Brazilian
Feijoada (Black Bean and Pork Stew)
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Feijoada (Black Bean and Pork Stew) is Brazilian home cooking, eaten at 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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Rinse the black beans and pressure-cook with the bay leaf and 8 cups of water for 20 minutes.
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Add the smoked pork and simmer, uncovered, 40 minutes until the meats are tender.
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Meanwhile dice the bacon and cook it in a skillet until crisp, then saute the diced onion and minced garlic in the fat.
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Slice the linguica into rounds and add it along with the bacon and onion mixture to the beans.
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Simmer 30 minutes more, mashing a few beans against the pot to thicken the broth, and season with salt and pepper.
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Discard the bay leaf and serve hot with orange slices on the side, a weekend centerpiece meant to feed a crowd.
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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 Feijoada (Black Bean and Pork Stew), 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. Feijoada (Black Bean and Pork Stew) carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.
| Allergen | In this dish |
|---|---|
| Peanuts | No |
| Tree nuts | No |
| Dairy | No |
| Gluten | No |
| Shellfish | No |
| Eggs | No |
| 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
- 600 kcal
- Protein
- 38 g
- Carbs
- 46 g
- Fat
- 29 g
- Fiber
- 11 g
- Sugar
- 1 g
- Sodium
- 1280 mg
- Saturated fat
- 9 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Feijoada (Black Bean and Pork Stew) takes about 120 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a proper project. It is eaten at dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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