Portugal's Most Iconic Sandwich Is Smothered In Cheese And Sauce | Legendary Eats
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- The Francesinha was invented in the 1950s at a Porto restaurant called A Regaleira, when a French customer asked for a croque monsieur. This indulgent sandwich now has many variations, but they all include a stack of ham, steak, sausage, and cheese, covered in a tangy tomato sauce. We visited Cafe Santiago, who makes Francesinhas beloved by locals and tourists alike, to see how the iconic sandwich is made.
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Portugal's Most Iconic Sandwich Is Smothered In Cheese And Sauce | Legendary Eats
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"How many calories does it have?"
"Porto is not a flat city"
I like how this guy thinks.
As a porto native,you are going to walk alot of stairs up and down if you want to visit the entire city its filled with long walks but the beutifull scenary and buildings make up for it
At first I thought it was about belly size lmao
@Tiago Vieira
At least you will lose a lot of the calories you gain from eating this thing.
I felt a mild heart-attack just looking at the picture before the video started 😳
Truly beat response ever 😄
"Well done, Portugal."
-America
“You have helped us become obese”
-America
This is more American than America
Thanks
Burger Hobo don’t you dare to say that this is American like!
@@thebestSixZero not really
I went to Portugal back in 2008. One of the best vacations i ever had. Great people and great food. Huge respect from Denmark to Portugal 🇵🇹🇩🇰
Its even better today. You should come back!!
@@pandica745 why is it better today? Cause they turned Portugal into a tourist destination? You can't even find a decent restaurant in big cities anymore.
@@andrecardoso6941 achas q é por causa disso? Achas q o teu país n tem mais nada a oferecer ??
@@pandica745 visto que é um vídeo de comida pensava que estávamos a falar de gastronomia. Tem muito para oferecer só não vejo o porquê de estar melhor agora. O que tem agora já tinha há 15 anos atrás... para mim o melhor de Portugal é o interior e não as grandes cidades.
@@andrecardoso6941 eu ia mesmo dizer q o interior tem muito para oferecer eu vivo no Algarve e isto está muito modernizado
I just love Portugal, the food, the places, the pristine beaches, the clean streets, the most welcoming people, the language and the whole culture, I've been visiting Portugal back in 2004 and I've wanted to return ever since, God bless Portugal and the portuguese people ❤️
What a lovely comment thank you so much for the kind words 🙏🏻🇵🇹🙋🏻♀️😊
Thank you bro we love you too!
Where are you from?
@@AzureKite191 Portuguese name with Italian surname, so is there any doubt the guy is Brazilian? Haha
@@LHollan names have nothing to do with being Portuguese
Portugal: We don’t like to call it a sandwich.
Food Insider: Most Iconic Sandwich...
lmao
Lmao
Breaking News: The entire country of Portugal erupted in massive protests as Food Insider calls Portugal's iconic food "a sandwich".
While it s litteraly in the name
@@unlimited971 its not.. the name means 'little french lady'
@@MrMiguelForster ah. thanks for that then. now it makes more sense.
Ham. Cheese. Sausage. Egg. Long ago, the four nations lived together in harmony. Then, everything changed when the Sausage Nation attacked.
No, it was the beef Nation that attacked.
i'm calling the police
That was the funniest thing I’ve read all day lol thank you :)
Wielding all four elements, Portugal's most iconic sandwich was the only one that could stop them, but when the world needed him most, he vanished.
@@soda8182 😹 it was not *vanished*. It was eaten....
As a Portuguese, i must say i am proud of this video and ashamed of the people who try to eat it by hand
Let's be real, it's gonna be mostly foreigners that were eating it by hand. I say this as a British man - we're terrible for shaming ourselves abroad.
@@brainlessoaf i feel you as an american lol
The same I feel when I see the foreigners eating sardines with a fork in the Santo António celebrations....
Lol
@Andy Chou soggy...bread? sure its soggy but you also eat garlic bread right? And when you put butter on your toast, its also soggy, so i don't see the thing abt soggyness 🤷
@Andy Chou oh, it's really amazing, even better than it looks
Last spring I've visited few cities in Portugal and I've try francesinha in Aveiro and Porto it was so delicous. And for Portugal I can say only great people, great food and great country. Can't wait to travel there again. Greetings from Split (Croatia).
Well I'm from Porto (tripeiro) and you to live in a beautifull city. Been there some 6 years ago.
Do you like Portuguese food more than Croatian food?
😀
I love the Portuguese. Greetings from Greece
🇬🇷❤️🇵🇹
Olá Greece. Greetings from 🇵🇹
@Rejean Nowlan I'm his girlfriend
Euro 2004 btw😁
@Gabriel Afonso Portugal isn't on the Mediterranean..
@@bconni2 yes but the people and the climate are mediterranean
It tastes better than it looks, now just imagine...
P. S. I'm Portuguese
Luís Sorte describe the taste
@@nawal10 Eatable Heaven. :D
Now I really want to taste one
@@nawal10 you can't describe, it's such a explosion of flavors on your mouth, the dish on the video it's looks like it's good, but it's even better than what you can Imagine, It's like if a Pizza and a Hamburguer had a Baby, it is forbidden to visit Porto and not try the Francesinha and you can't imagine how good the fries are with the sauce, to be honest, the North of Portugal food is so Good that i don't even know how people would rather 10$ on Mc Donalds than on this amazing dish...Curious fact: Porto city also has the most Beautiful Mc Donald's in the world, The "Mc Donalds dos Aliados" :)
@@mostimasikangminggat1500 You like Pizza right? You won't want a Pizza anymore after trying this
"Portugal's most iconic sandwich"
Bifana: Am I a joke to you?
Essa foi boa 😄
Verdade 😂
Francesinha>Bifana de longe
@@vascogiesteira1566 como detectar um portuense 101 xD
@@condenihilit1572 Não sou portuense sou poveiro cralhes!!!Bibà Póbua de Barzinhe
"tomato sauce." this kills me. its beer sauce dude. please.
Errados não tão, realmente é um molho de tomate
Yes. But also have tomato souce in it. We know
Ha! You dont know that it has tomato sauce? Pffttt
Nem de tomate nem de cerveja. O molho da francesinha é muito mais característico
“Beer sauce” 😂😂😂
I spent a week in Porto and ate it 6 times.
TheDiscoaddict nice
TheDiscoaddict how could you not
You did good, my son. You did good ! :)
Marius Periwinkle he ate it 6 times in a week. What do you think?
@Marius Periwinkle the sauce might look weird, but tastes delicious, you should definitely try it
If I've learned anything last year when going to Portugal, is that Portuguese food culture is about eating.
Yup, eating and good wine. Yet, when comparing to other countries like UK and USA we are no where close to the obese epidemic plaguing these countries.
@@MsTerri74 you keep saying that congratulations
Could you give us any examples of food cultures that aren’t about eating? Just curious!
Portuguese food really sucks. So bland. So boring. Always fries. Probably one of the worst cuisines.
Krohmel Piri-Piri chicken is hardly bland. If you only go to tourist areas I guess you could come away with your view. The custard tarts aren’t bad either.
Portugal is such a lovely country. Whenever I got some spare money and vacations are around the corner I'll always go there. Scenery is amazing, cities, the people are so lovely and the food is top notch. One of the best countries in Europe. Greetints from Italy! :)
I'm hoping to visit one day soon. Where should I go in Portugal?
@@junejune9619 I'd recommend Porto, Faro and Lisbon. Although all of Portugal is fantastic. But these 3 cities is where I've been the most.
Grazie mille 🙏🏻🇵🇹
@@junejune9619 From North to South - Viana do Castelo, Braga, Guimarães, Porto, Aveiro, Coimbra, Lisboa & Sintra, Beaches of Alentejo and beaches from Algarve. The cities are very near one from the others.
And here I am, in Portugal, hoping to be able to visit Italy! :)
Love to Portugal from Azerbaijan 🇵🇹❤️🇦🇿
I’m Turkish and I love Portuguese food so much... perfect type of food for me .. Obrigado
Me too bit I'm Portuguese...
luis marques ok.....
Portuguese food is amazing..and so is Turkish food
Y'a quand même un peu trop de cochon dans leur Francesinha , ami turc... c'est ton président qui va pas être content.
I'm Portuguese and I love Turkish food!!
How many calories is tha-
"Yes"
"yes" is saying too little
恺晴Myuca so much that you wanna oof off the roof afterwards
Its more than yes
Hmm.. at worst it's about:
2 Large bread slices 170 cal
1 Fresh sausage 220 cal
Ham slice 40 cal
Mozarella slice x5 400 cal
Steak (2.5-3 oz) 260 cal
Fried egg 100 cal
Tomato sauce? (Doesn't look very dense) 100 cal
Small- Medium portion fried potatoes 300 cal
About 1300-1500 calories.... (●-●)
(Keep in mind this is at worst. It is definetely over 1000. How much is umclear though) :/
If you must ask, you can't have it!
"We never calculated the calories, but Porto is not a flat city"
By 'flat', I thought he was talking about the bellies of the people...
On God I thought that too
Me too.... lol it is all part of tha law of gravity... 😆
Unsurprisingly enough Portugal has a very high obesity rate as well 😂
Flat city no. Fat city yes.
@@phobiuspt Well, the obesity in Portugal is very recent (last 25 years), when the fast food companies come to the country and young people stay 10 hours playing videogames. Is not guilty of the francesinha or other tipical Portuguese dish!
2004 during the European Football Championship in Portugal, we ate a hill of little Frenchesina plates while we were in Porto 3 days between matches. Thanx from Zagreb, Croatia for realy nice time back then!
Diet:*exists*
Portugal: I’m about to end this whole mans career
Fingering Things
*bold gone wrong*
I keep seeing you.
whole man xD
Lost artwork from the mid 16th century
Me?
Or someone else?
@@llama3482 I mean "Fingering Things"
Sandwich : how much sauce you want?
Portugal : sim
😂
😂😂
Hey hey hey!! Buddy I don’t like your name it’s offensive.. take the Ryder part out
Eu ponho sempre o molho todo no prato
Sandwich looks damn good though 🤤
I love the Portuguese language..my late father spoke it often with his siblings. music to my ears...very romantic tone 🤩🤩🤩miss u daddy
I am from Braga, a city next to Porto. We have a lot of places here that do the "francesinha" and the sauce is what i like to call, the soul of the francesinha because every different restaraunt/cafe has a different recipe. I like mine a little more spicier. this ones sauce looks too yellowish for me. But when you find the right place for you, there is no other food that will make you more happy than this one.
Para mim não importa se mais puxada ao picante ou não, o pior molho de francesinha que já experimentei na vida foi um que era super aguado, horrível.
True, the best francesinha sauce should be a bit dense, not puke-color yellow water. It always feels like you're eating soggy food if it's like that, specially the fries
Verdade, parece cada vez mais difícil achar um molho que arranque lágrimas e desentupa os seios nasais, como gosto...
@@torrenterdude4409 Casa D.Amélia na Madalena. Come uma dupla com o molho picante. Espetáculo, digo eu!
As a Portuguese man myself i can wholeheartedly say that I also have no clue how many calories it has
And should you care?
@Arachnophilia yes
@@sajiloto Why? If you eat that every day its your own funeral but once in a while who the xxxx cares.
So no I never look at the calories.
@@MauriceTarantulas for the people who do care about the calories. You can do whatever the hell you want, but for many of the population, they care what they are putting in their mouths.
@@sajiloto the people who care about what they eat dont just look at calories.
But if you dont know and you MUST know the calories, then dont eat it...
My grandma lives in Porto. Every year my Mom and I go visit her. I go to Portugal to visit my family, and friends. Porto is not only a special place in my heart because of family, but because of the beauty that the city truly is, and the culture that is in it. If anyone reading this EVER has a chance to go, do it, you will definitely not regret it!
I'm pretty sure I ate at least one of these a day after I discovered them when I was in Portugal. My favorite was Capa Negra's Francesinha.
I can feel my heart pounding just watching this!
You can't just out 'Murica us like that.
There should be awards for TH-cam comments like this
Casshern if you think that's bad, Scotland has deep-fried pizza.
@@Pyreleaf Or Canadas Poutine.
Woozlewuzzleable or Brazil’s feijoada. It’s a black bean stew with like half a dozen different meats in it.
The us don t have the monopole in calorific food just of people too lazy and self centered to take care of themself
“How many calories”
“We never dared calculate it”
“Fair enough”
Orgulho em Portugal 🇵🇹💚
We wanted it to be family friendly, so we removed the spiciness and added several types of booze.
The sauce is cooked so the alcohol evaporates
It's actually wrong to call it a tomato sauce. It's a beer sauce. The booze has always been the essence of the sauce. And as the other guys said, the alcohol is cooked off.
God: "How many calories?"
Portugal: "YES!"
People worry too much about those things nowadays. Just eat one from time to time and you'll be alright...
@@34cvc I fail to realize how any of the BTW valid points you made is answering anything in my comment. Would you, please, enlighten me?
@@34cvc you will get clogged arteries from eating this
Shan ._. lmao no you won’t, do you not understand what moderation and self control is? Eating unhealthy foods once in awhile isn’t going to (clog your arteries), eating unhealthy food all the time will, you’re typing in English so I’m gonna assume you are American, it’s pretty funny how you people are ALWAYS concerned about how many calories are in foods yet live in the most overweight country on planet earth
European don't really cares about calories.
And portuguese have really good food.
They know their fish.
Scotland : now let's batter and fry it!
Im up to see the result
Lol
You will die from a heart attack after the first bite
Naah that would be more america xD
@@thyunderworldproductions9313Nah America would dip it in sugar. Scotland is the deep fat frying capital of the world
I have eat this 3 times, each time I've had stomachache, and I would do it again
3:50. This mans business model is on point. 😂
When i went to porto, i went in this guys restaurant to try francesinha and damn that was good.
You sure paid a tourist price for that meal. Most iconic restaurants have two diferent menus, for current costumers and for tourists. Guess wich menu has the bigger prices on everything.
@@ZecaPinto1 lol maybe. Most restaurants were actually way cheaper than the ones in my home country. I don't remember well cause it's been a few years but i think it was around 10/15€ per person.
@@davepatois297 on some places you can still eat it for 6.50 to 8 euro. Thats why I said you paid a tourist price for it
@@ZecaPinto1 yes, i remember eating some for 7€, not at this restaurant tho
@Dave Patois Don’t fall for that sh*** of different prices. Any cafe and restaurant in Portugal have to show the price in the menu by law. I went to this place many times and as a Portuguese I would pay exactly the same that you.
"What would you like sir"
"I'll take the heart attack please"
And this, along with the high rate of elderly people, is why my country has a bunch of deaths
M.M 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Eh you dont have it every night!?! This is like a once a week treat. (Or id say once a month).
@Rick Vis you need some commas, ur text gave me a head injury.
You're not supposed to eat this frequently, but that's not going to stop people
This made me recall simpler times where we could walk into a restaurant without fearing death...
Those of us who are still normal and aren't brainwashed do not live in a constant state of utter dread
@@mladizivko ikr.
@@mladizivko Agree. What virus?
@@mladizivko Look around. If you aren't in a state of utter dread, you must be brainwashed. Denial is nice, but it is not reality.
@@brokenrecord3523 finally, a functioning brain
Yesss finally someone gives value to one of our best foods!!!! 🇵🇹💖💖
didn't know about this before this video! can't wait to visit some day and try it :D
I’m Portuguese and my dad is from Porto (where they were made) and I love them 😍
Even if you cant come here bc of covid, you can always make it at home. I make my francesinhas at home way more often than I eat them at restaurants, it's really not hard at all. :)
Por isso eu amo Portugal. Orgulho de fazer parte desse país. This food called 'francesinha'
Portugal Caralhes
Meu Deus!! Como vivo no Brasil, vou ter que fazer em casa!!! 😍😍😍
I went on a two month holiday to beautiful city of Porto and ate Francesinha once a week. It was hard to not eat it more often but I also enjoyed trying other local Portuguese foods
I'll definitely try this when I visit Portugal
I've been there, good is really good, and the staff were super helpful.
There's a little Portuguese cafe about 2mins from my house here in England. I can confirm that the Francesinha is delicious and very filling. Love and respect to Portugal
Thank you Food Insider! Portugal!!!
Anybody worried about biting into that toothpick?! heheh
It looks lovely though. Truely something unique to Portugal.
alansmith888 the toothpick is to hold all the meat inside
so it doesn't fall apart when cutting
It's used to contain all the layers whilst cutting.
If you want to try make it at home just use a bit of shredded mozarella in between any layer and it will hold shape when cutting.
Oh my goodness, I need this immediately!
Me too when you get one give me a piece 😂😂😂😂
I can do it for you ahah
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A Portuguese Legend, de morrer e chorar por mais!
Looks amazing!! Can't wait to try it
It’s so gooood. Portugal is so underrated.
I bet it is !
Speaking as a local, Santiago is definetly NOT the locals' favorite to eat a francesinha. If you ask most people in the city they will name a lot of different places, and Santiago is hardly ever mentioned. That restaurant has become mostly directed to serving tourists, but any person who has only ever eaten a francesinha from Santiago hasn't really tasted a true francesinha.
a little side note: they mention that they took out the spiciness of the sauce which is basically killing the dish; a good francesinha has to have a little bit of spice in it, otherwise might as well be simply called a wet sandwich
Estes gajos do Santiago são o McDonald's das francesinhas. Não me venham cá com fitas.
"Wet Sandwich" yes, tell me more plz
i wish i can visit Portugal and eat this sandwich within my lifetime. such a beautiful place! ♥️
Currently in Porto. Tried this twice. The potency of the sauce makes a big difference. :) the portions out here are HUGE.
Portugal CARALHO ❤️🇵🇹
@Carlos Silva Dá like ou roubo-te o teu ouro
Caralho
@Carlos Silva nós te ensinamos a falar, o ouro tá pago.
@Carlos Silva queres dizer o NOSSO ouro que foi encontrado pelos portugueses
@Carlos Silva O ouro fica aqui fode te. Portugal caralho!!!
I had one in Portugal and it was absolutely the best thing I’ve ever had
What did it taste like?
@@AzureKite191 its a mixture of flavors, you can’t tell specifically how it tastes but it is very good trust me.
@@joaomatos8905 Is it the best tasting dish in Portugal?
@@AzureKite191 Portugal has a lot of traditional foods but francesinha, for me, it’s one of the best
@@joaomatos8905 Do all people in Portugal eat Francesinha?
Eating one now as i m watching this, just divine!
We love "Francesinha"!
Regards from Portugal!!
Omg now this is my kind of meal 🥘 😋❤️
I try it when i was in oporto, i love it a lot, i also like a lot the ways to prepare codfish and "tripa modo do porto", forsa portugal from asturias
I love these sandwiches so much. Hoping to go back to Porto for another one
Man, I really miss Portugal.
3:49: How many calories does it have?
No one:
ME: Are you going to eat that?
I will take the leftovers! I follow your stuff. Keep up the work!
This thing seems like something americans would make lol
Yeah if you're high af
Lolllsllss this isn't even the sandwhich from protugal - the typical one is different!
@@claraabreu7178 Which is the typical one? Prego no pão, bifana or other one?
My sentiments the same, it's so unappetising!
Nah‚ it ain't fried.
This reminds me a little of something I had in Kentucky once called a “Hot Brown,” which is a basically a open turkey sandwich covered in Mornay sauce with bacon on top. It’s also something meant to be eaten with utensils.
That looks so comforting and yummy 😳🤤😳🤤
Why?
Why did I miss this opportunity!?
Most of my family is in Portugal
I guess they're not from the North of Portugal because it's almost impossible to find a Restaurant without this Dish
Então volta para cá carago! Tamos a precisar de pessoal pa repovoar o país.
@@ZecaPinto1 GRANDE CLÁUDIO É ASSIM MESMO
F in the chat
Why am I watching this at 3:44 AM? Now I'm damn hungry.
Thank you 4sharing
I've had it while I stayed in Porto. It's really yummy.
Gostaria muito de provar.😋👍🍺🇧🇷😍👏
Haven’t had these 🤤 looks yummmmyyy
@potlovingchef14 damn that was lowkey smooth
@potlovingchef14 damnnnn smooth
@potlovingchef14 FBI, OPEN UP.
@potlovingchef14 daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn
On a side note they are the best. Just watch out for what restaurants you'll go for because some recipes are better than others.
Loved his answer to calories
Good. Now I want to try it.
Imagine saying things like "it's the best little French lady in town" "man, I ate this little French lady" "this little French lady is hot and juicy" in your language.
its not as weird as you think, but yeah in that perspective kinda XD
It's not actually transalted as "little french lady". The "little french" would be more accurate. The "lady" part comes from the fact that all of our nouns are gendered, and this one is gendered female. Yes "french lady" is also a translation of "francesinha" but that's not realky the logic they were using. It's hard to explain unless you're familiar with the language
As a portuguese I must say that... Yup that's preety much how things work around here XD. Even we make that kind of joke way too many times
How about: this little french lady has 2 saussages inside
@@anthonysantos6301 OH NO
Screw my diet, I’m eating this!
Mediawatcher that's what I like to hear
@@cycarocy indeed!
Make it yourself.
Instead of the bread use "cloud bread".
And skip the fries.
You won't get fat.
When i was in Porto i ate francesinha multiple times, it was so good, cheap and satisfying.
What does the Francesinha taste like?
Absolute unit of a sandwich
"Porto is not a flat city"
LMAO he just told them to walk their ass around
I believe in better tomatoes cause some days are just Sauces
lmao why does this comment have likes
NaNi? Idk but I liked it
The restaurant i go to eat Francesinha... Great people, great food, great City!
Looks great
The opening was like Avatar the last airbenders intro i really expected her to say, ''Long ago these 6 ingredients lived in harmony.''
Ham, cheese, steak, egg??? Of course it would be delicious!
That looks so good.
This looks fire i wanna try it
OMG! That's it! I'm off to Portugal just to eat this food! Bye!!!
this is something that should be in america right now
Glorioso!
Quando eu for a Portugal, com certeza será um dos meus primeiros pratos.
Tried one of these when working in Lisbon, it was the best sandwich ive ever eaten.
What was the flavor like?
@@AzureKite191 the sauce is spicey. The sandwich filling is deliciously meaty
@@BT-kc3ee Where are you from?
@@AzureKite191 Belfast
@@BT-kc3ee So does this sandwich taste better than the food in Northern Ireland ? Be honest
THANK GOD, You did a video on my favourite dish the FRANCESINHA
Finalmente um portugues
Ivo Silva
It looks really good. I think it's almost all good with cheese🤗
@@Seoyeonrestaurant you barely taste the cheese, the sauce and the meats overpower it :)
Ivo Silva 🤗
I'm from portugal and It's só good the francesinha
Must, have!
So, for everyone wondering how many calories does the francesinha have ... it have between 1250 and 1400 kcal. But every single bite is worth it 🇵🇹
@KaraKeero ive never seen 3 slices of cheese being 400 cals, you must be american for sure
Dam I needed a little insulin just from watching!
Looked delicious
Looking yum if haven’t eaten for a while!
Parabens ! Bom trabalho !