We Portuguese LOVE soup. From North to South, soup is a staple of our cuisine, and it does not matter whether it’s hot or cold outside. So for today’s recipe, we’ve got “Rancho”, a soup from the Minho region that could be a meal in its own right. Here it is the rancho recipe, for 4 servings.

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Ingredients:

• 350 grams of chickpeas
• 4 large potatoes
• 120 grams of macaroni
• 250 grams of veal trotter
• 250 grams of pork belly
• 250 grams of “chouriço”
• 250 grams of boiled beef
• 1 dessert spoon of paprika
• 1 dessert spoon of lard
• 2 decilitres of olive oil
• 2 onions
• salt, to taste
• pepper, to taste

Rancho recipe

• Soak the chickpeas for a few minutes
• Cook all the meat as well as the chickpeas in water and add salt and pepper to taste
• Meanwhile, fry the chopped onions gently in the lard and olive oil
• Remove the meat(s) when cooked and dice it in edible cubes
• Dice the potatoes in small pieces
• Add the potatoes, the meats and the macaroni back with the chickpeas (the mixture should be thick enough to stand a wooden spoon upright in it)

Season to taste and serve hot! Enjoy a soup that is a meal in itself!

Bom apetite!
Taste Porto Foodie Team