Caldo Verde with Chorizo

Name: Caldo Verde with Chorizo
Cuisine: Portuguese
Ingredients: 2 onions, grated; 4 cloves garlic, finely chopped; 4 tbsp. olive oil; 5 ¼ ounces spanish cured chorizo; ½ tsp. smoked paprika; 6 baking potatoes, peeled; 6 ⅓ cups chicken stock; 2 bay leaves; 9 ½ cups stemmed and finely chopped kale; salt and freshly ground black pepper; salt and freshly ground black pepper; 4 to 6 tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil; 4 to 6 slices of hearty (sourdough) bread, lightly toasted

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Good Soup

By Joris Bijdendijk and Samuel Levie

Published 2023

About

Ingredients

2 onions, grated
4 cloves garlic, finely chopped
4 tbsp.

Europe
Portugal
Soup

Method

In a deep, heavy pan, sauté the onions and garlic in the olive oil until soft and translucent. Strip the chorizo of its skin and cut into coarse pieces. Sauté the chorizo with the smoked paprika for a few minutes. Coarsely chop the potatoes and add to the pan along with the chicken stock, bay leaves, and kale. Simmer for a good 15 minutes. The potato pieces should be cooked through and may fall