Portuguese sauce


Portuguese sauce can have two meanings, but both invariably refer to a sauce.

Macao

In Macao, Portuguese sauce refers to a sauce that is flavored with curry and thickened with coconut milk. It is an ingredient in Galinha à portuguesa, known as Portuguese Chicken in English-speaking societies.
The Portuguese sauce from Macao is considered to be a legacy of Portugal's colonization of Daman and Diu in India, and is likened to a mild yellow curry.
Despite its name, Portuguese sauce is a Macanese cuisine invention, and is not a sauce used in Portuguese cuisine.

Argentina

In Argentina, salsa portuguesa refers to a cooked mixture of tomato, bell peppers and onions, used in Brazil as a carne moída or hot dog sauce. In Brazil the version consumed by itself is referred as molho à campanha, named after the most traditional area of Rio Grande do Sul, a praîrie that is land of the Brazilian gaúchos.