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Bacalhau à Brás
Portugal
Portugal has 365 recipes for bacalhau — one for every day of the year.
Portugal's most beloved salt cod dish — shredded bacalhau scrambled with eggs, straw potatoes and olives. One of 365 ways to cook bacalhau.
Prep
30 mins
Cook
20 mins
Difficulty
Easy
Calories
460 kcal
Serves
4
Calories are an estimate based on ingredients used
Ingredients
400gsalt cod, soaked 24-48 hours, shredded
4 largeeggs, beaten
2 largeonions, thinly sliced
200gstraw potatoes (thin crisps)
black olives and parsleyto finish
4 tbspolive oil
Method
1
Fry onion in olive oil until golden and soft, 15 minutes.
2
Add shredded cod. Cook 3 minutes.
3
Add beaten eggs. Stir gently over low heat until just set — very softly scrambled.
4
Remove from heat. Fold in straw potatoes.
5
Top with olives and parsley.
Chef's Tip
The eggs must be only lightly scrambled — overcooked eggs make this dish dry and heavy.
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