Asordo - Portuguese Bread Soup

Name: Asordo - Portuguese Bread Soup
Ingredients: 1 lb loaf French bread, dry, broken up into small pieces; 5 garlic cloves, peeled and finely chopped; 3 tablespoons olive oil; 2 quarts chicken stock; 1/2 lb shrimp, peeled; salt; Tabasco sauce (use Piri Piri if available); chopped parsley; 4 whole eggs

9 ingredients

9 steps

Ingredients

1 lb loaf French bread, dry, broken up into small pieces
5 garlic cloves, peeled and finely chopped
3 tablespoons olive oil
2 quarts chicken stock
1/2 lb shrimp, peeled
salt
Tabasco sauce (use Piri Piri if available)
chopped parsley
4 whole eggs

Directions

1

Soak bread in water until soft. Squeeze out the water and set the bread aside.
2

In a soup pot, toast the garlic in the olive oil, just until it begins to barely brown.
3

Add the chicken stock to the pot and bring to a simmer.
4

Add the bread to the pot and simmer, making a thick soup.
5

Add the shrimp, salt, and Piri Piri.
6

Cook for a moment.
7

Place the soup in a tureen and garnish with the parsley.
8

Break the eggs on top of the soup.
9

Bring to the table and stir the eggs into the soup before serving.