Portuguese Sopas Recipe

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Ingredients
8
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Nutrition
491
Calories
Total time
30
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 3 links portuguese chorizo, in skin (homemade is preferred) *** italian chorizo may be substituted, but handmade from a deli or butcher is preferred over a packaged meat
  • about 4 tbsp olive oil, divided
  • 1 large head kale
  • 4 large white or purple potatoes (portuguese potatoes are best!)
  • 6 tbsp crushed, in water/oil garlic or about 2 heads finely chopped fresh
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • enough water to cover , plus about 2 inches
  • optional: those little star pasta, rice, or any other pasta, and pimenta (portutuese pepper paste)

Directions:

  1. Cut chorizo into 1/2 medallion rounds, and in a frying pan, fry in half the olive oil until almost fully cooked.
  2. Pull out your large stock pot, place other half of olive oil, and garlic in bottom, and quickly heat it to infuse the oil with the garlic. Here you would add the pimenta (Portuguese pepper paste) if you want any.
  3. Pour chorizo, and all the oil and fat in the frying plan into the stock pot.
  4. Add as much or as little salt and pepper as you like (i find the portuguese use quite a bit of both, but i tend to be quite reserved with my salt usage) Let fry another 3 minutes or so, stirring occasionally.
  5. Now, use those 3 minutes to cut your potatoes into large chunks - when i say large, I mean they should be two bite'rs , they'll almost give you reason to use a knife and fork to eat this soup!
  6. Also chop up your kale, or rip it into pieces - i like 2 square, or about that... bigger tends to be too much, and smaller just sticks to the outside of the bowl!
  7. Fill until the ingredients are just covered, with water. Yes, just water. I'm serious...
  8. Bring to a boil, (here you would add star pasta or rice), then reduce and let simmer for about 15 minutes. If you are going to add regular pasta (like shells, rotini, or what have you, add it after 10 minutes, then let cook for 5. Broth should look like oily water, possibly a little cloudy. Taste to check spice level, there should be a delayed kick when you sip the broth. If you like a black pepper kind of spice, go nuts with fresh ground black pepper on top.
  9. Spoon out into deep soup bowls, as the pototoes tend to take up lots of room, curl up on the couch and enjoy!
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 490.87 Kcal (2055 kJ)
Calories from fat 193.5 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 21.5g 33%
Cholesterol 33.75mg 11%
Sodium 456.54mg 19%
Potassium 1501.83mg 32%
Total Carbs 60.54g 20%
Sugars 3.69g 15%
Dietary Fiber 7.38g 30%
Protein 15.63g 31%
Vitamin C 33.2mg 55%
Iron 4.4mg 25%
Calcium 48.2mg 5%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 111.75 Kcal (468 kJ)
Calories from fat 44.05 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 4.89g 33%
Cholesterol 7.68mg 11%
Sodium 103.94mg 19%
Potassium 341.91mg 32%
Total Carbs 13.78g 20%
Sugars 0.84g 15%
Dietary Fiber 1.68g 30%
Protein 3.56g 31%
Vitamin C 7.6mg 55%
Iron 1mg 25%
Calcium 11mg 5%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 10.8
    Points
  • 13
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium,
  • low cholesterol

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