Portuguese Hot Pot (Cozido à Portuguesa)
Artur and Isabel Villares - National pastor and wife from Portugal
This is a delicious, traditional, and healthy Portuguese meal for the whole family. Every region of Portugal has it with small differences. We eat it mainly in cold months.
Course Main Course
Cuisine Portuguese
- 1/2 lb beef
- 1/2 lb pork spareribs
- 1/2 lb pig's forefoot
- 1/2 lb pig ear
- 1/2 chicken
- 1/2 lb bacon (toucinho)
- 1 chourico sausage
- 1 black pudding (morcela)
- 1 flour sausage (farinheira)
- 6 medium sized potatoes
- 3 turnips
- 1 Portuguese cabbage
- 3 carrots
- salt
Boil everything together in water in a large stockpot on the stove for about 1 ½ hours.
To serve, arrange all the ingredients on a large platter.