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Leites Culinaria
By Leites Culinaria

Portuguese Carne Assada

Instructions
Prep:1h 10min
This Portuguese carne assada from David's VERY Portuguese Mama Leite, is a traditional Azorean braised beef dish made with meltingly tender meat, small red potatoes, chouriço, and onions.
Updated at: Fri, 21 Aug 2026 02:48:19 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Good
Glycemic Index
36
Low
Glycemic Load
10
Moderate

Nutrition per serving

Calories779.7 kcal (39%)
Total Fat41.7 g (60%)
Carbs27.5 g (11%)
Sugars5.9 g (7%)
Protein50.4 g (101%)
Sodium728.1 mg (36%)
Fiber2.9 g (10%)
% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

10 servings

8 garlic cloves (crushed and peeled)
8garlic cloves
crushed and peeled
1 (26-ounce) bottle dry red wine
1 x 26 ouncedry red wine
bottle
3 tablespoons double-concentrate tomato paste
3 tablespoonsdouble-concentrate tomato paste
1 teaspoon chopped oregano leaves
1 teaspoonoregano leaves
chopped
2 bay leaves
2bay leaves
1 tablespoon sweet paprika
1 tablespoonsweet paprika
1 tablespoon smoked sweet paprika
1 tablespoonsmoked sweet paprika
1 1/2 teaspoons crushed red pepper flakes (or more to taste)
1 ½ teaspoonscrushed red pepper flakes
or more to taste
Kosher salt (to taste)
kosher salt
to taste
1 (4-pound) boneless chuck roast (tied)
4 poundboneless chuck roast
tied
Freshly ground black pepper
freshly ground black pepper
3 tablespoons olive oil
3 tablespoonsolive oil
2 large yellow onions (coarsely chopped)
2yellow onions
large, coarsely chopped
1 cup water
1 cupwater
1 1/2 pounds Portuguese chouriço
1.5 poundschouriço
Portuguese
1 1/2 pounds golf-ball size red potatoes (peeled (or not!))
1.5 poundsred potatoes
golf-ball size, peeled, or not
1/2 pound baby carrots
0.5 poundbaby carrots
Chopped flat-leaf parsley leaves (for garnish)
flat-leaf parsley leaves
Chopped, for garnish

Instructions

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