Caldo Verde

Name: Caldo Verde
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Portuguese
Ingredients: 1kg potatoes, peeled and cubed; 300g couve-galega or kale, very finely shredded; 200g chouriço, sliced; 1 onion, diced; 4 cloves garlic; 4 tbsp olive oil; 1.5L water or stock; salt to taste

Portugal's national green soup — thinly sliced kale ribbons in potato broth with slices of chouriço.

Total time

45 min

Prep

15 min

Cook

30 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Portuguese

Ingredients

1kgpotatoes, peeled and cubed

300gcouve-galega or kale, very finely shredded

200gchouriço, sliced

1onion, diced

4 clovesgarlic

4 tbspolive oil

1.5Lwater or stock

saltto taste

Instructions

Simmer potatoes, onion and garlic in water with olive oil until very soft.

Blend until completely smooth.

Bring back to simmer. Add kale ribbons. Simmer 5 minutes — they should stay bright green.

Add chouriço slices. Simmer 2 more minutes.

Season. Drizzle with extra olive oil. Serve with broa (cornbread).

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.

Calories

328

Protein

5.5g

Fat

13.9g

Carbs

46g

Fiber

Sodium

17mg

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