Whether you are on a diet for weight loss or simply want to eat healthy and watch your nutrition cooking your own food will give you a lot more control over your diet plan. Let recipes like these (we have thousand of recipes, old and new) inspire you to get cooking and put together your own meal plans.
Recipe Category: Portuguese
Recently Viewed
Easy Soup Recipes With Chicken
Chuck Roast Recipes
Enchilada Recipe
Kale Soup
Sweet Bread
Keto Kale
Francesinha Recipe
Ingredients
Makes 2
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- ½ onion, finely chopped
- 2 minute steaks (about 5½oz/150g each), sliced
- 1 linguica sausage (Portuguese smoked sausage), sliced 1 cooking chorizo sausage, sliced
- 1 tsp superfine (caster) sugar
- 1 x 12fl oz (330ml) bottle beer (Super Bock if you want to be all authentic) 8oz (225g) can chopped tomatoes
- a dash of hot chili sauce
- sea salt and black pepper, to taste
- 1 tsp cornstarch (cornflour)
- 4 slices sturdy white bread (something like sourdough will work well) 2 slices cooked ham
- 4 thin slices Swiss (Emmenthal) cheese
Method
- Heat the vegetable oil in a frying pan and gently soften the onion
- Add the sliced steaks, linguica sausage, and chorizo and cook until the pieces of sausage are starting to crisp and caramelize and the steak is cooked through
- Carefully remove the meat and set aside
- Into the pan with the onions, add the sugar, beer, tomatoes, and a dash of hot chili sauce
- Simmer, uncovered, for 20-30 minutes or until beginning to thicken
- Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C) Gas 6
- Taste the sauce, then season with salt and pepper
- Mix the cornstarch (cornflour) with a splash of cold water, then stir into the sauce
- Cook for a few minutes, stirring, until nice and thick
- Remove from the heat
- Place 2 slices of the bread, side by side, in a baking pan (tin), then add a layer of the cooked steak, sausage, and chorizo mixture to each, fol owed by a slice of ham
- Add the remaining slices of bread and then put the cheese slices on top
- Pour the sauce over the entire sandwiches
- Bake in the oven for about 20 minutes, until the cheese is melted and the sauce is bubbling
- Serve immediately
Full List of Portuguese Recipes
Full List of Dairy Recipes
Enchilada Sauce:Brown beef with onion and bell pepper Add stewed tomatoes, corn, olives and 1 1/4 can enchilada sauce To thicken, add 1/2 cup flour Simmer 20-25 minutes Dip flour Continue Reading →
Flan:Caramel: In a heavy saucepan, melt down the sugar along with water and bring to boil Watch this carefully Once it boils the bubbles will slow down to form a syrup As Continue Reading →