🇵🇹Portuguese food
Portuguese cuisine relies on fish and seafood, olive oil, garlic and bread, with salt cod (bacalhau) prepared in many ways. Grilled sardines, caldo verde soup, hearty stews and custard pastries such as pastéis de nata are well known.
29dishes
212average kcal per 100 g
24%vegetarian
Lightest dishes
Most filling dishes
Highest in protein
💡Tip
Grilled fish and soups are generally lighter options, while cream- or potato-based bakes and pastries are much richer. Olive oil is used generously, so it adds up.
All 29 dishes
🌭 Alheira🦐 Arroz de marisco (Portuguese seafood rice)🦆 Arroz de pato (Portuguese duck rice)🍚 Arroz doce (rice pudding)🍲 Açorda alentejana (Portuguese bread soup)🥘 Bacalhau com natas🍳 Bacalhau à Brás🐟 Bacalhau à Gomes de Sá🥪 Bifana🍰 Bolo de bolacha (Portuguese biscuit cake)🥬 Caldo verde🥘 Carne de porco à alentejana🦐 Cataplana de marisco🍲 Cozido à portuguesa🫘 Feijoada à transmontana🔥 Flaming chouriço🥪 Francesinha🐖 Leitão da Bairrada🥧 Pastel de Nata🐟 Pastéis de Bacalhau (Cod Fritters)🥧 Pastéis de Nata (Portuguese Custard Tarts)🍗 Piri Piri Chicken🐙 Polvo à lagareiro (Portuguese roast octopus)🍚 Portuguese arroz doce with lemon🫘 Portuguese feijoada🍰 Pão de ló🥧 Queijada de Sintra🐟 Sardinhas assadas (Portuguese grilled sardines)🐟 Sardinhas grelhadas (grilled sardines)
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Values are estimates per 100 g for a typical recipe; home and restaurant versions vary. Diets and allergens are worked out from the ingredients of a typical recipe — always check with whoever cooked the dish. Not medical advice. How we count →