This recipe is from my sister-in-law, Jillian, who loves Brazilian food. I also had some help from my friend Jen who used to live in Brazil and gave me some great tips for this recipe. It was great to try because I have never made anything like this before. It's very inexpensive and quite good! I served it over rice and with orange slices at Jen's suggestion. She also suggested collard greens as a traditional side dish for this meal. Thanks so much for the recipe, Jillian! Also, thanks to my mom for my new dutch oven!
Ingredients:
1 lb black beans
1 onion, roughly chopped
1 tomato, diced
2 slices of bacon, chopped
1 lb hot smoked sausage links, cut into 3/4" pieces
2 bay leaves
Salt, to taste
Orange slices for garnish
Directions:
Cover beans in a generous amount of water and soak overnight. Drain the beans and place in a dutch oven. Cover with water by 3 inches. Add bay leaves and salt, to taste.
Bring to a boil then reduce heat to low.
Cover and simmer until beans start to get soft, 2 to 4 hours. Add additional water, as necessary, if beans begin to turn dry. I actually had too much water and had to remove some after they finished cooking.
Saute the meat and onion until thoroughly cooked and onions begin to turn soft and translucent. Add the tomato and saute another minute or two.
Add mixture to beans and cook for 30 minutes.
At this point I still had a lot of excess liquid in the pan, so I removed most of it and let it cook down, uncovered at slightly higher heat for about another 30 minutes.
Discard bay leaves, adjust salt to taste, and serve over rice with orange slices.
1 comments:
I love Feijoada! I have been on two trips to Brazil, and this is my favorite thing there. We ate it with cooked kale and ground up casava root.
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