Caldo Verde (Portuguese Green Soup)

🧂 Ingredients

• ½ pound whole collard greens

  or 2 cups chopped/shredded
• 2 pounds russet or yukon gold potatoes
• 3 tablespoons olive oil

  extra virgin
• 2 teaspoons garlic

  crushed or minced
• 1 small onion

  diced
• 2 bouillon cubes

  large
• 1 bay leaf
• 2 teaspoons onion powder
• 2 teaspoons garlic powder
• ½ pound linguiça or chouriço

  sliced thinly
• salt and pepper

  to taste

Instructions

• 1 Place the greens in a large bowl of cold water for 10 minutes then rinse them
  thoroughly. Repeat as needed and pat the greens dry with paper towels. Cut the
  stems off, roll the greens up and cut them into very thin strips.
• 2 Peel all of the potatoes and reserve 2 whole ones to dice later. Cut the
  remaining potatoes into quarters and set them aside for now.
• 3 In a 4.5-quart soup pot, sauté the diced onions until they’re clear and
  fragrant. Add the garlic and bay leaf. Sauté for 1 minute more, until the garlic
  starts to sizzle.
• 4 Add the quartered potatoes and fill the pot with just enough water to cover the
  potatoes (about 2 cups). Bring to a boil and and let the potatoes cook until
  they're soft – about 20 minutes. Discard the bay leaf.
• 5 Transfer the cooked potatoes and 1 ladle-full of the starch water from the pan
  to the food processor. Purée on high speed for 1 full minute. The purée will
  resemble mashed potatoes.
• 6 Transfer the purée back to the soup pot. Turn the burner back on to medium-low
  flame and slowly add 6-7 cups of water to the purée, stirring constantly. Once
  the broth is smooth, add the bouillon cubes, garlic powder and onion powder.
• 7 Stir in the greens, cover and let the soup simmer over low heat for 30 minutes.
  Cut the remaining potatoes into cubes while the soup simmers.
• 8 Add the potatoes and linguiça, re-cover the soup and let simmer for 15-20
  minutes more, until the potatoes are tender. Turn the burner off, taste the soup
  and season with salt and pepper. Cover the soup and let it rest for 5-10 minutes
  before serving.

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