Bacalhau A Bras appears as a signature dish in 1 Portugal cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
Bacalhau a Bras · Lisbon
Shredded salt cod tossed with thin-fried potatoes, sweet onion, garlic and scrambled egg, finished with black olives and parsley, eaten hot.
Invented by a Bras family tavern keeper in Lisbon's Bairro Alto in the late 19th century as a thrift dish, combining the new fad of potato chips with leftover bacalhau. The dish travelled the country in 20th-century cookbooks and now anchors lunch menus from family tascas to chef-led rooms.
Where to eat in Lisbon:
- Solar dos Presuntos
- O Velho Eurico
- Casa do Alentejo
- Pap'Acorda