Quick & Easy Portuguese Onion Sauce (Cebolada) with Eggs

Name: Quick & Easy Portuguese Onion Sauce (Cebolada) with Eggs
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4 Servings
Cuisine: Portuguese
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons of olive oil; 4 medium sized onions, chopped; 2 cloves of garlic, chopped; 1 tablespoon of tomato paste; 1 tablespoon of red pepper sauce; 1 tablespoon of red vinegar; 1 teaspoon of paprika; 1/2 cup of water; Salt (to taste)

Paula’s Portuguese onion sauce (Cebolada) features smoky paprika and a tangy kick. This easy 15-minute recipe is the perfect authentic base for fish or eggs!

15 min 4 servings Easy Prep time 5 min Cooking Time 10 min

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You’ll Love This Quick & Easy Portuguese Onion Sauce (Cebolada) with Eggs

Craving an authentic Mediterranean vibe? This Portuguese onion sauce (Cebolada) is a 15-minute flavor bomb that works as a savory topping or a stand-alone quick Portuguese meal. By simmering sweet onions with authentic Cebolada recipe techniques and folding in Portuguese eggs, you create a rich, "mop-it-up" sauce perfect for crusty bread. It's the ultimate versatile comfort food.

Ingredients

3 tablespoons of olive oil4 medium sized onions, chopped2 cloves of garlic, chopped1 tablespoon of tomato paste1 tablespoon of red pepper sauce1 tablespoon of red vinegar1 teaspoon of paprika 1/2 cup of waterSalt (to taste)

Directions

In a frying pan over medium temperature, add the olive oil, onions and garlic, cook for about 5 minutes until the onions are transparent, than add the tomato paste, pepper sauce, paprika, salt and water, continue cooking while stirring very well for a couple of minutes and your done.
You can serve this over fish or boiled potatoes, we like it best over fish.
If you want to make a quick meal out of this alone, before you turn off the stove, add 4 eggs and keep stiring until the eggs are cooked, use bits of crusty bread to scoop it from the plate, enjoy.

Adapted from a Recipe by: Paula

Nutritional Facts (Per Serving)

Calories

144 kcal

Fat

14 g

Carbs

5 g

Protein

1 g

Comments (6)

Tony Pavao

I love this recipe over potatoes

4 Years ago, Sunday, November 20, 2022

Tuga Pops

Tony, it's great over fish as well.

4 Years ago, Sunday, November 20, 2022

Graham Walker

Great sauce with mussels
Made some mods, started with a mirepoux added white wine, cumin and deseeded chilli. Blended ingriedients and added a large knob of butter for a shiney sauce

4 Years ago, Saturday, June 11, 2022

Tuga Pops

Awesome. ðŸ‘ðŸ‘

4 Years ago, Saturday, June 11, 2022

Pat

What is pimento sauce

5 Years ago, Monday, November 8, 2021

Tuga Pops

The same as red pepper sauce Pat, I will update the recipe.

5 Years ago, Monday, November 8, 2021

Tuga Pops

Joined 11 Years ago n/a

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