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Bacalhau à Brás (Portuguese Salt Cod with Eggs and Potatoes)

Name: Bacalhau à Brás (Portuguese Salt Cod with Eggs and Potatoes)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Portugal
Ingredients: salt cod, soaked and shredded 400 g; potatoes, cut in matchsticks 500 g; yellow onion, sliced 200 g; large eggs 6 pieces; garlic cloves, minced 10 g; pitted black olives 60 g; parsley, chopped 15 g; olive oil 80 ml; black pepper 2 g

Shredded salt cod tossed with matchstick potatoes, onions and scrambled eggs, garnished with olives and parsley.

45 minutes · 4 servings · Easy

This brás version is cooked at family scale, where the salt cod is torn into flakes by hand rather than chopped, and the pan gets a scattering of olives at the end for salt and bite. Made in one wide pan over low heat, it never browns, which is correct. It is served in small squares straight from the dish, since it firms as it cools and wants to be lifted with a fork.

Ingredients

salt cod, soaked and shredded400 g
potatoes, cut in matchsticks500 g
yellow onion, sliced200 g
large eggs6 pieces
garlic cloves, minced10 g
pitted black olives60 g
parsley, chopped15 g
olive oil80 ml
black pepper2 g

Directions

1
Fry matchstick potatoes in oil 8 minutes until crisp; drain.
2
Sauté onion and garlic 5 minutes until soft; add cod and toss 15 minutes until flakes break apart.
3
Mix in potatoes; pour beaten eggs and stir 2 minutes until just set.
4
Garnish with olives and parsley.

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