Portuguese recipes

Serve up an easy one-pan traybake of piri-piri chicken with sweet potatoes and broccoli. As well as being simple to make, it delivers three of your 5-a-day

Using pre-prepared mixed seafood makes this healthy rice dish very easy to put together. Plus, using one-pot means you save on washing up

Treat yourself to a special solo supper of spiced shellfish, sweet red peppers and paprika mayonnaise on a baked potato

Tuck into this Portuguese-inspired dish with mussels and prawns. It's healthy, low in calories, and provides three of your 5-a-day, along with iron, folate, vitamin C and fibre

These Portuguese-style golden tartlets are perfect to finish off a dinner party or as an afternoon treat with coffee

Try this one-pan piri piri chicken for a family dinner and adjust the chilli levels to suit your family's tolerance. You can use a whole chicken instead, if you like

This is a version of the classic Portuguese dish of duck & rice, which uses the fragrant, fatty poaching stock from the duck to cook the rice

Cool down with this rice and almond-based drink, popular across Spain and Portugal. It's gently spiced with cinnamon and vanilla, and served over ice

A healthy low-fat, low-calorie fish dish that's bursting with flavour as well as being rich in fibre, folate, iron and vitamin C

Make these homemade potato and cheese croquettes for the whole family to enjoy. Coated in golden breadcrumbs, they can be baked or fried

In Portugal this braise would be served with fried potatoes or rice, but it goes just as well with a pillow of buttery mash

A classic Portuguese custard tart with buttery pastry and a hint of cinnamon and lemon in the filling. Who could resist these delicious tiny treats?

These little croquettes stuffed with chicken and spices are popular snacks served in bars all over Brazil. The name means 'little chicken thigh' in Portuguese because of their shape

Use a lime-spiked spicy marinade to coat thighs and drumsticks then roast and serve with paprika rice for a cheap and healthy supper

Serve slices of griddled halloumi cheese alongside bowls of zesty coleslaw and yogurt sauce and let everyone assemble their own

Make bite-sized salt cod fritters with a delectable Spanish allioli for the perfect finger food. Serve with lemon wedges and garlic mayo for dipping

Think of these beef and chorizo empanadas as a kind of South American pasty. They can be baked or fried and are tasty served with guacamole and sour cream

This oven-roasted chicken can also be spatchcocked and barbecued. If you don't like it too hot, adjust the amount of chillies in the piri-piri marinade

Butterfly a whole chicken by removing the backbone to keep it juicy during grilling, and flavour with a chilli pepper marinade

Make these easy piri-piri chicken pittas for lunch or a quick dinner. All you need is four ingredients: chicken, piri-piri sauce, coleslaw and pitta breads

Pair sardines with harissa to make this fabulous summer salad with fennel, olives and new potatoes. The freshness of the fennel really balances the richness of the fish

Flavoured with lemon, chilli, garlic and paprika, these spicy prawns pack a serious punch. Add to flatbread with peppers, sour cream and lettuce