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It’s one pot meal season. The chilly weather is fast approaching. Time to enjoy those wonderful stews that are quick and easy to make.

Sharing my recipe for ervilhas guisadas com batata e ovos (Pea stew). This recipe typically has no potato and the eggs are poached right into the pot. I like to pre boil the eggs then add them to the stew. I also like to add potato so it’s a more filling dish.


Ingredients:

6- potatoes peeled and chopped into small cubes.
2- large carrots peeled and sliced into thin slices for quicker cooking.
6- hard boiled eggs peeled
2- Portuguese small sausages (linguiça) chopped into fine slices
1- small onion finely chopped
3- garlic cloves chopped finely
375- grams of thawed frozen peas about 3 cups
3- tablespoons of tomato paste
2- tablespoons of Portuguese pepper sauce (pimenta moída)
3- tablespoons of olive oil
1- cup of beer
1- chicken stock cube
1- teaspoon of paprika
About 5 cups of water
Salt to taste.

Directions:

Boil your eggs and set aside. Peel them while they are still warm. When they are cold they are more tricky to peel. Rinse your peas and set aside.

In a large stock pot onions, garlic and olive oil. On medium heat cook your onions until golden brown. Then add in your chopped sausage and add about 1/2 a cup of water to help cook down the sausage. Cook the sausage for about 5 mins.

Then add your tomato paste add water at this time if needed about another 1/2 cup.
Add your pepper sauce and paprika. Cook for about a minute then add in your chopped potatoes and chopped carrots. Add a full cup of water to allow the potatoes and carrots to cook.

You then add the peas and your 1 cup of beer. Add in your chicken stock cube. Cook until potato and carrots are soft to the touch. Taste for salt just before you are done cooking add in your boiled eggs so they can absorb the flavours of the stew. This dish cooks for about 30- 40 mins because of everything being chopped into small pieces.

Serves 4-6

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