Portuguese Bacalhau à Brás (salt Cod And Potatoes)

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 1/2-2 lbs dried salt cod fish
• 8 russet potatoes, peeled, cut into matchstick pieces (i am basing the serving by 2 potatoes per person)
• olive oil, divided
• 3 medium size onions, cut in half, then sliced thinly (like half moon slices)
• 4 bay leaves
• 6 -8 eggs, beaten
• 1/4 cup chopped parsley
• 2 tablespoons minced garlic
• 1 teaspoon hot pepper flakes (optional)
• 3 dashes tabasco sauce (optional)
• green olives, or
• black olives
• salt and black pepper (according to taste)
• lemon wedge
• you can use a food processor to shred the potatoes and onions. you can also cheat by using a family french fries

Recipe

• 1 note: soak cod fish in water overnight.
• 2 next day change water and place cod in a pot with enough water to cover it. boil for about 15 minutes. drain and let cool. once cod has cooled, flake it.
• 3 add 1 tbsp of olive oil to non stick pan and fry potatoes in batches each time using another tbsp of olive oil if necessary.
• 4 place paper towel on the bottom of a glass dish safe for the oven and keep fries warm in the oven.
• 5 once you are done with the potatoes add 1 tbsp of olive oil to pan and add the bay leaf. simmer for about 2-3 minutes. remove bay leafs from pan (discard).
• 6 add garlic, onions (pepper flakes if using) to the pan and saute until onions begin to soften.
• 7 add the parsley and let saute a bit.
• 8 add flaked cod and keep tossing until cod gets warm.
• 9 add the eggs, keep stirring so not to let the eggs stick to pan. this mixture will start to look like scrambled eggs.
• 10 once you are done with your cod and eggs mixture.
• 11 combine fries with cod mixture.
• 12 add olives if using.
• 13 taste, add salt and black pepper if needed.
• 14 when serving squeeze lemon juice from a slice of lemon ontop.
• 15 add dash of tabsco sauce if using.
• 16 enjoy.