Category: Main Dish

Appetizers / Main Dish / Recipes / Side Dish

August 15, 2020

Bacalhau and Zucchini Quiche Pie

This savory quiche will be your favorite way to use all that summer zucchini that’s in season right now. I bet you have all the ingredients in your pantry too. That’s what makes this...

Main Dish / Recipes / rice / seafood / shrimp

July 22, 2020

Shrimp and Cauliflower Fried Rice

You’ll love this easy, low carb, low calorie version of the classic Portuguese Shrimp and Rice dish that’s one my favorite recipes on this blog. This recipe only takes about 20 minutes to fully...

chicken / Main Dish / Recipes

June 22, 2020

Portuguese Festa Style Chicken |Frango a Moda da Festa

You can’t get the Portuguese Festa experience without enjoying some authentic barbecue chicken while you’re there. The chickens are deliciously flavored with Portuguese spices and are sold whole for the family to enjoy along...

Appetizers / Bread / Main Dish

March 23, 2020

Pizza Dough and Pepperoni Pizza Recipe

This basic Pizza dough recipe can be used for all of your pizza recipes, including your flatbreads and foccaccia breads. Here’s the easy recipe: Ingredients: 4 cups flour (more as needed) 2 tablespoons olive...

fish / Main Dish / seafood

March 20, 2020

Codfish Fisherman Style – Peixe à Pescador

This fresh codfish recipe is simple and delicious! Perfect for lent, meatless Mondays or any day of the week. Feel free to use salt cod if you prefer. Here’s the recipe: Ingredients 1 lb...

chicken / Main Dish / Photo Gallery / Recipes

June 12, 2019

Copy Cat Shake and Bake

After experimenting with my own Copy Cat – Shake and Bake recipes, I finally came up a winner using some spicy Piri Piri sauce to give it a Portuguese kick! It’s very simple to...

Appetizers / Main Dish / Photo Gallery / Sauces and Jams / Side Dish

April 30, 2019

Portuguese Shrimp Mozambique | Camarão a Moçambique

Shrimp Mozambique This shrimp dish is a party in a pan! All you need is some good Vinho Verde, fresh crusty bread for dipping into to sauce, and friends to share it with! Although...

Appetizers / Chouico / eggs / Main Dish / Recipes / sausages / Side Dish

March 21, 2019

Peas with Chouriço Sausage and Pouched Eggs

Eggs and peas is humble yet very popular dish. I had a lot of cherry tomatoes in my fridge last week, and as a die hard waste not, want not fanatic I had to...

fish / Main Dish / Photo Gallery / Recipes / rice / seafood

February 13, 2019

Pescada Frita – Portuguese Fried Fish

Pescada Frita is fried “whiting or hake” I make this fish on Friday’s during lent. It’s a tradition that I carry on from my mother. Every time I make this recipe, it brings me...

chicken / Main Dish / Photo Gallery / Recipes

May 23, 2018

Portuguese Piri Piri Chicken – Frango Piri Piri

This is probably the most popular Portuguese chicken dish. People all around the world are raving about the spicy moist flavor from the Piri Piri marinade. It’s very easy to cook in the oven...