minutes. Drain the water and allow the cod to cool enough to handle then shred and de-bone. Place to on side to be used later.
- Place the oil in a non-stick pan in a medium to high heat and add the onions, bay leaves, garlic and pepper. Stir making sure it doesn't burn. Fry the onions until brown or soft.
- Add the cod and cook for about 10 minutes, stirring making sure it doesn't burn.
- Divide the parsely into two halves, add 1st half to the cod.
- Add the vinegar and stir (you can add more or less depending on your taste).
- Take it off the heat and rest it to one side.
- Fry the chips in a deep fat fryer, ensuring they are nice and crispy. take some of the fat out by dabbing the chips with some kitchen roll.
- Add the chips to the pan as you go long frying.
- Place pan back on heat and mix it all together.
- Add the eggs.
- Check seasoning, (add salt and more vinegar if not to taste)
- Add the remaining parsly and serve immediately.
- Eat on its own or add a salad of your choice. I also like to eat it with green and black olives mixed together in the cod.
To save yourself time you can prepare the potatoes ahead of time and let them soak in water untill you are ready to start your. Drain and add the salt cod, then the parsley stalks, shallots and lemon peel. Bacalhau à Brás (cod à la Brás), also known as bacalhau dourado (golden bacalhau) is a traditional Portuguese dish prepared with shredded, salted cod, onions, garlic, thin matchstick fried potatoes, and scrambled eggs, topped with black olives and sprinkled with fresh parsley. What is the origin of bacalhau a bras? This bacalhau recipe is said to have originated from Bairro Alto, an old.
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