This delicious Portuguese peas with poached eggs and chouriço recipe is super easy to make. It's perfect for a weeknight family dinner!
One of the most tastiest and popular recipes in our country. It's a versatile and comfort dish that can be made with different ingredients. To give the recipe a little more flavor, you can add diced pork or sliced carrots.
It's the perfect example that you can make a delicious and simple recipe with basic ingredients such as olive oil, onion, Portuguese chouriço and chopped coriander.
Making this recipe is super easy, just sauté, chopped onion, garlic, sliced chouriço, bay leaf and olive oil. Add the peas, season with salt and pepper, stir and pour enough water to cook the peas. Cook for 25 minutes, season with chopped coriander, add the eggs and cook them for about 7 to 8 min. It's the perfect dinner to serve for the whole family! Serve with white rice and slices of bread.
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INGREDIENTS FOR PORTUGUESE PEAS WITH POACHED EGGS AND CHOURIÇO
Here you'll find all the ingredients needed to make this recipe:
- Peas - Frozen peas.
- Chouriço - Portuguese chouriço cut into slices.
- Eggs - Poached eggs.
- Onion - Chopped onion.
- Bay leaf - Adds extra flavor to the recipe.
- Garlic cloves - Peeled whole garlic.
- Pepper and salt - To season the peas.
- Olive oil - For sautéing and flavor.
- Coriander - Adds a very nice flavor to the recipe.
- Water - To cook the peas.
Below you’ll find the correct measurement of all ingredients and the step-by-step guide for this recipe.
HOW TO MAKE PORTUGUESE PEAS WITH POACHED EGGS AND CHOURIÇO
Step 1: In a large saucepan, add the chopped onion, the peeled whole garlic, sliced chouriço, bay leaf and olive oil.
Step 2: Add the peas and season with salt and pepper. Stir with a wooden spoon, pour the water and boil over medium-high heat.
Step 3: When starts boiling, reduce to medium-low heat and simmer for 25 minutes with the pan covered, stirring occasionally.
Step 4: Remove the bay leaf and season the peas with coriander. Stir, add the eggs and cook them with the pan covered for about 7 to 8 minutes (season the eggs with salt if necessary).
Step 5: Turn off the heat and serve.
RECIPE TIPS
Crack the eggs into a small bowl, one at a time, before cooking. This way you can check each egg before it goes into the pan. If a shell fragment does end up in the bowl, you can easily remove it.
If you have leftovers, store the peas in the fridge in a properly airtight container (to prevent the growth of microorganisms).
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Can I cook the peas with carrots?
Can I replace the Portuguese chouriço with diced pork?
Coriander or parsley?
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Portuguese Peas with Poached Eggs and Chouriço
This delicious Portuguese peas with poached eggs and chouriço recipe is super easy to make. It's perfect for a weeknight family dinner!
5.00 from 3 reviews
- 600 grams (4 cups) frozen peas
- 75 grams (2 2/3 ounces) Portuguese chouriço
- 4 eggs
- 1 medium onion
- 1 bay leaf
- 4 cloves of garlic
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 50 ml (1/4 cup) Extra virgin olive oil
- Coriander (to taste)
- 450 ml (2 cups) water (or enough water to cover the peas)
- In a large saucepan, add the chopped onion, the peeled whole garlic, sliced chouriço, bay leaf and olive oil. Sauté over low heat for 6 to 7 minutes or until the onion starts to turn golden brown, stirring occasionally.
- Add the peas and season with salt and pepper. Stir with a wooden spoon, pour the water and boil over medium-high heat.
- When starts boiling, reduce to medium-low heat and simmer for 25 minutes with the pan covered, stirring occasionally.
- Remove the bay leaf and season the peas with coriander. Stir, add the eggs and cook them with the pan covered for about 7 to 8 minutes (season the eggs with salt if necessary).
- Turn off the heat and serve.
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My Portuguese mother says Parsley is usually what they had with this recipe.
Hi André,
We prefer coriander but you can add parsley to the recipe.