Portuguese-style Green Vegetable Soup
This Macanese classic blends Portuguese and Cantonese cuisines into a smooth, rich soup with vibrant green vegetables that warms both body and soul.
Ingredients
9 items- Potatoes 300g
- Onion 1 medium
- Garlic 3 cloves
- Leafy greens (such as bok choy or spinach) 200g
- Portuguese chorizo or Chinese sausage 50g
- Olive oil 2 tablespoons
- Water or chicken broth 800 ml
- Salt 1 teaspoon
- White pepper 1/2 teaspoon
Nutrition
Steps （6 steps）
Peel and dice potatoes into 1 cm cubes. Finely chop onion, mince garlic, cut greens into segments, and slice sausage thinly. Prepare all ingredients.
Heat a soup pot over medium heat and add olive oil. When hot, add chopped onion and minced garlic; sauté for about 2 minutes until onion is translucent and fragrant.
Add potato cubes and stir for 1 minute to coat with oil. Then pour in water or broth and increase heat to high to bring to a boil.
Once boiling, reduce heat to low, cover the pot, and let simmer for 15 minutes until potatoes are very tender and can be easily mashed with a spatula.
Add the greens and sausage slices, stir to combine, then turn heat to medium and cook for 3 minutes until greens are tender and vibrant green.
Season with salt and white pepper, stir well, and remove from heat. Drizzle with a little extra olive oil or cream if desired. Serve hot.
Tips
1. For a thicker soup, gently mash some of the potatoes after they are cooked. 2. Add greens at the last minute and stop cooking as soon as they wilt to preserve color. 3. Briefly pan-fry the sausage slices before adding them for extra flavor.
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