Recipe for Cod Portuguese Style - Stir
fried cod pieces with potato chips. This recipe was created by a Mr Bras and originated in Lisbon, Portugal.
As popular in Portugal as fish and chips are in the UK.
By: Isabel Robson
Serves: 2
Preparation: 35 minutes
Ingredients:
1 Medium onion
3 large cloves of garlic
500g cod fillet
1 Free range egg
1 kg of potatoes
1 Large bay leaf
1 tsp of paprika
5 tsp olive oil
Salt and Pepper
Wash, peel and fry
potatoes into small chips and leave to one side.
Peel and fine chop onion and garlic.
Heat olive oil to large frying pan. Add onion, bay
leaf and garlic to pan until soften and golden.
Remove fish bones and cut cod into small pieces,
add to the pan.
Season with paprika, salt and pepper. Gently stir for 1
minute.
Pour chips into the pan and stir for about 2
minutes.
Beat 1 egg and pour into the pan, stir quickly for
30 seconds, the egg will add moisture and help binding
remaining ingredients.
Serve hot with salad.
Paprika is an antibacterial agent made from dry
pepper Capsicum, it contains more Vitamin C than tomatoes. This ingredient can
improve digestion and increase blood circulation.
Rocket salad contains folic acid, beta-carotene and
Vitamin A and C. This ingredient helps prevent cancer. Lowers risk
of heart disease and strokes by reducing homocysteine levels (essential
amino acid which also needs to be balanced).