World Flavors Cookbook

Cozido à Portuguesa

Portugal's magnificent boiled dinner — an enormous platter of meats (beef, pork, chicken, sausages), vegetables, and rice all simmered together.

Cuisine: Portugal

Ingredients

• 500g beef brisket
• 500g pork shoulder
• 4 chicken thighs
• 300g chouriço sausage
• 200g morcela (blood sausage)
• 1 cabbage, quartered
• 4 carrots
• 4 potatoes
• 4 turnips
• 1 cup rice
• Salt, bay leaves

Instructions

1. Simmer beef and pork in a large pot for 1.5 hours.
2. Add chicken and continue simmering 30 minutes.
3. Add root vegetables and cabbage. Cook 30 minutes.
4. Add sausages in last 15 minutes.
5. Cook rice in some of the broth separately.
6. Arrange everything on a massive platter. Serve broth separately.