The best traditional Portuguese dishes
The top 3 according to 7 votes from people: Bacalhau à Brás · Caldo verde · Grilled sardines. (Updated Aug 25, 2026.)
The dishes of Portuguese cuisine that repeat most in lists of typical food, with salt cod in several versions (they say there are a thousand recipes).
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Top 15
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1
Bacalhau à Brás
Shredded salt cod with matchstick potatoes, onion and scrambled egg, with olives and parsley.
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2
Caldo verde
Potato soup with finely shredded kale and a slice of chouriço.
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Grilled sardines
Sardines over charcoal on cornbread, the queens of June's Popular Saints festivals.
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Arroz de pato
Oven-baked rice with shredded duck and chouriço slices, from Braga.
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Arroz de marisco
Soupy rice with mixed seafood.
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Bacalhau com natas
Shredded salt cod with potato and cream, baked.
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Francesinha
Porto sandwich with steak, sausage and ham, covered in cheese and a spicy beer sauce.
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Cozido à portuguesa
Meats, sausages and vegetables boiled together, the symbol of the family table.
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Polvo à lagareiro
Roast octopus with punched potatoes and lots of garlic olive oil.
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10
Carne de porco à alentejana
Marinated pork with clams and fried potatoes, surf and turf.
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Leitão da Bairrada
Suckling pig roasted in a wood oven with crackling skin, from Mealhada.
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Bacalhau à Gomes de Sá
Salt cod with potato, onion, egg and olives, a Porto recipe.
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13
Tripas à moda do Porto
Tripe and bean stew that gave Porto people the nickname 'tripeiros'.
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14
Bifana
Sandwich of pork marinated in garlic and wine; the one from Vendas Novas is famous.
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15
Alheira de Mirandela
Poultry and bread sausage invented by New Christians, fried with egg and chips.
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Cataplana de marisco
Seafood cooked in a copper cataplana, typical of the Algarve.
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Alentejo Açorda
Alentejo bread soup with garlic, coriander, olive oil and poached egg.
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18
Piri-piri chicken
Grilled chicken with chilli sauce, famous in Guia, in the Algarve.
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Roasted goat
Oven-roasted goat with potatoes, a festive dish in Minho and Beiras.
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20
Chanfana
Old goat meat slowly cooked in red wine in a clay pot, typical of Beira Litoral.
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Cod with everyone
Cod cooked with potatoes, cabbage, egg and grains, drizzled with olive oil and garlic; traditional in the consonant.
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22
Fish stew
Stew of various fish with potatoes, tomatoes and peppers, typical of fishing areas.
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23
stone soup
Bean soup with sausages and meat from Almeirim, with the legendary stone on the plate.
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Trás-os-Montes Feijoada
Red bean feijoada with meat and pork sausages from Trás-os-Montes.
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Lista boa, mas faltam muitos clássicos: chanfana, açorda alentejana, cabrito assado, frango piri-piri...