# Bifanas

Bifanas is a pork sandwich typical from Portugal.

- Category: Sauce & Condiment
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- olive oil
- 1 medium onion
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 dessert spoon cumin
- 1 tablespoon tomato puree
- 1 tablespoon pepper pulp
- 660 ml beer
- 300 g thin pork bifanas
- salt
- hot sauce
- bread

## Instructions

1. Sauté the chopped onion and bay leaf in olive oil until translucent.
2. Add tomato puree, pepper pulp, and cumin.
3. Deglaze the pot with beer and let it boil for a couple of minutes.
4. Transfer everything to a tall bowl and blend with a stick blender.
5. Strain the liquid back into the pan.
6. When it starts to boil, add the thin pork.
7. Add more pepper pulp if you think the liquid is a little pale and cook over low heat.
8. When the liquid is reduced, season with salt and hot sauce to taste.
9. Cut the bread and fill it with the pork mixture.

## Equipment

- pot
- spoon
- stick blender
- strainer
- knife

## Tips

- Serve in a bread roll.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C3iwLT0MiO-/?igsh=MWRkdjZjNHhvMnp6Zw==
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/9c1cd586-a97a-4b59-b556-56b9d965070f
- Extracted: 2025-05-29

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