Beef and Pork

Carne Porco à Alentejana

Carne de Porco à Alentejana (Portuguese Pork, Littleneck Clams and Potatoes) If you’re a meat lover, this traditional Portuguese dish is not to be missed. Carne de Porco à Alentejana is one of the most traditional (and widely popular) pork dishes in all of Portugal.

Portuguese Sloppy Joe

What do you call it? Dynamite, Torpedo or Sloppy Joe. A mainstay of Rhode Island. Known as dynamites or a torpedo. It’s a specific kind of sandwich, eaten on a roll. That may sound like a Sloppy Joe, but whatever you call it, it’s one tasty sandwich.

Alcatra (Portuguese Pot Roast)

Alcatra” is a typical dish from Terceira Island. The use of several spices in the recipe is related to the Portuguese Discoveries. Vessels coming from India and America stopped at the island and sold spices and gold. Easy and Delicious…

Piri Piri Pulled Pork

For your summer pig roast or a delicious pulled pork sandwich. Portuguese piri piri pulled pork made with pork butt or shoulder roast, with hot piri piri peppers, slow cooked in a spicy seasoning until the pork meat pulls apart…

Piri Piri Hot Chili

Tasty and spicy chili made with beef, beans and Portuguese piri piri chili peppers – perfect for dinner! Look no further for the ultimate, easy chili recipe. With just a push of a button, your weekday dinner is taken care…

Linguiça Potato Pesto Pizza

Mention potatoes on pizza and you’ll get one of two responses. From the folks who’ve tried it, you can expect an enthusiastic thumbs up. From everyone else: a resounding “huh?” That’s the thing about pizza with potato – it sounds…

Portuguese Carne no Espeto (Shish-Kabob)

Traditional at any Portuguese feast, Carne Espeto, is one of my most treasured culinary connections to the Portuguese culture. The Feast of the Blessed Sacrament is a long standing and continued tradition that the many gather raw meat and roast…

Portuguese Marinated Pork Bifanas

The Portuguese people eat these pork sandwiches like we Americans eat burgers — anytime and anywhere. The Bifana is so popular, McDonald’s even launched the McBifana in Portugal. It is a perfect storm of flavors and textures coming together to…

Easy Crockpot Cacoila

Caçoila (Portuguese Pulled Pork) Caçoila is a delicious Portuguese-style of pulled pork or beef. There are countless versions of caçoila [ka-soy-la, although some folks say ka-sir-la] using different types of meat, such as pork, beef and liver, and different ways…