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Açorda
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Also known as açorda à Alentejana

Açorda is a traditional Portuguese dish composed of cubed or sliced stale bread with garlic, cilantro, and poached eggs. It is a type of bread soup, although some variants have a consistency closer to that of a porridge.

Key facts

Food.name
Açorda
Food.image
Acorda09 (cropped).jpg
Food.image_upright
1.2
Food.caption
Açorda
Food.type
Bread soup
Food.course
Main course
Food.national_cuisine
Portuguese
Food.creator
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Food.main_ingredient
Bread, eggs, garlic, cilantro
Food.serving_size
100 g
Food.no_recipes
false

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
dish
Subclass of
soup
Country
Portugal
Country of origin
Portugal
Material used
bread
Image
Açorda à Alentejana.jpg
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Commons category
Açorda
location of creation
al-Andalus
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Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Ingredients and variants
  • Preparation
  • References
  • Further reading

Açorda is a traditional Portuguese dish composed of cubed or sliced stale bread with garlic, cilantro, and poached eggs. It is a type of bread soup, although some variants have a consistency closer to that of a porridge.

The version served in Alentejo, açorda à Alentejana, is a classic of the region's cuisine.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Açorda” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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