Best Portuguese Bean Soup Recipes

EASY PORTUGUESE-STYLE BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Place the first 20 ingredients in a 7-qt. slow cooker. Cook, covered, on low 7-9 hours or until vegetables are tender. Remove bay leaves and orange and lemon zest strips., Transfer 4 cups soup to a blender; cool slightly. Cover; process until smooth. Return to slow cooker; add green onions, cilantro and parsley. Heat through., Freeze option: Freeze cooled soup in freezer containers. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in a saucepan, stirring occasionally; add a little broth if necessary.

PORTUGUESE BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Place ham hock, linguica, onion, and water into a Dutch oven over high heat. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer for 1 hour.
• Remove meat from ham hock, chop, and return to soup. Stir in potatoes, celery, carrots, stewed tomatoes, tomato sauce, and garlic. Cover, and continue simmering for 1 1/2 hours, stirring occasionally.
• Stir in cabbage and kidney beans, cook until the cabbage has softened, about 10 minutes.

PORTUGUESE BEAN SOUP II

Steps:

• In a large pot over low heat, combine sausage, ham hocks, onion and water. Cover and simmer 1 hour.
• Remove ham hock from soup, remove meat, tear into small pieces, and return meat to pot. Stir in carrots, potatoes, cabbage and tomato sauce. Cover and continue cooking 60 to 90 minutes more.
• Stir in beans and pasta, adding more water as needed, and cook until heated through and pasta is tender, 10 minutes.

CHICKEN, BACON AND WHITE BEAN SOUP PORTUGUESE STYLE

Steps:

• Put the beans into a large pot.
• Add water to cover by 2 inches and soak for at least 8 hours or overnight.
• Then drain.
• Fry the bacon in a heavy stockpot over medium-high heat until crisp, about 7 minutes.
• Use a slotted spoon to lift onto paper towels to drain.
• Pour off all but 2 tablespoons of the bacon fat from the pot.
• Add the onions and celery and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender, about 4 minutes.
• Add the shallots, garlic, bay leaves, salt and cayenne.
• Cook, stirring occasionally, until the shallots soften, about 1 minute.
• Add the beans to the pot with the stock, and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until the beans are tender, about 1 1/2 hours.
• Stir in the chicken and the reserved bacon and heat through.
• Remove and discard bay leaves.
• Ladle into warm bowls and sprinkle with the grated cheese.

PORTUGUESE BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat 2 tbls olive oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat and saute garlic and onion until onion begins to soften. Add 2 cups of the beans and 1 cup of the beef broth, turn heat down and simmer 20 minutes.
• Remove to a blender (or use immersion blender) and puree until smooth. Return to pot.
• In a skillet, heat remaining olive oil over medium heat and add the sausage, cooking until the sausage sweats fat. Add to the puree, stir in remaining beans, broth, chili paste and tomato paste. Cook until heated through. Season with salt, if needed.
• Serve with a crusty bread.

PORTUGUESE BEAN SOUP I

Steps:

• Place sausage in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Drain, crumble and set aside.
• In a stockpot over medium-high heat, heat oil and saute carrots, onion and celery. Add tomatoes, potatoes, kidney beans and chicken broth. Bring to a boil and stir in cayenne pepper and tomato paste. Reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes. Add sausage and season with salt and pepper to taste. Serve hot.

CREME DE FAVAS / PORTUGUESE FAVA (BROAD) BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Skin the fava beans (broad beans) and cook them in the chicken stock until they are soft and cooked though.
• Blend, sieve or liquidize, the cooked mixture adding as little olive oil as possible to get a smooth consistency. Add pepper and salt to taste.
• Serve topped with croutons.

CALDO GALLEGO ( GALICIAN WHITE BEAN SOUP) ( PORTUGUESE)

Steps:

• Soak the beans in water overnight.
• Blanch the salt pork or bacon by putting it into cold water, bring to boil, and then drain. Cube into dice.
• In a large kettle put the drained white beans, the two quarts cold water. the ham, the diced salt pork, cover and simmer two hours.
• Add the turnips, turnip greens, potato, sausage, and seasoning of salt and pepper.
• Cover and cook 1/2 hour or until the vegetables, and beans are tender.
• Cut sausage into slices replace them back into the soup and taste again for seasoning.
• Serve.
• Serrano ham is a raw smoked ham similar to prosciutto, it is sometimes hard to find, use large chunks of smithfield ham if you can't find either.

PORTUGUESE BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• 1. Boil ham hocks in 2 quarts water until tender (save stock). Cut meat from the bones.
• 2. Bring ham stock to a boil and add the cut meat and all the remaining ingredients except the cabbage. Simmer for 1 hour, stirring frequently.
• 3. If too thick, add a little water. Lastly, add the cabbage, cook until tender.

PORTUGUESE MACARONI & BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Peel the onions and garlic and place in cheesecloth, tie the cheesecloth into a bundle for easy removal later.
• In a large pot, add all of the ingredients except for the pasta. Cook on medium heat just until the potatoes are slightly cooked.
• Add the pasta and cook until pasta is al dente and potatoes are tender. Adjust salt and pepper to taste.
• Remove the onion and garlic and serve.

FAVA BEAN SOUP WITH PORTUGUESE SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Heat 2-tablespoons oil in a Dutch oven. Add bay leaves, Gouveia Portuguese sausages, 1-teaspoon sea salt, 1-teaspoon black pepper and cook 4-6 minutes or until done. Add chopped garlic and sauté for a minute.
• Add remaining oil, 2-cups onions, celery, carrots, Serrano pepper, Roma tomatoes, salt and black pepper. Saute vegetables 2-3 minutes.
• Add *Portuguese Table wine and reduce by one half.
• Add ham stock, Yukon gold potatoes and green fava beans to soup. Add fresh chopped herbs and stir soup.
• Bring soup to a full boil and reduce to a simmer for 45 minutes or until beans are soft. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Serve soup in warm bowls and place one sausage on top.
• Garnish soup with Fresh Parsley Sprigs and Maui Onions.
• * Chef's Note: Bairrada or any Portuguese Red Table Wine.
• ** Fava Beans soaked over night in water.

PORTUGUESE STYLE BEAN AND KALE SOUP

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.

PORTUGUESE BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Soak and boil the beans until they just start to soften (1.5 hours or so).
• Saute onions and garlic in fat until slightly brown.
• Add everything else except salt (salt will keep your beans from softening). Bring to boil, cover and simmer for 1 hour.
• Salt just before serving.

PORTUGUESE RED BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Finely chop all vegetables including tomatoes and potato. Drain soaked beans, discarding liquid.
• In a medium pot, add olive oil and butter.
• When oil is hot, add chopped carrot, onion, celery, tomatoes. Saute, but do not brown. Add chopped potato, paprika, and chicken stock.
• When this reaches a boil, add kidney beans and turn down heat to a simmer. Add tomato paste .
• Let cook 45-60 minutes, stirring occasionally. When beans are soft to the touch add sausage and cayenne pepper.
• Season to taste.

PORTUGUESE BEAN SOUP RECIPE - (4.5/5)

Steps:

• Place ham hock, sausages, onion, and water into a large pot over high heat. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer for 1 hour, covered. Take ham hocks out and remove the meat, roughly chop, and return to soup, discard bones. Stir in potatoes, celery, carrots, stewed tomatoes, tomato sauce, garlic and vinegar. Cover, and continue simmering for 1/2 hour, stirring occasionally. Stir in macaroni, cabbage and kidney beans, cook until the macaroni has softened, about 10 minutes. Taste, then add salt and pepper and more water if needed.

PORTUGUESE RED BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• 1. Finely chop all vegetables, including tomatoes and the potatoes.
• 2. Drain soaked beans, discarding liquid.
• 3. Add olive oil and butter in a large pot. When oil is hot, add onion, carrot, celery and tomatoes. Saute but do not brown.
• 4. Add chopped potatoes, paprika and chicken stock. When this reaches a boil, add kidney beans and turn down heat to a simmer. Add tomato paste.
• 5. Let cook 45-60 minutes, stirring occasionally. When the beans are soft to the touch, add sausage and cayenne pepper. Season to taste.

PORTUGUESE BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat a large saucepan over medium-high heat.
• Add oil and onion; cook 3 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Add broth, potato, and chili garlic sauce.
• Bring to a boil over high heat.
• Reduce heat and simmer uncovered 5 minutes.
• Stir in tomatoes and beans.
• Return to a simmer, then add swiss chard.
• Simmer 5 more minutes or until sweet potatoes and chard are tender.
• Stir in vinegar and ladle into bowls.
• For Vegan omit the chicken broth.

PORTUGUESE BEAN SOUP(SOPA DE FEIJAO)

Steps:

• 1. DRAIN AND RINSE THE BEANS.SET IT ASIDE
• 2. PLACE the beans in a 4 quart stock pot with 6 cups of water. Cover and bring it to a boil. REDUCE the heat to medium- low and simmer for 1 hour or until the beans are very tender.(easy mashed with a fork).
• 3. STACK THE KALE LEAVES, a few at a time, on top of one another. Roll lengthwise and slice crosswise into 1/2- inch wide strips,-like chiffonnade but wider. CUT the strips again ,crosswise , into shorter lengths,(about 2- inches.)set it aside.
• 4. REMOVE about half of the beans from the stockpot and some of the cooking liquid . USE a food mill,colander,or sieve set over the bowl to process the beans; ONLY bean skins should remain . DISCARD the skins and return the pureed beans to the stockpot with garlic, bay leave ,and olive oil.
• 5. RETURN the soup to a boil.ADD the kale ,parsley ,salt and pepper. RE-COVER Reduce the heat and simmer for 10 to 15 minutes.UNTIL the kale is tender,but not mushy . THIS SOUP can be serve simply with crusty country bread and olives and nice glass of white wine.Or Portuguese vinho de port.
• 6. TIP (FOR best quality, don't use a hand - held blender to puree soup beans.Because little pieces skin will not fell good stuck in your mouth.
• 7. YOU CAN use white kidney beans My mom and grams use white if they had it ,IF not it was the color of the day bean..SHE also would ADD chuck of portuguese sausages.CHOURICO,OR linguanca. ENJOY IT EVERYONE.NOW in time my little diva cook will be doing this recipe.Passing down recipes and making new memories with the grandchildren 5 genarations later

PORTUGUESE BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Soak beans in water overnight. Drain. In a stockpot, combine soaked beans, ham hocks, chicken stock, cilantro and water to cover (about 6 cups). Bring to boil, then reduce heat and simmer until meat and beans are tender. Remove skin and bones from ham hocks; shred meat and return to stock. Slice and fry Portuguese sausage, and blot with paper towels. Add sausage to stockpot along with potatoes, carrots, onion, celery and tomato puree. Cook until potatoes are tender. Season with salt and pepper. Serves 18.

PORTUGUESE BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• 1. First clean & cut all veggies. Placing the each on the side. Then slice both stew meat & sausages. Placing sausage aside. make sure to season meat.
• 2. In a lager pot brown the stew meat. Then add in the onions & brown. Add in the broth & then add in the potatoes & the beans. Simmer for about 20 mins until meat & potatoes are tender.
• 3. Then add in the carrots & simmer for another 5 to 10 mins. Then add in the celery & sausage right at the end. Should simmer no more then 5 more mins.
• 4. Note: If you have the time & a crock pot. You can place everything in there on low and will be ready in 6 hours.