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Linguiça (Portuguese:[lĩˈɡwisɐ]) is a Portuguese sausage made from pork and seasoned with onion, garlic, paprika and other spices. It can be used fresh in cooked preparations or undergo a curing and preservation process through smoking.
Linguiça, like many othersausages, is generally served as part of a meal, typically accompanied by rice, beans, and other pork products.Feijoada, for example, is a traditional Portuguese dish (considered Brazil's national dish), also common inAngola, that incorporateslinguiça withbeans,ham hocks, and other foods.[citation needed]
In a place, one variant is especially popular: thelinguiça calabresa or simplycalabresa, prepared originally withCalabrese chili pepper by Italian immigrants, and particularly used in pizzas as a spicy sausage. Its popularity compares withpepperoni in the United States. It is common to differentiate thelinguiça calabresa from its counterpartlinguiça portuguesa, prepared from the original Portuguese recipe, and also served in pizzas as mild sausage, generally with egg slices.[citation needed]
Linguiça is also used infrancesinha, a traditional Portuguese dish, fromPorto. Thelinguiça is incorporated in its sauce, giving it a distinct flavour.[1]
Outside of Portugal, linguiça is also popular inGoa, Macau, and other former Portuguese colonial possessions. In these regions, it is typically sliced before being grilled or braised, often with a light-bodied beer.[citation needed] It is also popular in California,Rhode Island, and southernMassachusetts.
In Hawaii, linguiça is known as "Portuguese sausage", and is commonly eaten for breakfast. The sausage is usually smoked using banana leaves.[citation needed] Even the HawaiianMcDonald's breakfast menu features Portuguese sausage, along with other Hawaiian foods such as rice and formerlysaimin.[2]
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