Portuguese Chourico and Cabbage Soup
Recipe courtesy of BostonSidewalks.com
Ingredients
  • 2 T extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 lb chourico, cut in 1/2" chunks
    • Note - Feel free to use Linguica here either in addition to or in place of the Chourico. Linguica is a little less spicy than Chourico but every bit as flavorful. Try to stay at around one pound in total between the two.
  • 1 med onion, sliced thin
  • 4 garlic cloves, crushed and chopped
  • 2 qts chicken or vegetable stock
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1-2 t good quality paprika, preferably hot or 1/4 t cayenne pepper
  • 2 t salt
  • 1/2 t thyme
  • 4-6 waxy potatoes like yukon gold, diced 1/2" dice (4-5 cups)
  • 1/2 - 1 head green cabbage, sliced into thin ribbons (4-6 cups)
    • Note - The amount of cabbage depends on how much you like cabbage. It cooks down quite a bit and you might want to add it at different point of the cooking process to get different textures in the cabbage. Definitely something you can play with.
  • 1 can cannelini (or garbanzo) beans, drained and rinsed (optional)
Make It Mine
  • I went to make this and had some frozen cabbage that had been quartered and vacuum sealed. Bad experiment and I would not recommend that. So I had no cabbage. I decided to substitute carrots cut in bite sized pieces and also used a can of white beans. It was excellent. In some ways better than the recipe with cabbage. Try it and you decide.