Portuguese Greens Soup (Caldo Verde)

Name: Portuguese Greens Soup (Caldo Verde)
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 10 cups
Ingredients: 1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil; 1 medium onion, chopped; 2 garlic cloves, minced; 8 cups chicken stock or 8 cups other chicken stock; 4 medium potatoes, peeled and thinly sliced; 1 1/2 teaspoons salt; 1/2 teaspoon black pepper; 1/2 teaspoon vegetable oil; 6 ounces chorizo sausage or 6 ounces other smoked sausage, thinly sliced; 4 cups shredded fresh kale, chard or 4 cups collard greens, washed and dried; 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice

Submitted by Scarlett516

"A Portuguese soup."

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Ready In:: 45mins
Ingredients:: 11
Yields:: 10 cups

ingredients

1 ¹⁄₂ tablespoons olive oil
1 medium onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced
8 cups chicken stock or 8 cups other chicken stock
4 medium potatoes, peeled and thinly sliced
1 ¹⁄₂ teaspoons salt
¹⁄₂ teaspoon black pepper
¹⁄₂ teaspoon vegetable oil
6 6 ounces chorizo sausage or 6 ounces other smoked sausage, thinly sliced
4 cups shredded fresh kale, chard or 4 cups collard greens, washed and dried
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice

directions

Over medium heat in a large soup pot, heat olive oil. Add onion and garlic cloves and cooked for about 5-10 minutes, or until tender, but not browned.
Stir in the stock, potatoes, salt, and pepper.
Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer until the potatoes are soft. This should take about 20 minutes. Remove the pot from heat and lightly mash the potatoes with a potato masher.
In a medium skillet over medium heat, heat the vegetable oil.
Add the meat, stirring occasionally, and cook until browned.
Add the meat to the pot. Pour 1 cup of the soup into the skillet to remove the browned bits and return to the soup pot.
Simmer 5 minutes, then stir in the greens.
Simmer 5 more minutes and stir in lemon juice.
Serve while hot.

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Hello from Portugal, well being Portuguese I make (caldo verde) quite often. I must say my version of the receipe is a little different than yours, so I decided to give yours a try. It was very good indeed, only one thing I didn't care for and that was the lemon juice. I will omit it next time, thats NOT a critic by all means! Just my own personal taste. Very good, and will make it again. Thank you for posting.

Mia 3

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