DISH RESEARCH · Soup
Caldo Verde
Portuguese potato-and-couve soup with sliced meat chouriço and olive oil.
About Caldo Verde
Pedro Barbosa’s Caldo Verde follows the Portuguese potato-and-couve soup with meat chouriço. His traditional version uses a short list of vegetables, water, salt and olive oil.
Potato and onion give the soup its mild vegetable base. The chouriço adds a savoury meat flavour, with shredded couve providing the green element and olive oil enriching the finish.
The puréed base has a creamy consistency without a listed cream addition. Thin shreds of couve and rounds of sausage remain visible within the smooth potato broth.
Allergens in this recipe
Optional additions: Wheat (gluten).
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Caldo Verde
Pedro Barbosa’s traditional Portuguese Caldo Verde.
- WaterLiquid
- OnionsBase
- PotatoesBase
- Shredded couveBaseIngredient page not linked
- Olive oilFinish
- SaltSeasoning
- Meat chouriçoProteinIngredient page not linked
- BreadAccompaniment · Optional serving · Optional
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Onions: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Potatoes: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Shredded couve: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Portuguese couve name retained; exact leafy-cabbage cultivar/species not established
- Olive oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Meat chouriço: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Named Portuguese meat sausage; exact meat and curing formula unspecified
- Bread (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Wheat (gluten) source-confirmed. Narrative leftover-lunch suggestion; full product formula unknown
Origins & food traditions
Traditional Portuguese Caldo Verde; exact Pedro Barbosa preparation.
Cuisines & regions
- Portuguese Cuisine
- Mainland Portuguese CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.