What is the best Portuguese food?
PORTUGUESE BEAN SOUP 2 cups kidney beans 1 cup white beans (Great Northerns) 2 smoked ham hocks or Ham shank 4 cups chicken broth 1½ cups chopped cilantro (Chinese parsley) 2½ cups diced potatoes, peeled (red or white) 2½ cups carrots, cut into 1″ size 1½ cups diced onion (Maui or yellow) ½ cup diced celery 1 Portuguese sausage (10 oz or bigger) 2¼ cups tomato pur’ee or (16oz’s of tomato sauce w/ 3 table spoons corn starch) 1 teaspoon salt ( give or take ) ½ teaspoon black pepper ( give or take ) 6-7 cups water Tabasco or small hot chili pepper, to taste…. Soak the beans in water overnight, if using dry beans. In big pot put together beans, ham, chicken broth, cilantro and water to cover (about 7 cups). Bring to a boil, then simmer (slow cook) until meat and beans are tender. Remove skin and bones from the meat and return to the broth. Slice the Portuguese sausage into 1/2″ slices and fry in frying pan, blot (remove the grease) w/ a paper towel. Add sausage to the pot and the potatoe
