Main dishes

Muamba de galinha is Angola’s most famous dish, and one bite explains its reputation: chicken braised in red palm oil...

Bacalhau gratinado is what happens when salt cod gets the full comfort-food treatment: flaked cod folded with sweet peppers, golden...

Cozido à portuguesa is less a recipe than a national institution: a grand boiled dinner of beef, chicken, pork, a...

If Portugal held an election for its favorite bacalhau dish, bacalhau à Brás would be a serious contender: shredded salt...

Bacalhau à Zé do Pipo is comfort food with a pedigree: flaky salt cod under golden mayonnaise, ringed by piped...

Feijoada de marisco flips Portugal’s famous bean stew toward the coast: instead of the pork-heavy classic, white beans simmer in...

Açorda de camarão was my grandmother’s dish. She lived in the Alentejo, the homeland of all açordas, and when garlic...

Papas de sarrabulho is not a dish you ease into — it is Minho’s boldest comfort food, a savory porridge...

Açorda de marisco is one of those dishes that instantly takes me back to my grandmother’s table in Portugal: a...

Arroz de pato is one of the crown jewels of Portuguese comfort food: duck simmered until tender, its broth used...