Beira Roadside · Garlic Steak Roll
Prego no Pão (Steak Roll)
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'Prego' literally means 'nail' in Portuguese — a nod to how thin garlic slices are pounded straight into the steak before it hits the pan.
A thin beef steak is pan-seared with plenty of garlic, sometimes finished with butter or a splash of piri-piri, and tucked into a crusty white bread roll (pão). Beira's roadside barracas and bakery counters sell it hot, the bread soaking up the pan juices.
Why it's made this way: The sandwich crossed from Lisbon's cafés into Mozambique's Portuguese-built port towns and stuck around as an affordable, portable lunch — a colonial-era staple that outlasted the colonists.
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