🇨🇻 Cape Verdean Cuisine

Catchupa Guisado

Fried Cachupa

Prep Time 10 min

Servings 2

Difficulty Easy

Calories 478 kcal

Leftover cachupa pan-fried until crispy and golden, topped with a fried egg — the beloved Cape Verdean breakfast that many say surpasses the original.

Ingredients

500g leftover cachupa
2 tbsp olive oil
2 eggs
1 small onion, sliced
Salt and black pepper

Instructions

1 Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
2 Add sliced onion and fry until golden, about 3 min.
3 Add leftover cachupa, pressing it flat in the pan. Fry without stirring 5 min until a crispy crust forms.
4 Flip portions and fry another 4 min until golden on both sides.
5 Push cachupa to the side, fry eggs sunny-side up in the same pan.
6 Serve the crispy cachupa topped with fried eggs. Season with salt and pepper.

Did You Know?

Cape Verdeans intentionally make extra cachupa at dinner just so they can enjoy cachupa refogada for breakfast the next morning.