Cape Verde
Bafa
Quick-cooked pork or seafood dish marinated in vinegar and spices, served as an entrée or main, often shared with beer, wine, or grogue at gatherings.
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Barnacle Stew
Guisado de Percebes
Gooseneck barnacles steamed in a pot and served in their own broth, eaten by cracking the shell and peeling the skin to reveal the meat.
Cape Verde
Bean and Corn Stew
Cachupa
Slow-cooked stew of hominy corn, beans, cassava, sweet potato, and pumpkin with pork, sausage, or fish; the national dish of Cape Verde, simmered for hours until thick.
Cape Verde
Cachupinha
A quicker, lighter version of cachupa with fewer ingredients and a shorter cooking time, using the same corn and bean base.
Cape Verde
Cape Verdean Beef Stew
Carne Guizada
Beef braised with onions, garlic, tomato, and bay leaves until tender, served with rice, beans, or fried potatoes.
Cape Verde
Cape Verdean Feijoada
Feijoada
Bean stew made with feijão pedra (rock beans) or pinto beans, salt-pork, chouriço, cabbage, carrots, and squash in a light-colored tomato broth.
Cape Verde
Cape Verdean Octopus
Polvo
Octopus stewed or grilled with garlic, onion, tomato, and herbs, served with rice or boiled potatoes.
Cape Verde
Conch
Búzio Cabra
Sea snail (bubonian conch, Persististrombus latus) stewed or grilled, a seafood specialty of the Cape Verdean coast.
Cape Verde
Fried Cachupa
Cachupa Frita
Leftover cachupa re-fried in a skillet until crusty, topped with a fried egg and linguiça sausage; the standard Cape Verdean breakfast.
Cape Verde
Goat Stew with Corn Noodles
Totoco
Kid goat cooked with herbs and spices, served with corn pasta noodles that absorb the rich cooking broth.
Cape Verde
Manel Antone Stew
Manel Antone
A beef stew with vegetables and local seasonings, a traditional Cape Verdean home-cooked dish.
Cape Verde
Modje
Goat stew cooked with cassava, sweet potato, green banana, and yam in a deeply flavoured broth of herbs and spices.
Cape Verde
Stewed Limpets
Lapas
Limpets stewed with garlic, onion, and peppers, served in their shells with the cooking broth.
Cape Verde
São Nicolau Beef Stew
Modje de São Nicolau
A beef stew specific to the island of São Nicolau, cooked with local vegetables and herbs until the meat is fall-apart tender.