King Cake, Boiled Codfish, and a Portuguese Christmas

Prep: 45 mins

Cook: 45 mins

Difficulty: Intermediate

Servings: 4 Servings

Here in Portugal we have many traditions of holiday food, but from North to South, at the Christmas Eve table, there’s something that you can’t miss: King Cake and Codfish Boiled With Potatoes, Eggs and Cabbage (dried and salted codfish). When I was a child I just hated both! I still don’t eat the King’s Cake candied fruits. And when a child sees a table sprinkled with sweets and all sorts of tempting food, and is told to eat boiled fish with cabbage at dinner, what a sacrifice it is!

Ingredients

Leftovers of codfish boiled with potatoes
eggs and cabbage*
4 garlic cloves
1/4 cup olive oil
3 tablespoon vinegar Salt and black pepper

Instructions

Take the leftovers out of the fridge. Shred the codfish and cabbage and cut the potatoes and eggs in small pieces. Finely mince the garlic.
Heat the olive oil in a dutch oven and add the minced garlic. Cook in medium heat for about 2 minutes. Add all the leftovers and start stirring. We must be always stirring to combine everything well and without letting it burn.