Asordo - Portuguese Bread Soup |
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Prep Time: 10 Minutes Cook Time: 20 Minutes |
Ready In: 30 Minutes Servings: 8 |
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The Portuguese love bread soup. It was a peasant dish in the old country, and when they came to this country, it continued to be a favourite way of using up stale bread. Ingredients:
1 lb loaf french bread, dry, broken up into small pieces |
5 garlic cloves, peeled and finely chopped |
3 tablespoons olive oil |
2 quarts chicken stock |
1/2 lb shrimp, peeled |
salt |
tabasco sauce (use piri piri if available) |
chopped parsley |
4 whole eggs |
Directions:
1. Soak bread in water until soft. Squeeze out the water and set the bread aside.
2. In a soup pot, toast the garlic in the olive oil, just until it begins to barely brown.
3. Add the chicken stock to the pot and bring to a simmer.
4. Add the bread to the pot and simmer, making a thick soup.
5. Add the shrimp, salt, and Piri Piri.
6. Cook for a moment.
7. Place the soup in a tureen and garnish with the parsley.
8. Break the eggs on top of the soup.
9. Bring to the table and stir the eggs into the soup before serving.
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