Feijoada

Name: Feijoada
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Brazilian
Ingredients: 500g dried black beans, soaked overnight; 300g smoked pork ribs; 200g chouriço, sliced; 200g smoked bacon, diced; 1 large onion, diced; 4 cloves garlic; 2 bay leaves; 1 tsp cumin; orange slices to serve; steamed rice to serve; farofa to serve

Brazil's national dish — a rich black bean and pork stew served with rice and farofa. Mashing a cup of the cooked beans and stirring it back into the pot naturally thickens feijoada into its classic hearty consistency.

Total time

140 min

Prep

20 min

Cook

120 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

Brazilian

Ingredients

500gdried black beans, soaked overnight

300gsmoked pork ribs

200gchouriço, sliced

200gsmoked bacon, diced

1large onion, diced

4 clovesgarlic

2bay leaves

1 tspcumin

orange slicesto serve

steamed riceto serve

farofato serve

Instructions

Simmer black beans with pork ribs, bay leaves and water 1.5 hours.

Fry bacon, then chorizo in a large pot until browned.

Add onion, garlic and cumin. Cook 5 minutes.

Add to beans. Simmer all together 30 minutes.

Mash a cup of beans and stir back to thicken.

Serve with rice, farofa and orange slices.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

214

Protein

12.5g

Fat

1.6g

Carbs

40.9g

Fiber

14.1g

Sodium

6mg

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