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Have lunch with friends? We suggest this tasty traditional Portuguese meal of pork with clams! It’s easy to prepare, has a delicious presentation and everyone will like it. Bon appetit!

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INGREDIENTS FOR PORTUGUESE PORK WITH CLAMS

Here you'll find all the ingredients needed to make this recipe:

  • Pork
  • Garlic
  • Sweet red pepper paste
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • White wine
  • Coriander
  • Bay leaf
  • Olive oil
  • Potatoes
  • Clams

Below you’ll find the correct measurement of all ingredients and the step-by-step guide for this recipe.

HOW TO MAKE PORTUGUESE PORK WITH CLAMS

Step 1: Soak the clams in water seasoned with salt about 1 to 2 hours. Wash them under running water before cooking.

Step 2: Season the meat with salt, pepper, sweet red pepper paste, grated garlic, bay leaf and white wine. Mix everything and marinate for about two hours.Portuguese pork with clams Recipe | Food From Portugal (3)

Step 3: Peel and wash the potatoes. Cut the potatoes into cubes and fry in hot oil. Turn off the heat and place the potatoes on a platter with absorbent paper; set aside.

Step 4: Meanwhile, heat the olive oil in a large skillet. When the olive oil is hot, add the meat without the marinade (reserve the marinade) and fry on a medium-low heat until the meat start to turn slightly golden.

Step 5: Add the marinade to the skillet and boil for one to two minutes. Add the clams, stir, cover the skillet and cook until the clams start to open.

Step 6: Turn off the heat, add the potatoes and sprinkle with chopped coriander. Mix carefully and serve immediately.

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Have lunch with friends? We suggest this tasty traditional Portuguese meal of pork with clams! It’s easy to prepare, has a delicious presentation and everyone will like it. Bon appetit!

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    Category:Main dishes, Meat, Recipes, Traditional Portuguese recipes, Videos

    Difficulty: Easy

    Servings: 4

    Prep Time:

    10 m

    Cook Time:

    25 m

    Total Time:

    2:35 h

    Ingredients

    • 500 grams (17 1/2 ounces) pork cut in pieces
    • 6 cloves of garlic
    • 2 tablespoons sweet red pepper paste
    • Salt (to taste)
    • Pepper (to taste)
    • 250 ml (about 1 cup) white wine
    • Coriander (to taste)
    • 4 bay leaves
    • 100 ml (1/2 cup) olive oil
    • 600 grams (1 1/3 pounds) potatoes
    • 450 grams (1 pound) clams
    • Vegetable oil for frying

    Directions

    1. Soak the clams in water seasoned with salt about 1 to 2 hours. Wash them under running water before cooking.
    2. Season the meat with salt, pepper, sweet red pepper paste, grated garlic, bay leaf and white wine. Mix everything and marinate for about two hours.
    3. Peel and wash the potatoes. Cut the potatoes into cubes and fry in hot oil. Turn off the heat and place the potatoes on a platter with absorbent paper; set aside.
    4. Meanwhile, heat the olive oil in a large skillet. When the olive oil is hot, add the meat without the marinade (reserve the marinade) and fry on a medium-low heat until the meat start to turn slightly golden, stirring occasionally.
    5. Add the marinade to the skillet and boil for one to two minutes. Add the clams, stir, cover the skillet and cook until the clams start to open.
    6. Turn off the heat, add the potatoes and sprinkle with chopped coriander. Mix carefully and serve immediately.

    Portuguese pork with clams

    Nutrition facts

    Serves 4

    Per Serving:

    % DAILY VALUE

    Calories 613

    Total Fat 28.5 g(36%)

    Saturated Fat 5 g(25%)

    Cholesterol 91 mg(30%)

    Sodium 950 mg(41%)

    Total Carbohydrate 42 g(15%)

    Protein 36 g

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What is porco preto Portugal dish? ›

Carne de Porco à Alentejana

This traditional stew features Porco Preto (black pork), usually marinated in white wine, paprika, red pepper paste, chopped garlic, and coriander, then pan-fried golden brown and mixed with clams and potatoes.

What is Portuguese pig meal? ›

Suckling pig, known in Portuguese as leitão, is a dish generally associated with Bairrada, a region in northern Portugal. In Lisbon, many restaurants simply truck in the cooked pigs from Bairrada, which means that by the time it arrives, the skin has lost its crispness, the meat no longer meltingly tender.

What is Francesinha Portugal? ›

Francesinha (Portuguese pronunciation: [fɾɐ̃sɨˈziɲɐ] meaning little French woman) is a Portuguese sandwich, originally from Porto, made with layers of toasted bread and assorted hot meats such as roast, steak, wet-cured ham, linguiça, or chipolata over which sliced cheese is melted by the ladling of a near-boiling ...

What is pernil de porco? ›

Pernil (pernil asado, pernil al horno, roast pork butt) is a slow-roasted marinated pork leg or pork shoulder common in Latin American cuisine.

What is Portuguese pork secrets? ›

The cut of pork known as secretos (secret) is hidden near the belly. It is a muscle that weighs a little more than a pound in an adult pig. The most traditional way of preparing secretos de porco is seasoning with lemon, pepper, salt, white wine and garlic, and then grilling or frying them.

Why is pork so popular in Portugal? ›

Portugal is known for its delicious meats, especially pork. The country's climate and landscape are ideal for raising pigs, and as a result, pork dishes are some of the most popular in Portuguese cuisine.

What is Leitao in Portuguese? ›

Leitão, sometimes Anglicized Leitao (literally meaning suckling pig), is a traditional Portuguese (and Pan-Iberian) dish made of a suckling pig, known more commonly under its Spanish name Lechón.

What is a traditional Portuguese dish? ›

Bacalhau à brás is as typical a Portuguese dish as they come, and we should all count ourselves lucky that it's so readily available. The dish is made with shredded bacalhau (aka salted cod), chopped onions, and thinly chopped and fried potatoes, then mixed with a bit of scrambled egg to bind it together.

What is the Portuguese version of prosciutto? ›

Presunto (Portuguese: [pɾɨˈzũtu]) is dry-cured ham from Portugal, similar to Italian prosciutto crudo or Spanish jamón.

What is a popular Portuguese dish? ›

Bacalhau à Brás is one of the most famous Portuguese dishes and deservedly so! This mixture of shredded codfish and fried potato sticks, olive oil, eggs, onions and parsley is very easy to prepare, but you can also find it in most Portuguese restaurants.

What is a porco in Portuguese slang? ›

Just like in English, you can call someone a 'pig' when you think they are dirty, nasty or ill-mannered. Você come que nem um porco! You eat like a pig! Isn't it great when you can literally translate something and obtain the same results?

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