Best Bacalhau à Brás

5 from 1 vote

One of Portugal's most famous comfort foods, bacalhou à Brás is a cozy dish of salt cod, potatoes, and eggs. Feel free to add your own twists once you've mastered it, or keep it classic!

Prep Time10

Cook Time20

soak1

Total Time30

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Portuguese

Servings: servings

Calories: 664.57kcal

Author: Lauren Aloise

Ingredients

18 ounces dried salt cod
olive oil for sautéing
1 large onion diced
4 cloves garlic minced
14 ounces potato sticks or hash browns fried until crispy
8 large eggs
7 ounces black olives
salt and pepper to taste
chopped fresh parsley to taste

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Instructions

Cut the salt cod into large chunks and place in a glass bowl of water, then cover with plastic wrap. Refrigerate and soak for 24-48 hours. (The longer it soaks, the less salty it will be.)
Once it's done soaking, shred the rehydrated cod into small pieces with your hands.
Bring a pot of water to a boil, add the cod, lower the heat, and simmer until it's cooked through.
Heat olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Chop the onion and garlic finely and add to the pan and cook until golden. Add the cod and cook until it absorbs the oil.
Turn the heat down to low, then add the potato sticks and stir to combine. Beat the eggs lightly in a bowl, then add the eggs to the pan gradually, stirring as you go.
Continue stirring as the egg cooks, and remove the pan from the heat before the egg solidifies completely. It should be slightly runny but not totally raw.
Add salt and pepper to taste. The cod and potato sticks already have a lot of salt, so you won't need to add a lot.
Transfer to a clay or ceramic dish, garnish with olives and parsley, and serve right away.

Notes

If you can't find potato sticks, you can make your own by chopping potatoes into thin matchsticks (like hash browns or shoestring potatoes) and frying them until crispy.
You can also add extra ingredients. Maura likes to add shredded carrot and leeks to the onion and garlic mixture, and chopped prawns along with the cod.

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