Tonight’s “World Tour Wednesday “ was from Portugal. Their cuisine is big on sardines, octopus, seafood, etc, but we don’t generally enjoy those, so we went with one of their most famous street foods, a marinated pork sandwich called Bifana.
It is served with one of their famous hot sauces, peri-peri sauce. Rachel made the rolls from a Portuguese recipe, and we had Batatas Fritas on the side, which are just fried potatoes. This was yummy, and everyone enjoyed it! We gave it a:
8.5/10
Ingredients:
1 lb pork loin, sliced into thin pieces
4 cloves garlic, crushed
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp paprika
2 tbsp piri-piri sauce, or Tabasco, plus extra to serve
1/4 cup white vinegar
2 cups white wine
1 bay leaf
4 tbsp olive oil
2 brown onions, peeled, halved and thickly sliced
4 soft white rolls, to serve
Instructions:
1. Mix together the garlic, salt, 1 tsp paprika, 1 tbsp piri-piri sauce, vinegar, 1 cup of wine and the bay leaf in a large press-seal bag or lidded plastic container. Add the pork, mix well and marinate overnight.
2. Heat two teaspoons of the oil in a heavy frypan over medium heat. Remove the pork from the marinade, drain and fry in batches for a minute or so each side until lightly browned, then set aside. Add a little oil to the pan when cooking each batch. When all the pork is cooked, deglaze the pan with the remaining cup of wine and add the remaining one teaspoon of paprika and one tablespoon of piri-piri sauce.
3. Bring to a boil and reduce to a coating consistency, then return all the pork to the pan for a further minute, stirring well to coat in the sauce.
4. In a separate frypan, fry the onions in the remaining two tablespoons of oil until softened and caramelised.
5. Serve the pork with the onions in soft white rolls with sweet mustard and extra piri-piri sauce.
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