Portuguese bean and sausage soup
Hearty bean, vegetable and sausage soup associated with Almeirim.
⏱ Estimated time: 110 minutes🍽 Servings: 6🇵🇹 Portugal

Ingredients
- 600 g cooked red beans
- 300 g pork ribs
- 1 Portuguese chouriço
- 1 blood sausage
- 3 potatoes
- 2 carrots
- 1 onion
- 2 garlic cloves
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 bay leaf
- Salt and pepper to taste
Step-by-step method
- Simmer the pork ribs in water until tender. Save the broth and remove bones as needed.
- In another pot, soften onion and garlic in olive oil. Add diced carrots and potatoes.
- Add pork stock, bay leaf and chouriço. Simmer until the vegetables start to soften.
- Add cooked beans, pork and sliced blood sausage. Cook for a further 10–15 minutes.
- Adjust salt, remove the bay leaf and serve piping hot.
✦ Cooking tip
The “stone” belongs to the soup’s folk story; no actual stone is needed in the pot.
A home-style version; regional and family variations are common. Check cooking times and food doneness before serving.