Description
The best Portuguese soup made by my mother, Christina L. Pacheco
Ingredients
- ½ pound dried white pea beans
- ½ pound chorizo sausage, thinly sliced
- 1 pound beef soup bones
- 1 quart water
- 1 medium head cabbage, chopped
- 2 bunches kale – rinsed, dried and chopped
- 5 potatoes, peeled and cubed
- 1 quart hot water or as needed
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Soak beans in twice their volume of water 8 hours or overnight.
- In a large pot
- place drained beans
- chorizo
- soup bones and 1 quart water (or more as needed to cover). Cook over medium heat until beans are just beginning to be tender
- 1 hour.
- Stir in cabbage
- kale
- potatoes and enough hot water to cover. Cook until potatoes are tender
- 20 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.
Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins
Total Time: 8 hrs
Servings: 10