Feijoada

Name: Feijoada
Prep time: 48 h
Total time: 48 h
Yield: Servings: 10 portions
Cuisine: Brazilian
Ingredients: 1 kg black beans; 200 g salted bacon slab; 500 g jerked beef, diced; 2 bay leaves; ½ orange; 100 g bacon, diced; 150 g paio; 150 g smoked pork loin, diced; 150 g pork ribs; 1 onion; 1 celery; 50 ml cachaça or light rum; 1 red hot chili pepper; salt to taste; 150 g Calabrese sausage, sliced oil, for frying; 2 onions, finely chopped; 4 garlic cloves, smashed; chopped parsley to taste

Preparation info

Servings:
10
portions

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
48 hr

Appears in

Brazil Rhythms and Recipes

By Morena Leite

Published 2006

About

This is a very traditional Brazilian stew prepared with black beans and pork.

Ingredients

1 kg black beans
500 g jerked beef, diced
200 g<

Americas
Brazil
Main course
Stew

Method

Preparation

The day before, wash beans and leave them in water overnight. Rinse jerked beef, bacon slabs, pork loin and ribs. Leave them in water overnight. The following day, change beans water and cook them with the whole onion, whole celery, bay leaves and the orange. Cover with lid and cook until beans are soft, adding more water if necessary. Rinse meat once again. Cook them in s