Portuguese sauce
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This article is about Macanese sauce. For Argentine sauce, see Salsa portuguesa.
Portuguese sauce is a sauce in Macanese cuisine.
Quick Facts Type, Place of origin ...
Type | Curry |
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Place of origin | Macau |
Main ingredients | Curry powder, coconut milk |
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Portuguese sauce | |||||||||||
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Chinese | 葡汁 | ||||||||||
Literal meaning | Portugal sauce | ||||||||||
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In Macao, Portuguese sauce (Chinese: 葡汁, Portuguese: Molho português, Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈmoʎu puɾtuˈɣeʃ]) refers to a sauce that is flavored with curry and thickened with coconut milk.[1] It is an ingredient in Galinha à portuguesa, known as Portuguese Chicken in English-speaking societies.[1]
The Portuguese sauce from Macao is considered to be a legacy of Portugal's colonization of Daman and Diu in India,[1] and is likened to a mild yellow curry.[2]
Despite its name, Portuguese sauce (along with Galinha à portuguesa) is a Macanese cuisine invention, and is not a sauce used in Portuguese cuisine.[3]