Portuguese kale soup, also known as caldo verde, is a hearty and flavorful dish that is a staple of Portuguese cuisine. This traditional soup is made with a variety of ingredients, including kale, potatoes, onions, garlic, and linguiça sausage. It is often served with a drizzle of olive oil and a sprinkle of red pepper flakes. Caldo verde is a popular comfort food in Portugal, and it is also enjoyed in many other countries around the world. In this article, we will explore the different ingredients and techniques used to make this delicious soup, and we will provide a step-by-step recipe so that you can recreate this classic dish in your own kitchen.
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PORTUGUESE CHOURICO AND KALE SOUP
This recipe is a quick version of a wonderful soup I had in Mystic, Conn., a Portuguese community nestled by the sea in New England. This soup is a winter wonder.
Provided by Rachael Ray : Food Network
Categories main-dish
Time 30m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Heat oil in a deep pot over medium high heat. Add potatoes and onions, cover and cook 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Add garlic, bay leaves, and kale to the pot. Cover pot and wilt greens 2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Add beans, tomatoes, chourico, and broth to the pot and bring soup to a full boil. Reduce heat back to medium and cook 5 to 10 minutes longer or until potatoes are tender.
- Serve soup with hunks of crusty bread and butter.
- Cook's Note: If you are in Mystic, ask for cherise (phonetic pronunciation), if you want to sample the chourico.
PORTUGUESE KALE AND POTATO SOUP
The Portuguese soup caldo verde is ideal cool weather comfort food. It is full of good-for-you greens and potatoes, while sausage keeps things porky and satisfying.
Provided by Ruth Cousineau
Categories Soup/Stew Potato Dinner Lunch Sausage Simmer Gourmet Dairy Free Wheat/Gluten-Free Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free No Sugar Added Winter
Yield Makes 4 (main course) servings
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a 5-quart heavy pot over medium-high heat until it shimmers, then brown sausage, stirring often, 2 to 3 minutes. Transfer with a slotted spoon to a bowl. Add 2 tablespoon oil to fat in pot and cook onion and garlic with 1/4 teaspoon each of salt and pepper over medium heat, stirring often, until browned, 7 to 8 minutes.
- Add potatoes, water, and 1 teaspoon salt and simmer, covered, until potatoes are very tender, 15 to 20 minutes. Mash some potatoes into soup to thicken, then add kale and simmer, uncovered, until tender, about 5 minutes. Stir in sausage and cook until just heated through, 1 to 2 minutes. Drizzle with remaining tablespoon oil and season with salt and pepper.
EASY PORTUGUESE KALE SOUP
An easy and delicious way to impress your family and friends! This recipe has a spin on it by using Polish kielbasa instead of linguica. My fiance cannot get enough of this dish Enjoy!
Provided by rn.leeann
Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Soup Recipes
Time 1h25m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Heat olive oil in a stock pot over medium heat. Cook and stir onion and garlic in the hot oil until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add kielbasa; cook and stir until browned, about 5 minutes. Stir potatoes into kielbasa mixture, season with salt and pepper, and continue to cook and until the potatoes begin to brown, about 2 minutes.
- Pour chicken broth and water into the stock pot; add kidney beans, carrots, and kale. Bring the mixture to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low, and cook at a simmer for 45 minutes.
- Stir macaroni into the soup; continue cooking until the macaroni is tender yet firm to the bite, about 15 minutes. more. Top each bowl with 1 tablespoon Parmesan cheese to serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 580.3 calories, Carbohydrate 60.5 g, Cholesterol 57.4 mg, Fat 28.2 g, Fiber 10.5 g, Protein 23.4 g, SaturatedFat 8.7 g, Sodium 2718.1 mg, Sugar 6.2 g
PORTUGUESE KALE SOUP
The best Portuguese soup made by my mother, Christina L. Pacheco
Provided by John J. Pacheco
Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Soup Recipes Vegetable Soup Recipes Kale Soup Recipes
Time 8h
Yield 10
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Soak beans in twice their volume of water 8 hours or overnight.
- In a large pot, place drained beans, chorizo, soup bones and 1 quart water (or more as needed to cover). Cook over medium heat until beans are just beginning to be tender, 1 hour.
- Stir in cabbage, kale, potatoes and enough hot water to cover. Cook until potatoes are tender, 20 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 302.2 calories, Carbohydrate 42.2 g, Cholesterol 20 mg, Fat 9.4 g, Fiber 8.4 g, Protein 14.9 g, SaturatedFat 3.4 g, Sodium 321.1 mg, Sugar 4.4 g
PORTUGUESE KALE SOUP
With a mild flavor resembling that of cabbage, kale is the central ingredient in this traditional Portuguese recipe. The thick, hearty soup calls for chorizo, a garlicky pork sausage that is available in most grocery stores, but you can also substitute linguica, a Portuguese sausage.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Soups, Stews & Stocks Soup Recipes
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Heat oil in a large stockpot over medium-high heat; add onion and garlic. Cook, stirring occasionally until translucent, about 4 minutes. Add potatoes and chicken stock. Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer, and cook until potatoes are very soft, about 15 minutes.
- Remove soup from heat, and puree with an immersion blender. Return to heat; add kale, and simmer for 5 minutes.
- In a medium skillet over medium heat, cook chorizo until the fat renders and the sausage turns golden brown, about 3 to 4 minutes per side. Remove the sausage, and drain on a paper-towel-lined plate. Thinly slice sausage crosswise. Serve soup with a drizzle of olive oil, and garnish with chorizo slices.
HEARTY PORTUGUESE KALE SOUP
This is a very flavorful soup that is a comfort food for my family. The recipe was given to me by my Portuguese mil over 30 yrs ago. Her mother had passed it on to her. This soup is easily stretched to make more servings. The Chorizo gives the broth a good base for adding another can of beans or more pasta or a little water. Soul warming for a cold night, serve with a warm crusty bread. A great next day soup. Freezes well.
Provided by Bitsie
Categories Meat
Time 45m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Remove casing from sausage and cut into smaller than bit sized pieces.
- Heat oil in a heavy soup pot; saute the sausage& onion just until the fat is rendered, about 3 to 5 minutes.
- Drain on paper towels.
- Add other ingredients except kale,& pasta.
- Bring to boil and simmer 10 minutes.
- Add kale, and pasta and simmer about 8 minutes until both are tender.
- Taste for seasoning- depending on how spicy your sausage is, add salt and pepper to taste.
- Serve piping hot.
PORTUGUESE KALE SOUP
DH and I have been going to a little place called Cafe Rio for years. About the only thing we ever order there is Portuguese kale soup. I have tried to duplicate the recipe for several years and this is as close as it gets. The linguica sausage is a must.
Provided by PaulaG
Categories Potato
Time 1h5m
Yield 10 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Wash kale under running water.
- Strip from tough stem, coarse chop and set aside.
- In the food processor, using the medium shredder blade, shred cabbage, drain and rinse beans.
- Heat the olive oil in a large stock pot, add sausage, chopped onion and minced garlic.
- Cook, stirring occasionally until the onion is transparent.
- Add remaining ingredients, bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for about 45 minutes to 1 hour.
- Adjust chicken stock as needed for desired consistency.
- Add salt and pepper to taste, remove bay leaf and serve hot with a coarse bread.
PORTUGUESE KALE AND POTATO SOUP
Categories Soup/Stew Blender Potato Lunch Sausage Kale Gourmet Dairy Free Wheat/Gluten-Free Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free No Sugar Added Kosher
Yield Makes about 10 cups, serving 8 to 10
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- In a kettle cook the garlic, the onions, and the carrot in the oil over moderately low heat, stirring, until the vegetables are softened. Add the russet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces, the broth, and 4 cups water, bring the liquid to a boil, and simmer the mixture, covered, for 10 to 15 minutes, or until the potatoes are tender. While the potatoes are cooking, in a skillet cook the chorizo over moderate heat, stirring, until it is browned lightly and transfer it with a slotted spoon to paper towels to drain. With the slotted spoon transfer the cooked potatoes to a blender, add about 1 1/2 cups of the cooking liquid and purée the mixture until it is smooth. Stir the purée into the broth mixture, add the chorizo, the kale, the red potatoes, cut into 1-inch pieces, and salt and pepper to taste, and simmer the soup, covered, for 10 minutes, or until the potatoes are tender.
PORTUGUESE SAUSAGE AND KALE SOUP IN THE SLOW COOKER
This is a very hearty and savory Portuguese sausage and kale soup that have been in my family for generations, it can take a bit of work but the final product is definitely worth it!
Provided by Italianfoodlover:)
Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Soup Recipes Pork Soup Recipes
Time 12h35m
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Turn a slow cooker to Low and add chicken broth.
- Heat olive oil in a pan over medium-high heat. Saute onion and garlic in the hot oil until light brown, 5 to 7 minutes. Transfer to the slow cooker. Add kale, bell pepper, linguica slices, and potatoes to the slow cooker. Pour in beans and tomatoes. Add garlic powder, paprika, salt, and pepper. Stir and cover.
- Let cook on Low heat, stirring every 4 hours or so, until potatoes and kale are soft and sausage is cooked through, about 12 hours.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 315 calories, Carbohydrate 33.1 g, Cholesterol 30.9 mg, Fat 13.9 g, Fiber 5.9 g, Protein 14.4 g, SaturatedFat 4.4 g, Sodium 1754.9 mg, Sugar 4.2 g
PORTUGUESE CHOURICO AND KALE SOUP (ADAPTED FROM RACHAEL RAY)
There are a couple of other sausage and kale soups on 'Zaar, but none like this. It is a just a bit spicy and filling and soothing and a meal in itself. (OK, maybe with an apple for fruit...or apple pie! :-)
Provided by BarbryT
Categories Pork
Time 30m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Heat the olive in a pot over medium high heat.
- Add potatoes and onions, cover and cook 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Add garlic, bay leaves, and kale to the pot.
- Cover pot and wilt greens for about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
- Add beans, tomatoes, sausage, and broth to the pot and bring soup to a full boil.
- Reduce heat back to medium and cook 5 to 10 minutes longer or until potatoes are tender.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 967.7, Fat 54, SaturatedFat 18, Cholesterol 100, Sodium 2534.2, Carbohydrate 76.7, Fiber 12.8, Sugar 7.1, Protein 46.3
CAPE COD PORTUGUESE KALE SOUP
This is an authentic Portuguese Kale soup. I don't use the dried bans, I use canned canneloni instead. It saves time and I like them better than the red variety. The number of servings is a guess as the size of your bowl and appetite varies. Also whether you use this as a main dish or soup course.
Provided by Nana Lee
Categories Clear Soup
Time 3h30m
Yield 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Soak beans overnight in cold water. In morning, drain beans.
- ("OR" used canned beans and cut down cooking time.).
- In large pot, add beans, onions, sausage, kale, salt/pepper, vinegar, beef broth and 2 cups of the water.
- Bring to boil. Reduce heat, cook gently for 3 hours.
- Add potatoes and 1 or 2 cups more water.
- Continue cooking until potatoes are tender.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 289.4, Fat 12.1, SaturatedFat 4.5, Cholesterol 25, Sodium 1274.5, Carbohydrate 28.9, Fiber 5.8, Sugar 1.6, Protein 17.6
PORTUGUESE KALE SOUP RECIPE BY TASTY
Here's what you need: Portuguese sausage, chicken broth, EVOO, yellow onion, fresh garlic, waxy potatoes, light red kidney, navy beans, kale, bay leaves, salt and pepper, bay leaves
Provided by Carol Oliveira
Yield 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- In a large soup pot in olive oil, saute the sausage on medium heat until browning and fragrant. Set meat aside.
- In the same pot, refresh olive oil and add in onions and saute until translucent. Once cooked, add in garlic and add the sausage in to combine.
- Pour in 4 cups of chicken broth and add in potatoes.
- Add kidney beans, navy beans, and bay leaves. Simmer for 5-10 minutes.
- Finally, add in shredded kale, cook down, and add water to create more broth if desired. Simmer for 30-40 minutes until completely combined.
- Discard bay leaves,
- Serve with crusty bread and butter.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 952 calories, Carbohydrate 115 grams, Fat 59 grams, Fiber 17 grams, Protein 25 grams, Sugar 10 grams
VEGETARIAN PORTUGUESE KALE SOUP
Recipe courtesy Gertrude's Gallery in Newport, RI via $40 a Day with Rachael Ray. Here is a vegetarian version of this delicious soup.
Provided by Sharon123
Categories Greens
Time 55m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- In a large stock pot, heat the olive oil over medium-high heat. Add the garlic, onions, turnips and carrots and cook for 5 minutes. Add the kale, chorizo, bay leaves, parsley and thyme and mix well. Add the veg. stock, beans and tomatoes. Bring the soup to a boil, and then reduce the heat to low and simmer for 30 to 40 minutes.
- Meanwhile, in a medium saucepan, bring the salted water to a boil and add the diced potatoes. Cook until tender, about 10 minutes. Drain the potatoes and add them to the soup.
- Remove the bay leaves and serve hot. Enjoy!
PORTUGUESE KALE SOUP
Provided by Rachael Ray : Food Network
Categories main-dish
Time 55m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- In a large stock pot, heat the oil over medium-high heat. Add the garlic, onions, turnips and carrots and cook for 5 minutes. Add the kale, chourico, bay leaves, parsley and thyme and mix well. Add the beef stock, beans and tomatoes. Bring the soup to a boil, and then reduce the heat to low and simmer for 30 to 40 minutes.
- Meanwhile, in a medium saucepan, bring salted water to a boil and add the diced potatoes. Cook until tender, about 10 minutes. Drain the potatoes and add them to the soup.
- Remove the bay leaves and serve hot.
SKINNY PORTUGUESE KALE AND POTATO SOUP (CALDO VERDE)
Make and share this Skinny Portuguese Kale and Potato Soup (Caldo Verde) recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Kate DeMello
Categories Portuguese
Time 45m
Yield 8 1 cup servings, 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- In a large pot, cook chourico or sausage over low heat. Turn and cook until brown, about 10 minutes. Remove from pot and let cool. Cut sausage into slices. Remove any fat from pot, but leave the cooked on bits.
- Add oil to pot, add onion and cook on medium until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and cook 1 minute more. As you stir, scrape up the bits from the bottom of the pan.
- Add broth potatoes, and black pepper, bring to a boil and cook 20 minutes. Remove the pot from heat and either lightly mash the potatoes with a potato masher or food processor, or I like to use my immersion blender to puree the entire mixture.
- Add chourico or sausage, red pepper flakes and bring back to a simmer. Cook covered for about 4 minutes. Add kale and bring back to a simmer. Cook partially covered until the kale is cooked. Adjust salt if needed.
PORTUGUESE KALE SOUP (WITH VEGGIE VERSION)
My grandmother (from Fall River Massachusettes) taught me to make this soup just before I went to college. I tweaked it a little, but not much. This is portuguese soul food. It cures all ills, especially the rainy cabin fever I get here in Seattle each winter. Note: 12.02.07 I stopped eating meat, but still love to make this soup. Vegetarians... use "Soyrizo" instead of Chourice.
Provided by Kendra PeloJoaquin
Categories Apple
Time 2h20m
Yield 1 huge pot of soup
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Dump the potatoes in a big old stock pot with the garlic, the wine and about a gallon of water or stock, about a tbs of salt, a few dashes of hot sauce, the two apple halves and the bay leaves.
- Heat on medium with a lid.
- While the potatoes soften, simmer the chourico in a smallish sauce pan.
- Add a little olive oil if it's really lean sausage.
- Cover it and simmer on low (you want to save all the savory, spicey yumminess to stay right there in the pan!) When the potatoes are good and soft, mash them.
- (I take the apples out-- they should be floating -- for a sweeter soup, leave them in, but take the peels off.) I mash them right there in the stock pot, but some people like to strain them out, smash'em and then put them back inches.
- Whatever you do,*don't* dump out all of the wonderful broth the potatoes have created for you.
- Don't smash them entirely if you like a nice chunky soup.
- When the chourico is all cooked (I tell by the consistency.) put the onions in the pan and put the lid back on.
- Turn off the heat, and let the onions start to wilt in the pan.
- Let the potato broth simmer without a lid for about 1/2 hour.
- Taste it.
- Adjust salt/pepper.
- Take out the Bay Leaves Add the Kale, the Chourico/Onion mixture, the thyme, turmeric (about 1 tsp each), the tomatoes and the beans.
- Let it simmer with the lid off for about 1/2 hour.
- Taste it, adjust it.
- Add the juice of about the 1/4 of the lemon.
- Continue to simmer and taste for about 1 hour or so adjusting lemon, spices, salt, and hot sauce.
- Serve with some crusty bread, and parmesean cheese to put on top.
VEGAN PORTUGUESE KALE SOUP
A hearty and yummy vegan soup that's a twist on an old favorite. Serve with homemade crusty garlic bread and you have yourself a delicious main dish.
Provided by Alicia
Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Soup Recipes Vegetable Soup Recipes Kale Soup Recipes
Time 50m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Heat 2 teaspoons oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add vegan burger patties; cook, flipping halfway, until browned, about 6 minutes. Transfer to a plate and cut into bite-sized cubes.
- Heat remaining oil in a pot over medium-high heat. Add onion, garlic, chipotle pepper, salt, and pepper. Saute until onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Add 1 cup vegetable stock and tomato paste; bring to a simmer. Add the browned vegan patties and plum tomatoes with juice.
- Pour remaining vegetable stock into the tomato mixture. Sprinkle in adobo seasoning and sazon. Bring to a boil. Add potatoes and kale; cook until potatoes are tender, 10 to 15 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 471.1 calories, Carbohydrate 74.5 g, Cholesterol 1.3 mg, Fat 12.4 g, Fiber 11.8 g, Protein 20.9 g, SaturatedFat 1.7 g, Sodium 1627.7 mg, Sugar 13.5 g
CALDO VERDE (PORTUGUESE KALE SOUP)
The simple kale and sausage soup is something I grew up on. We simply just called it Portuguese soup, even though that is really non-specific. In fact the Portuguese culture has a great variety of soups and stews in the mix. The kale soup I grew up on featured chouriço (pronounced: sir-reese); the Portuguese version of the...
Provided by Maggie May Schill
Categories Other Main Dishes
Time 6h30m
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- 1. 1-In a small sauce pan bring your navy beans to a boil in 6 cups of water. Once it hits a boil, let sit off of heat in the water for 1 hour. 2-Drain from water and set navy beans aside. 3-In a large dutch oven or cooking pot, add light oil and heat through on medium high. 4-Once oil is at smoking temperature add linguica and chourico. Brown them on all sides with the pan covered. 5-Once sausages are browned completely, remove from heat and de-glaze your pan with the drippings left behind from the sausages. Set sausages aside. 6-Add your garlic and onions to the pan. Cook with pan covered. 7-Once garlic and onion are translucent, add in your broth. 8-Add bay leafs to broth. Simmer for 30 minutes. Bring to a boil and add your navy beans. Bring back to simmer for 1 hour. 9-Add salt, pepper, marjoram, red pepper flakes, and paprika. Continue to simmer for another half hour. 10-Add warm water. 11-Add kale to your broth and simmer for 2 hours. 12-Slice your sausages up into half inch pieces. Add them to the soup. 13-Add potatoes to the soup. Continue to simmer until potatoes are tender and kale is wilted completely. This could take another 1 or 2 hours. 14-Lower heat and let soup sit on low for about an hour before serving. (Letting it come down from simmer slow like this before serving really brings all the flavors out and lets them develop nice.)
PORTUGUESE KALE SOUP
Kale soup is a staple in the Portuguese culture. It is filling and a real comfort food. This recipe is from Racheal Ray. You will find hundreds of recipes for this soup on the internet, but I like this one.
Provided by star pooley
Categories Other Soups
Time 30m
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- 1. Heat oil in a deep pot over medium high heat. Add potatoes and onions, cover and cook 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- 2. Add garlic, bay leaves, and kale to the pot. Cover pot and wilt greens 2 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Add beans, tomatoes, chourico, and broth to the pot and bring soup to a full boil. Reduce heat back to medium and cook 5 to 10 minutes longer or until potatoes are tender.
- 3. Serve soup with hunks of crusty bread and butter.
PORTUGUESE KALE AND CHORIZO SOUP
I was jonesing for a good soup, and my daughter (who is a classically trained chef btw) concocted this recipe. Don't be intimidated by the length of ingredients - most of these items are probably lying around your kitchen already! A great hearty soup.
Provided by Glenda Purvis
Categories Other Soups
Time 50m
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- 1. Cook onions and garlic in oil over medium heat until translucent in a soup pot.
- 2. Add thyme and red pepper. Let flavors infuse for a minute, then add the chorizo; cook for 4 minutes.
- 3. Deglaze with the white wine. Add flour to soak up excess fat from the chorizo; add the kale.
- 4. Pour chicken broth and water into the pot with the bay leaf; stir and then toss in the potatoes.
- 5. Add salt to taste.
- 6. When the potatoes are done, the soup is done.
- 7. Happy eating!
Tips:
- Use fresh, hearty kale: Kale is the star of the show in this soup, so make sure to use the freshest, most vibrant leaves you can find. Curly kale, also known as Scots kale, is a popular choice for this soup, but you can also use other varieties like Lacinato or Red Russian kale.
- Don't overcrowd the pot: When adding the kale to the soup, don't overcrowd the pot. If you do, the kale won't cook evenly and will become mushy. Add the kale in batches if necessary.
- Season to taste: Portuguese kale soup is traditionally seasoned with salt, pepper, and paprika. However, you can adjust the seasonings to your own taste. Feel free to add more paprika for a smokier flavor, or a pinch of cayenne pepper for a bit of heat.
- Serve with a drizzle of olive oil and a sprinkle of Parmesan cheese: When serving Portuguese kale soup, drizzle it with a little olive oil and sprinkle it with some freshly grated Parmesan cheese. This will add a touch of richness and flavor to the soup.
Conclusion:
Portuguese kale soup is a delicious, hearty, and flavorful soup that is perfect for a cold winter day. It is also a very healthy soup, as it is packed with vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. If you are looking for a new and exciting soup to try, Portuguese kale soup is a great option.
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