DISH RESEARCH · Breakfast
Cachupa Refogada
Cape Verdean hominy-and-bean stew drained and fried with onion, then topped with a fried egg.
About Cachupa Refogada
Crystal DaCruz presents cachupa refogada as a traditional Cape Verdean breakfast made from leftover cachupa. Her family-style stew combines whole hominy, beans, seasoned meats, cassava and collard greens.
The drained stew is fried with onion in olive oil until it resembles hash, with browned edges on the kernels and vegetables. A fried egg sits over each portion.
The cachupa is kept warm before plating. For a larger breakfast, DaCruz offers extra sausage, fried sweet plantains or Portuguese rolls, with coffee among the drinks; the plantains may have an optional sugar coating.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Egg.
Optional additions: Wheat (gluten).
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Cachupa Refogada
Crystal DaCruz's family-style cachupa refogada with fried egg.
- Corned beef brisketProtein
- Salt porkProtein
- Crushed garlicAromatic
- White vinegarSeasoning
- Bay leafSeasoning
- Smoked paprikaSeasoning
- SaltSeasoning
- Black pepperSeasoning
- Olive oilCooking medium
- OnionAromatic
- Bouillon cubeSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- Tomato pasteSeasoning
- WaterLiquid
- Dried whole yellow hominyBase
- Dried feijão pedra (rock beans)BaseIngredient page not linked
- Dried cranberry beansBase
- Dried large white lima beansBase · Optional
- CassavaBase
- Collard greensBase
- Prepared chouriçoProteinIngredient page not linked
- Sweet potatoBase · Optional
- SquashBase · Optional
- CarrotBase · Optional
- Whole eggsTopping
- Vegetable oilCooking medium
- Very ripe plantainsAccompaniment · Optional
- Canola oilCooking medium · Optional
- Granulated sugarSweetener · Optional
- Prepared Portuguese rolls (papo seco)Accompaniment · Optional
- CoffeeAccompaniment · Optional
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Corned beef brisket: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own linked cachupa107/128 actual prepared cured brisket, complete commercial cure formula unknown; not canned corned beef.
- Salt pork: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own linked108/128 actual prepared salted pork; full cure formula unknown.
- Crushed garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own linked109/128-129 marinade and saute allocation consolidated.
- White vinegar: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own linked110 first offered original, no apple-cider branch union.
- Bay leaf: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own linked111/128-129 actual leaf;131 dissolve wording is source error not reproduced.
- Smoked paprika: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own linked112/128 exact smoked type.
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Black pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own linked114.
- Olive oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own linked115/129 stew medium and main41/49 extra-virgin olive oil hash medium consolidated, exact main extra-virgin form retained in preparation note.
- Onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own linked59 yellow/onion116 and main42/83 hash onion, consolidated same food.
- Bouillon cube: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own linked117/131 required one, optional additional cube136; whole product/animal/formula unknown. One required food with optional extra quantity, not an entirely optional food.
- Tomato paste: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own linked118/131.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own linked65/67/75/119/132 soaking/rinsing/stew water actual; main broth discarded47, no claim every contact remains on plate.
- Dried whole yellow hominy: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own linked38/51/120 actual whole yellow selected, not cracked samp/white alternative140.
- Dried feijão pedra (rock beans): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own linked51/121/133 original local named bean, botanical species unestablished; no pinto/navy substitution forced.
- Dried cranberry beans: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own linked51/122/133, no red kidney/pink alternatives.
- Dried large white lima beans (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own linked123 actual precise list; prose53 calls fava aka lima and method135 fava, unresolved terminology. Source53 explicitly permits omission so optional despite selected original.
- Cassava: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own linked55/124/135 original root vegetable.
- Collard greens: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own linked57/125 original recommended/listed greens, no photo kale or alternative cabbage.
- Prepared chouriço: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own linked48/126/136 actual Portuguese sausage chosen over linguiça; full product formula unknown. Main59 also offers optional extra sausage links with larger breakfast; same named food consolidated, stew amount remains required.
- Sweet potato (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own linked55 expressly offered root-vegetable addition; optional, not asserted present in original one-root-vegetable pot.
- Squash (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own linked55 expressly offered addition, cultivar unknown; optional.
- Carrot (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own linked55 expressly offered addition, optional.
- Whole eggs: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Egg source-confirmed. Main43/55/86/97 sunny-side-up actual offered photographed original, no scrambled branch.
- Vegetable oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Main55/87 egg-pan oil selected over cooking spray; botanical species/full formula unknown.
- Very ripe plantains (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Main59 optional fried sweet plantains; own linked component70/166 ripe plantains, full peel/slice/fry93/175 expanded.
- Canola oil (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own full sweetplantain component71/167 chosen original medium; required only if optional accompaniment made, therefore optional here. No peanut/other oil alternatives combined.
- Granulated sugar (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own plantain72/90/168/173 explicitly optional coating; no brown-sugar alternative or separate dessert cinnamon/powdered-sugar116 imported.
- Prepared Portuguese rolls (papo seco) (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Wheat (gluten) source-confirmed. Main59 optional warm ordinary bread roll, Wheat positive standard bread identity; full product formula/Egg/Milk unknown.
- Coffee (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Main59 actual optional drink chosen over tea/fruit juice; no milk/sugar formula inferred.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Cape Verde
- Cabo VerdeCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Cape Verdean Cuisine
- Cape Verdean CuisineCatalogue link pending review
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