Brás vegetables

Brás vegetables is the vegetarian cousin of Brás cod, one of the traditional Portuguese dishes that I like the most, and for many years the only way to make me eat cod.

So, when I became a vegetarian and returned to Portugal, someone told me about the vegetarian version of this recipe using leek instead of cod. My eyes shone and my belly skipped with excitement! However, just straw potato with leek didn’t seem like much fun, so I decided to add mushrooms and red capsicum.

Brás vegetables is another recipe that you can add to the list of quick, easy and effective recipes 😃 Everything we like isn’t it? Let’s go to the recipe!

INGREDIENTS

• 1 large onion
• 1 leek
• 1/2 red capsicum
• 125 gr of straw potato
• 3 eggs
• mushrooms (to your taste)
• fresh parsley (to your taste)
• olives (to your taste)
• salt and pepper

METHOD

1. Thingly slice the onion, the leek, and the mushrooms into thin slices and the red capsicum into cubes;
2. In a bowl, stir the eggs with a fork and season with salt and pepper. Note that the straw potato is already salted;
3. In a frying pan heat the oil and add the onion. Cook until the onion is transparent;
4. Add leek and cook it for 5 minutes and then add the mushrooms. When the mushrooms are cooked add the red capsicum cubed. Allow to cook for 5 minutes;
5. Add the potato straw gradually and chopped parsley stirring all the ingredients gently;
6. Add the stir eggs and again stir everything gently until the eggs are cooked;
7. Turn off the heat and add more parsley and olives on top;
8. Ready to serve!!!

You can use other vegetables and be creative if you don’t like any of these. The basis for the recipe will always be the potato straw, the egg, and the leek and of course, PARSLEY!

Be careful with the salt, the first time I cooked this recipe I didn’t count on the salt that the potatoes already have and it was a little salty. Therefore, I advise you to add just a little in the stir eggs and then if necessary, add more at the end.

ENJOY IT 😋