# Caldo Verde

Caldo Verde is a traditional Portuguese soup made with potatoes, collard greens, and chorizo.

- Cuisine: Spanish
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 3 pcs chorizo sausage
- 2 whole potatoes
- 1 whole onion
- 8 cloves of garlic
- chicken stock
- 1 bunch of kale
- Pepper

## Instructions

1. Slice the chorizo sausage into small discs.
2. Fry the chorizo in a hot pan until the oil renders and the pieces are crisp.
3. Remove the crisp chorizo pieces from the pan and set aside.
4. Chop the onion.
5. Slice the garlic cloves.
6. Add the chopped onions and sliced garlic to the pot with the rendered chorizo oil and sauté until softened.
7. Chop the potatoes.
8. Add the chopped potatoes to the pan and sauté them as well.
9. Pour chicken stock into the pot and allow the soup to simmer to soften the potatoes.
10. Blend the soup with an immersion blender to create a rich, thick broth.
11. Season the soup with pepper.
12. Add the previously fried chorizo back into the soup.
13. Roughly chop the kale.
14. Add the chopped kale to the soup and stir until combined.
15. Serve the Caldo Verde hot in a bowl, garnished with a drizzle of chorizo oil and some of the crisp chorizo pieces.

## Equipment

- pan
- colander
- ladle
- wooden spoon
- knife
- chopping board
- immersion blender
- bowl
- pot
- pepper mill

## Source

- Original video: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNRJDogKn/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/38d53719-55e8-4fa2-b42d-c494500ba15a
- Extracted: 2025-11-24

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