Best Portuguese Sopas Recipes

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PORTUGUESE SOPAS



Portuguese Sopas image

This has been a favorite of my family's for a long time. Don't expect any leftovers. Serve over sliced French bread.

Provided by j clifton

Categories     Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes     Soup Recipes     Beef Soup Recipes

Time 4h45m

Yield 8

Number Of Ingredients 10

1 (3 pound) beef pot roast
1 onion, diced
1 cup fresh mint leaves
2 cloves garlic, minced, or more to taste
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
2 teaspoons ground allspice
2 bay leaves, or more to taste
salt and ground black pepper to taste
water to cover
1 head cabbage, quartered, or more to taste

Steps:

  • Place pot roast, onion, mint, garlic, cinnamon, allspice, and bay leaves in a large pot. Season with salt and pepper. Pour in enough water to cover the roast. Cook over medium heat until roast is tender, adding more water if needed, about 4 hours.
  • Stir cabbage wedges into the pot. Simmer until cabbage is tender, about 30 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 464.4 calories, Carbohydrate 11.1 g, Cholesterol 115.8 mg, Fat 31.5 g, Fiber 4.4 g, Protein 33.8 g, SaturatedFat 12.7 g, Sodium 149.3 mg, Sugar 5.3 g

PORTUGUESE SOPAS



Portuguese Sopas image

Provided by Patty Lewis

Categories     Beef Soups

Number Of Ingredients 19

5 lb chuck roast, whole
2 onions, coarsely chopped
2 can(s) whole tomatoes, diced
1 can(s) tomato sauce, 15 ounces
1 bay leaf, optional
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp whole cloves
2 tsp allspice, whole
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 Tbsp garlic powder
3 Tbsp worcestershire sauce
1/2 c ketchup
2 c red wine
4 qt water
1 cabbage head, quartered
salt to taste
pepper to taste
4 fresh mint sprigs
1-2 french bread loaves

Steps:

  • 1. Use a 6-8 quart pot and fill 1/2 to 2/3 full.
  • 2. Put meat, chopped onions, cinnamon, sauces, ketchup, wine and spices into pot and bring to a boil.
  • 3. Put the whole spices into a tea ball and submurge in broth.
  • 4. Check meat and right before it starts to flake, remove from the pot and let cool.
  • 5. Cut into bite size pieces while cabbage is cooking, and return to the pot after the cabbage is done.
  • 6. Should take 2-3 hours on a slow burner, but the meat is flavored better when cooked in a crockpot.
  • 7. The cabbage is added at the end and should be boiled until translucent, but not so it breaks up.
  • 8. The last thing to add before you turn off heat is mint.
  • 9. Serve Sopas over french bread slices.

PORTUGUESE HOLY GHOST SOUP SOPAS DO ESPíRITO SANTO (TERCE



Portuguese Holy Ghost Soup Sopas Do Espírito Santo (Terce image

I usually make this for special holidays and events! This is a old recipe from some friends in the Azore Islands. My wife loves it and can't get enough.

Provided by Chief Teer

Categories     Stocks

Time 2h30m

Yield 1 cup, 20 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 13

1 liter water (add some more as you see you need)
1 1/2 kg beef, Cut with some fat
1 kg beef bones with marrow
3 onions
3 garlic cloves
1 chicken
1 head white cabbage
400 g bread
9 potatoes
3 tablespoons butter
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 bay leaves
8 mint leaves

Steps:

  • Cook the meats in a large stock pot, adding the chicken last.
  • Add the cabbage, the potatoes.
  • Cut the bread (prefereably portuguese bread) and put some butter over it, a leaf of mint and pour the broth over.
  • When the bread has absorbed the liquid pour some more with the cabbages until is juicy.
  • When is ready to go to the table put the meats on top and the rest of the gravy.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 715.2, Fat 59.1, SaturatedFat 24.4, Cholesterol 95.8, Sodium 227.1, Carbohydrate 31.2, Fiber 4, Sugar 3.8, Protein 14.7

PORTUGUESE SOPAS OR SOPASH RECIPE - (3.6/5)



Portuguese Sopas or Sopash Recipe - (3.6/5) image

Provided by UncleDick

Number Of Ingredients 17

5pounds5 pounds beef pot roast, cut into 3 pieces
4cloves4 cloves garlic
3(8-ounce) cans3 (8-ounce) cans tomato sauce
1/2cup1/2 cup coarsely chopped onion
1/2cup1/2 cup chopped parsley
55 celery stalks, chopped
1bottle1 bottle rose wine
10cups10 cups cold water
1teaspoon1 teaspoon black pepper
2tablespoon2 tablespoon salt
1tablespoon1 tablespoon ground allspice
1/2teaspoon1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds
44 bay leaves
1tablespoon1 tablespoon wine vinegar
1head1 head green cabbage, cored and quartered
11 loaf French bread, cut into 1-inch slices
2525 whole fresh mint leaves, with stem-essential

Steps:

  • Combine pot roast, garlic, tomato sauce, onion, parsley, celery, rosé, water, black pepper, salt, allspice, cumin, bay leaves, vinegar, and cabbage in a large pot Cover and simmer 6 hours. During last hour, uncover the pot. At serving time, cover bottom of large, shallow serving dish with bread slices. Lay lightly bruised mint leaves on top of the bread so each piece is touched by mint flavor. Ladle the hot sopas on top and eat immediately.

PORTUGUESE SOPAS



Portuguese Sopas image

Sopas (pronounced soapish) is different depending on the region your family came from. I had a friend from Rhode Island that pronounced it soupish...her version was close, not exactly the same. This version is from the Azores, Terceria to be exact.

Provided by Linda C @pottstikr

Categories     Beef

Number Of Ingredients 19

6 pound(s) chuck roast, cut into 2" squares
8 ounce(s) can of tomato sauce
1 teaspoon(s) onion salt
1/2 teaspoon(s) cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon(s) red pepper
1 cup(s) sauterne wine (white)
1/4 cup(s) ketchup
1/4 teaspoon(s) garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon(s) black pepper
2 clove(s) garlic, smashed
1 teaspoon(s) salt
SPICE BALL
1/4 teaspoon(s) whole cloves
1/4 teaspoon(s) whole cumin seeds
3 - bay leaves
2 - cinnamon sticks
1/4 teaspoon(s) whole allspice
2 - heads of cabbage cut in 1/8ths
- mint leaves

Steps:

  • Salt and pepper the meat. Mix tomato sauce, wine and spices and pour over meat. Put spiceball in pan with meat. Cover roasting pan. Bake until meat is tender on low heat, approx 2-3 hours.
  • When meat is almost done, add water to make juice as needed. Add cabbage, cover and cook until cabbage is tender (pinch it, you don't want it mushy.
  • Place mint on thickly sliced day-old French bread then dish out thick chunks of this flavorful stew on the bread.

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