Food of Portugal
Portuguese cuisine relies on the Atlantic: salted cod, sardines, octopus and shellfish, along with olive oil, garlic, bread and sausages. Inland there are hearty stews, roast kid and pork, while pastries and egg-based sweets are a national passion. Coffee and a pastry are a daily ritual and meals are unhurried and generous.
Bacalhau
Salt cod scrambled with eggs, onions and fried potatoes.
How to make Bacalhau a bras- Main dishes (12)
- Breakfast (3)
- Street food (4)
- Soups (4)
- Salads (3)
- Breads (3)
- Desserts and sweets (7)
- Drinks (4)
- Fruits and produce (7)
Staples
- salt cod
- sardines
- olive oil
- bread
- potatoes
- pork
- rice
- eggs
Signature flavors
- garlic
- bay leaf
- piri-piri
- paprika
- parsley
- cinnamon
- coriander
Main dishes
Salt cod scrambled with eggs, onions and fried potatoes.
Key ingredients: salt cod, eggs, potatoes, onionFull guide →
Charcoal-grilled fresh sardines served with potatoes and peppers.
Key ingredients: sardines, sea salt, potatoes
Porto's layered meat and cheese sandwich with spicy sauce.
Key ingredients: bread, steak, sausage, cheese, eggFull guide →Baked duck rice with crisp sausage on top.
Key ingredients: duck, rice, chorizo, onion
Boiled dinner of meats, sausages and vegetables.
Key ingredients: beef, pork, sausage, cabbage, potatoes
Portuguese bean stew with pork and sausage.
Key ingredients: beans, pork, sausage, cabbage
Charcoal grilled chicken in hot pepper marinade.
Key ingredients: chicken, piri-piri, garlic, lemonFull guide →
Garlicky marinated pork steak in a roll.
Key ingredients: pork, garlic, bread, mustardRoast octopus with potatoes and olive oil.
Key ingredients: octopus, potatoes, olive oil, garlic
Fisherman's stew of mixed fish and potatoes.
Key ingredients: fish, potatoes, tomato, peppers
Algarve seafood stew cooked in a copper clam-shaped pan.
Key ingredients: clams, shrimp, tomato, pepperThin steak with a fried egg and fries.
Key ingredients: beef, egg, friesBreakfast
Fresh bread with butter, served with coffee.
Key ingredients: bread, butterThick toasted bread with butter.
Key ingredients: bread, butterToasted ham and cheese sandwich.
Key ingredients: bread, ham, cheeseStreet food
Fried salt cod croquette.
Key ingredients: salt cod, potato, parsley
Crescent-shaped shrimp pastries fried crisp.
Key ingredients: shrimp, bechamel, breadcrumbsSteak sandwich in a roll with garlic.
Key ingredients: steak, garlic, breadFlame-grilled chorizo.
Key ingredients: chorizoSoups
Potato and collard soup with chorizo.
Key ingredients: potatoes, kale, chorizo, olive oilFull guide →Fish soup with tomato and herbs.
Key ingredients: fish, tomato, onion
Bread soup with garlic, coriander and egg.
Key ingredients: bread, garlic, coriander, egg
Chicken and rice soup with mint.
Key ingredients: chicken, rice, mintSalads
Tomato salad with onion, oregano and olive oil.
Key ingredients: tomato, onion, oreganoCold octopus salad with peppers and onion.
Key ingredients: octopus, peppers, onion, vinegarChickpea salad with cod and egg.
Key ingredients: chickpeas, salt cod, eggsBreads
Dense cornbread from northern Portugal.
Key ingredients: corn flour, rye, yeastRustic wheat bread from Alentejo.
Key ingredients: wheat flour, water, salt
Flat bread from Madeira with garlic butter.
Key ingredients: flour, sweet potato, butterDesserts and sweets
Flaky custard tart.
Key ingredients: pastry, egg yolks, milk, sugarFull guide →
Creamy rice pudding with cinnamon.
Key ingredients: rice, milk, lemon, cinnamonRice cake muffin.
Key ingredients: rice flour, eggs, lemonPortuguese custard with a burnt sugar top.
Key ingredients: milk, eggs, sugarSmall sweet cheese tarts.
Key ingredients: cheese, sugar, eggs
Sugar-coated doughnut filled with egg cream.
Key ingredients: dough, custard, sugarCaramel custard pudding.
Key ingredients: eggs, milk, caramelDrinks
Strong espresso, as served in Lisbon.
Key ingredients: coffee
Tall milky coffee in a glass.
Key ingredients: espresso, milk
Popular Portuguese fruit soda.
Key ingredients: fruit, sparkling waterPeach iced tea sold everywhere.
Key ingredients: tea, peachFruits and produce
Algarve oranges are sweet and juicy.
Key ingredients: juice, peel
Algarve figs eaten fresh or dried.
Key ingredients: fresh, driedFull guide →
Fresh cherries from Fundao.
Key ingredients: fresh, jam
Pera rocha pears are sweet and juicy.
Key ingredients: fresh, baked
Autumn roasted chestnuts.
Key ingredients: roasted, soup
Fragrant fruit from Madeira.
Key ingredients: juice, desserts
Algarve almonds for sweets.
Key ingredients: marzipan, cakesDish guides from Portugal
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Descriptions written by Intercontinental Chef. Dishes are listed as commonly eaten today; many are shared across neighbouring countries.
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