Recipe: Portuguese green peas stew with poached eggs

Recipe: Portuguese green peas stew with poached eggs

A medley of meat, eggs and vegetables, this stew recipe is one for the books...

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Cuisine:Portuguese
Cook time:35m
Prep time:20m
Servings:2

Ingredients

100 gms beef chorizo

400 gms green peas

4 eggs

2 medium tomatoes, chopped

500 ml chicken stock

1 l water

2 bay leaves

50 gms peas

1 onion, chopped

2 cloves of garlic, chopped

2 sprigs coriander, chopped

2 sprigs mint leaves

25 ml olive oil 

Salt and pepper to taste

Method

1. Heat olive oil in a heavy-bottomed pan and fry the chorizo. Set aside.

2. Using the same pan, add the onion and sauté until it turns golden-brown. Add garlic and cook for another minute.

3. Add tomatoes and chicken stock into the pan and stir again.

4. Add the peas and pour the water in the mixture. Add the bay leaves, salt and pepper and cook for another 20 minutes.

5. Mix the chorizo in and for cook for another three minutes. Add the coriander and mint leaves. Mix well.

6. Crack each egg separately over the simmering mix and cover the pan for the egg to cook for another 10 minutes.

Note: This is to maintain a runny yolk.

7. Garnish with mint leaves, and serve with toasted and crusty slices of bread.

Chef Saul Andrade
Chef Saul Andrade
Chef Saul Andrade
Executive chef at The Cove Rotana in Ras Al Khaimah

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