Best Kale Soup Portuguese Style Recipes

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PORTUGUESE STYLE BEAN AND KALE SOUP



Portuguese Style Bean and Kale Soup image

"2 links linguica" is about 13 oz of sausage, give of take. Really the whole recipe is a give or take kind of recipe, to taste. I have sometimes added a chopped carrot for color and taste. Also you can use chicken broth or stock. Really good on a cold night.

Provided by djunqx

Categories     Portuguese

Time 1h40m

Yield 8-10 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 8

1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
2 links linguica sausage
2 yellow onions, chopped
5 garlic cloves, minced
4 (15 ounce) cans white beans
1 pinch white pepper
6 cups chicken stock
1 bunch kale

Steps:

  • Chop linguica into rounds. In dutch over or large pot, heat 1 tbsp olive oil and add linguica, cook until linguica begins to golden and the oil begins to turn pink or orange. Add chopped onions, saute a few minutes. Add garlic, saute 1 minute. Add white beans, white pepper, and chicken broth/stock, bring to boil, reduce to medium low, Cover and cook 1 to 2 hours. Before serving, shred the kale and add to the pot and cook about 15 minutes (longer if you like it more wilted) Serve.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 355.5, Fat 4.7, SaturatedFat 1, Cholesterol 5.4, Sodium 280, Carbohydrate 58.9, Fiber 11.1, Sugar 4, Protein 21.2

KALE SOUP - PORTUGUESE STYLE



Kale Soup - Portuguese Style image

A basic recipe for this popular Portuguese Soup, from a 1954 cookbook,Vineyard Fare. There are many good cooks on this island, a lot of Portuguese descent, and I learned to love it! This was a recipe donated to the Martha's Vineyard Hospital Auxiliary, for their cookbook by the mother of a friend of mine, Florence Borges (she...

Provided by Beth M.

Categories     Bean Soups

Time 4h

Number Of Ingredients 8

PREPARE THE KALE, SEPARATING THE KALE LEAVES FROM THE MAIN STALK,RINSE SEVERAL TIMES.
2 lb or 3 pounds, fresh kale
IN A LARGE KETTLE, HALF FULL OF SALTED WATER, BOIL MEAT BONE AND LINGUICA TO FORM STOCK WITH ONIONS AND HALF OF POTATOES, THINLY SLICED.
4 or 5 potatoes (medium large)
2 onions
1 can(s) stewed or shell beans
1/3 lb linguica (portuguese sausage)
1 1/2 lb shank bone or ham bone

Steps:

  • 1. It's important to wash the kale thoroughly in salted water, rinse several times in clear fresh water. Tear each leaf into coarse pieces, tearing away from lower stem when stem is tough.
  • 2. Dice or cube remaining potatoes into bite size. (Thin sliced potatoes will help to form base or thickening for soup.)
  • 3. Add kale leaves bring to boil and simmer 1 & 1/2 to 2 hours.
  • 4. Before serving, stir in can of shell or stewed beans, broth and all.
  • 5. Serve with coarse textured bread, with meat as side dish.
  • 6. variations of this soup can be made by substituting watercress, or green cabbage for kale, making Watercress Soup or Green Cabbage Soup.

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