Brazilian
Feijao Tropeiro (Beans with Farofa, Egg, and Bacon)
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Feijao Tropeiro (Beans with Farofa, Egg, and Bacon) is Brazilian home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Pressure-cook the beans with 5 cups of water for 20 minutes until tender but not mushy, then drain, reserving a little liquid.
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Dice the bacon and cook until crisp, then saute the onion and garlic in the fat.
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Scramble the eggs in the same pan until just set and set aside.
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Stir-fry the shredded collard greens in the oil 3 minutes until wilted.
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Combine the beans, bacon mixture, scrambled eggs, and collard greens in a wide pan.
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Sprinkle in the cassava flour, tossing to coat everything evenly, and season with salt and pepper before serving hot.
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Serve it with
A Brazilian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Feijao Tropeiro (Beans with Farofa, Egg, and Bacon), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The protein alongside
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What it is eaten with
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Something cool and fresh
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Feijao Tropeiro (Beans with Farofa, Egg, and Bacon) carries eggs. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | Yes | Arroz de Forno (Baked Rice Casserole) |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 610 kcal
- Protein
- 33 g
- Carbs
- 93 g
- Fat
- 12 g
- Fiber
- 19 g
- Sugar
- 2 g
- Sodium
- 910 mg
- Saturated fat
- 3 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Feijao Tropeiro (Beans with Farofa, Egg, and Bacon) takes about 45 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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