What is the best food to try when visiting Portugal? Here’s my list of 12 tasty Portuguese dishes:
Bolinhos de Bacalhau are tasty fried cod cakes. Salted and dried cod is one of the foods you’re bound to come across no matter where you travel in Portugal.
This staple of Portuguese gastronomy can be enjoyed at any time of day and considered by many to be the national dish of Portugal.
It has so many different forms of preparation that its nickname in Portuguese means “the faithful friend!”
It’s not unusual to see the whole smoked cod hanging in markets or stacked in sky-high piles in your local supermarket. Whilst many Portuguese prepare this dish in the comfort of their own home, you can also enjoy the delicious, salty flavours at restaurants throughout Portugal.
Fried cod cakes (Bolinhos de Bacalhau) are very popular, but my personal favourite is the Bacalhau à Brás, which consists of shredded cod, thin potato fries and onions all bound up by scrambled egg and usually topped off with black olives and a garnish of parsley. Simply divine!
What is the best food to try when visiting Portugal? Here’s my list of 12 tasty Portuguese dishes:
Bolinhos de Bacalhau are tasty fried cod cakes. Salted and dried cod is one of the foods you’re bound to come across no matter where you travel in Portugal.
This staple of Portuguese gastronomy can be enjoyed at any time of day and considered by many to be the national dish of Portugal.
It has so many different forms of preparation that its nickname in Portuguese means “the faithful friend!”
It’s not unusual to see the whole smoked cod hanging in markets or stacked in sky-high piles in your local supermarket. Whilst many Portuguese prepare this dish in the comfort of their own home, you can also enjoy the delicious, salty flavours at restaurants throughout Portugal.
Fried cod cakes (Bolinhos de Bacalhau) are very popular, but my personal favourite is the Bacalhau à Brás, which consists of shredded cod, thin potato fries and onions all bound up by scrambled egg and usually topped off with black olives and a garnish of parsley. Simply divine!
