Portuguese Bacalhau A Bras (salted cod)
Portuguese Bacalhau A Bras (salted cod)

Hello everybody, it is Brad, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, portuguese bacalhau a bras (salted cod). One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Portuguese Bacalhau A Bras (salted cod) is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look wonderful. Portuguese Bacalhau A Bras (salted cod) is something which I have loved my entire life.

This popular cod recipe is said to have been invented by an innkeeper called Brás or Braz, who had a tavern in the Bairo Alto in Lisbon. A classic recipe in Portugal, this bacalhau a bras combines scrambled eggs filled with fried potatoes and shards of salt cod. This is a very unique Portuguese Salt Cod fish dish.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook portuguese bacalhau a bras (salted cod) using 10 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Portuguese Bacalhau A Bras (salted cod):
  1. Make ready 200 grams salted cod
  2. Make ready 2 bay leaves
  3. Make ready 1 tsp black pepper
  4. Prepare 3 tablespoons olive oil
  5. Get 3 tablespoons white wine vinegar)
  6. Get 500 grams thin french fries
  7. Get 4 garlic cloves (finely chopped)
  8. Prepare 2 large onions (finely sliced)
  9. Get 1 handful parsely (finely chopped)
  10. Make ready 3 eggs (add 4 eggs if you want it really moist) beaten with a fork

Bacalhau à Brás (Cod à Brás) is a Portuguese dish made from shreds of salted cod (bacalhau), onions and thinly chopped (matchstick-sized) fried potatoes, all bound with scrambled eggs. Salted cod with eggs or bacalhau a bras in Portuguese is a beloved dish. It was a means of preservation prior to refrigeration. Salted cod is a fantastic ingredient to keep in your fridge.

Instructions to make Portuguese Bacalhau A Bras (salted cod):
  1. Soak the cod in cold water for 24 hours, skin face up, changing the water every few hours or so.
  2. Drain the cod from the water. Bring to the boil a pot of water and add the cod, cook for 15 minutes. Drain the water and allow the cod to cool enough to handle then shred and de-bone. Place to on side to be used later.
  3. Place the oil in a non-stick pan in a medium to high heat and add the onions, bay leaves, garlic and pepper. Stir making sure it doesn't burn. Fry the onions until brown or soft.
  4. Add the cod and cook for about 10 minutes, stirring making sure it doesn't burn.
  5. Divide the parsely into two halves, add 1st half to the cod.
  6. Add the vinegar and stir (you can add more or less depending on your taste).
  7. Take it off the heat and rest it to one side.
  8. Fry the chips in a deep fat fryer, ensuring they are nice and crispy. take some of the fat out by dabbing the chips with some kitchen roll.
  9. Add the chips to the pan as you go long frying.
  10. Place pan back on heat and mix it all together.
  11. Add the eggs.
  12. Check seasoning, (add salt and more vinegar if not to taste)
  13. Add the remaining parsly and serve immediately.
  14. Eat on its own or add a salad of your choice. I also like to eat it with green and black olives mixed together in the cod.

It keeps for months and can be stirred into scrambled eggs and fried potatoes to make this Portuguese specialty, bacalhau à la brás. Salted cod in Portugal © Pixabay. Listening to the Portuguese talk about bacalhau (cod in English) may remind you of the shrimp scene in Forrest Gump. In the words of Bubba, you can boil it, barbecue it, bake it, broil it, eat it with potatoes, eat it with rice, and much more. Bacalhau à Brás is probably one of the most popular versions of cooking bacalhau in Portuguese cuisine.

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