Açorda is a traditional Portuguese dish of cubed or sliced stale bread combined with garlic, cilantro and poached eggs, forming a type of bread soup, though some variants have a consistency closer to porridge. The Alentejo version, açorda à Alentejana, is considered a classic of that region's cuisine. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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The dish's origins are as a poverty food, intended to prevent waste by using leftover bread
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SubLabel: Soups and Broths
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