Bacalhau à Brás-Style Cod

Ingredients

• 1 lb Cod, cooked and flaked (salt cod if you planned ahead; fresh works tonight)
• 3 cups shoestring potato sticks (or matchstick-fried potatoes)
• 5 eggs, loosely beaten
• 1 onion, sliced thin
• 3 cloves garlic
• ⅓ cup olive oil
• Black olives + parsley
• Black pepper

Method

1. Soften the onion and garlic in the olive oil until sweet and gold, 6 minutes.
2. Fold in the flaked Cod to warm through.
3. Add the potato sticks and toss briefly — they should stay half-crisp; total surrender is for lesser dishes.
4. Pour the eggs over and fold gently OFF and ON the heat until barely set and creamy — à Brás is scrambled silk, not omelette.
5. Finish with olives, parsley, and pepper. Portugal's most beloved cod dish; the fish is flexible, the creamy-crispy contract is not.