Feijoada Richmond Style Recipes

FEIJOADA

Steps:

• The day before you plan on cooking the feijoada, trim the excess fat of all the meats (except the bacon) and place them in a large bowl. Cover with cold water and refrigerate for 24 hours, changing the water 3-4 times, to get rid of the excess salt.
• Place the black beans in a separate bowl and cover with cold water. Let them soak overnight in the fridge.
• Drain the meat and beans. Place the soaked meat in a large Dutch oven or heavy bottomed pot and cover with enough water so they're all submerged. Cook, over medium-high heat, until boiling. Let them boil for 20 minutes, adding more water as needed. Drain and reserve.
• Combine the boiled carne seca, beans, bay leaves and orange in that same pot. Pour 2.5 quarts cold water and cook, over medium-high heat, until boiling. Lower the heat to a gentle simmer, cover and cook for 30 minutes.
• After 30 minutes, add the sausages. Cover and continue simmering, occasionally skimming the fat that rises to the top, until the meat is tender, about 1.5 to 2 hours.
• Remove the orange and bay leaves. Discard. Remove the meat and sausage and slice into smaller pieces. Reserve.
• Heat the oil in a sauté pan, over medium heat. Add the bacon and cook until no longer raw but not yet golden brown, about 3-5 minutes. Add the onion and garlic and sauté until softened and fragrant, about 2-3 minutes. Add a ladleful of the cooked beans, without liquid, and stir to combine. Using a fork, mash the beans, to release their starch.
• Pour that mixture into the feijoada pot and cook over medium heat, uncovered, for 10-15 minutes or until thickened. If too thick, add more water as needed. Taste and season with salt and pepper.
• Return the meats back to the pot.
• Serve with white rice, collard greens, fried bananas, farofa, vinaigrette salsa and orange slices!

FEIJOADA: TRADITIONAL BRASILIAN STEW

Steps:

• Soak the beans in cold water overnight, making sure they are completely covered. Also soak the salted ribs and bacon in cold water overnight.
• Drain the beans and put them into a large saucepan of cold water. Bring to the boil over medium heat, then simmer for 30 minutes until tender.
• Rinse the soaked salted ribs and bacon well, add to the beans and cook for 30 minutes over a medium heat. Heat a very large saucepan and pour in the olive oil so it covers the bottom. Add the onions and garlic and cook until softened. Add the sausages, smoked ribs and bacon, pepper and bay leaves. Pour in the cooked beans and meat and top up with water. Simmer for about 1 hour, until the meat falls off the bone.
• Serve the Feijoada with boiled white rice, slices of orange, and very finely sliced spring greens fried in olive oil with finely chopped onion and garlic.

FEIJOADA (BRAZILIAN BLACK BEAN STEW)

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large pot or Dutch oven. Add 3/4 cup of chopped onion, green onions, and garlic; cook and stir until softened, about 4 minutes. Pour in the soaked beans and fill with enough water to cover beans by 3 inches. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer uncovered for 2 hours, or until tender.
• While beans are cooking, place ham hocks in smaller pot with 1/4 cup of the chopped onion. Cover with water and simmer, until meat pulls off of the bone easily, about 1 hour. Drain and add to the beans.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Place ham, bacon, and remaining onion in a baking dish. Bake 15 minutes or until mixture is crispy.
• Drain the bacon and ham mixture, and add to the beans. Season with bay leaves, coriander, salt and pepper. Simmer uncovered 30 minutes more. Stir in chopped cilantro and parsley just before serving.

FEIJOADA

Steps:

• Place beans, feet, tails, tongue, bacon and bay leaves in a heavy pot. Cover with water by 1 inch, about 10 cups. Bring to a boil over high heat, stirring occasionally. Skim any foam that comes up. When the mixture boils, turn heat down to a gentle simmer. Skim foam for the first 40 minutes. Turn heat down to a low simmer, and cover with a lid. Occasionally add water to keep it covered by 1/2 inch, and give it a stir.
• Two to 2 1/2 hours later, the beans and meats should be quite tender but not falling apart. Add the sausage, and simmer for another 30 to 40 minutes, until meats are very tender and the stew is rich but not stiff (thin with water if necessary). During this final cooking time, stir to break up some of the beans; their starch will make the stew creamy.
• Heat 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium-low heat until shimmering. Cook onion, stirring, for 15 minutes, until evenly browned and very sweet. Turn heat up to medium-high, and add remaining oil and garlic. Cook, stirring, until the garlic is golden, about 3 minutes. Bring beans back to a boil over high heat, stir in the onion mixture, season to taste with salt and serve with white rice, orange slices, farofa (see recipe) and Brazilian collard greens (see recipe).

MY BRAZILIAN FEIJOADA

Steps:

• Rinse and sort beans; soak according to package directions. Meanwhile, place pork roast, short ribs and bacon in a 6-qt. slow cooker. Add onion, garlic, bay leaf and seasonings; pour chicken broth, water and beef broth over meat. Cook, covered, on high 2 hours. , Stir in beans and sausage. Cook, covered, on low 5-6 hours, until meat and beans are tender. Discard bay leaf. Remove short ribs. When cool enough to handle, remove meat from bones; discard bones. Shred meat with 2 forks; return to slow cooker. Top servings with orange sections. If desired, serve with hot cooked rice.

FEIJOADA COMPLETA

Steps:

• Soak the smoked and salted meats in a large pan overnight. The next morning, drain, rinse, and soak again until ready to cook. In a large heavy stock pot, heat the oil over medium low heat. Add the onions and cook, stirring occasionally, for 8 to 10 minutes, or until they are softened and translucent. Add the garlic and cook for 3 minutes more, until the aroma is released. Tie the bay leaves, parsley, and thyme together to make a bouquet garni, and add it to the pan, along with the dried soaked meats, fresh meats, and the water. Bring slowly to a boil over medium heat, then reduce the heat and skim the fats and scum from the top. Cook for 1 hour, then add the beans, return to a simmer, and again skim any scum from the top. Simmer for another hour. As each piece of meat becomes fork tender, remove it, starting with the beef chuck and finishing with the salted meats. Place the cooked meats on a platter, cover with aluminum foil, and keep warm in a low oven. Remove all the meat and skin from the pigs trotter and dice it. Discard the bone and add the meat to the beans. Cut the carne seca into 1/2 inch dice and also return it to the beans. Continue cooking the beans for 20 minutes more, or until tender. Remove any fat or gristle from the remaining cuts of meat, then cube or slice it into bitesized pieces. Arrange the sliced chorizo, pork shoulder, bacon, fresh pork, and beef on one side of a large heated platter and place the beans on the other side (if using the smoked tongue, traditionally it should be placed in the center of the platter). Serve hot, accompanied by Green Mineira Style, cooked white rice and orange segments.

FEIJOADA

Steps:

• Soak beans in cold water for at least 8 hours or overnight. Drain and add to an 8- to 10-quart Dutch oven or large stockpot, nesting pork pieces, bacon, and bay leaves in beans. Cover with water by about 1/2 inch.
• Bring to a boil, then lower heat and simmer, uncovered, skimming any foam and fat for the first 1 1/2 hours. Remove pork ribs. Cover and cook for another 1 1/2 hours, stirring occasionally. Add smoked sausage, cover, and continue cooking 1/2 hour more. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Heat oil in a large heavy skillet over medium-high heat. When oil shimmers, add onion and cook, stirring occasionally, until browned, about 20 minutes. Sprinkle 1/4 teaspoon salt over minced garlic and smash into a paste using the side of a knife blade. Add garlic to skillet and cook until golden brown, about 2 minutes. Add onion and garlic mixture to beans and simmer, uncovered, for 30 minutes more, for a total cooking time of 4 hours, or until all are falling apart and melting into the beans. Season with salt to taste.
• Serve hot with Garlic Rice, Collard Greens, Farofa, Tomato and Onion Vinaigrette, and orange slices.

FEIJOADA - THE REAL ONE

Steps:

• Soak the smoked and salted meats in a large pan overnight.
• The next morning, drain, rinse, and soak again until ready to cook.
• In a large heavy stock pot, heat the oil over medium-low heat.
• Add the onions and cook, until they are softened and translucent.
• Add the garlic and cook for 3 minutes more, until the aroma is released.
• Tie the bay leaves, and add it to the pan, along with the dried soaked meats, fresh meats, and the water.
• Bring slowly to a boil over medium heat, then reduce the heat and skim the fats and scum from the top.
• Cook for 1 hour, then add the beans, return to a simmer, and again skim any scum from the top.
• Simmer for another hour.
• As each piece of meat becomes forktender, remove it.
• Place the cooked meats on a platter, cover with aluminum foil, and keep warm in a low oven.
• Remove all the meat and skin from the pigs trotter and dice it.
• Discard the bone and add the meat to the beans.
• Cut the jerked beef into half a inch dice and also return it to the beans.
• Continue cooking the beans for 20 minutes more, or until tender.
• Remove any fat or gristle from the remaining cuts of meat, then cube or slice it into bitesized pieces.
• Arrange the sliced sausages, pork pieces and bacon on one side of a large heated platter and place the beans on the other side.
• Serve hot, accompanied by stewed kale, cooked white rice, fried pork lard and orange segments.

FEIJOADA

Steps:

• For the beans:.
• Drain the beans and transfer to a very large pot. Cover with fresh water. Bring to a boil, and then reduce the heat to maintain a low simmer for about 1 hour. Meanwhile, saute the onions in vegetable oil in a skillet over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until soft, 8 to 10 minutes. Add the garlic and cook another minute and set aside. After the beans have cooked for 1 hour, stir the onions, garlic and bay leaves into the beans. Cook for 1 hour longer, adding more water if necessary to keep the beans covered.
• For the meat:.
• While the beans are cooking, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Arrange the neck bones, brisket, bacon, ribs, ham hocks, pig tails and sausages in enough roasting pans or baking sheets to contain them in one layer, and roast for 1 hour 30 minutes to 2 hours.
• Add all of the meat, without their rendered fat, to the pot of beans and mix well. Add enough water to cover. Bring to a boil, and then reduce the heat and simmer until the beans are soft and the meat is tender and falling apart, 2 hours to 2 hours 30 minutes.
• For the collard greens:.
• Just before serving the feijoada, heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add salt to the pan, and then add the collards in handfuls, letting the greens wilt a little before adding more. Saute until crisp tender.
• Serve the feijoada with the collard greens, rice, orange slices and hot sauce, sprinkling the farofa over the feijoada.

CHEF JOHN'S BRAZILIAN FEIJOADA

Steps:

• Place black beans into a large bowl, cover with water, and soak overnight. Drain beans.
• Place drained beans in heavy pot with 2 quarts of water. Bring to a simmer over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to low and simmer until beans are cooked but very firm, 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
• Stir chopped dried beef into pot with beans. Add bay leaf and pork chop bones, stir and simmer on low heat for another 2 hours.
• Cook bacon in large dry skillet over medium heat until not quite crisp. Add linguica and Italian sausage links; cook, stirring often, until meats are brown, about 10 minutes. Remove browned meat, reserving accumulated fat in skillet. Slice Italian sausage into chunks.
• Brown onion and garlic in reserved drippings in the skillet over medium heat until onion is translucent and soft, stirring to deglaze the pan, about 5 minutes. Season with cumin, coriander, cayenne pepper, salt, and black pepper; add 1 tablespoon chopped Italian parsley. Cook and stir until parsley has wilted, about 2 minutes.
• Stir onion-spice mixture into pot with beans. Add cooked bacon, linguica sausage, Italian sausage, and pork chop chunks. Pour in enough water so meats are just covered with liquid. Increase heat to medium-high and bring to a simmer. Reduce heat to medium-low and cook uncovered until beans are very soft and liquid begins to thicken, about 1 hour, stirring occasionally. If beans begin to look dry, add more water.
• Heat olive oil in a skillet. Add bread crumbs and cook and stir until crumbs are toasted. Stir in 2 tablespoons Italian parsley and grated orange zest.
• When beans are cooked, ladle stew into bowls and top with the toasted crumb mixture.

BRAZILIAN FEIJOADA

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large, heavy, deep pot and stir-fry the onion, garlic, and cayenne for 2 minutes or until light golden brown.
• Add the beans, salt pork, Portuguese sausage, smoked Polish sausage, ham hocks, corned beef, pork spareribs, salt, black pepper, bay leaves, halved-orange and water. Cover and simmer for 2 hours or until the beans are tender, stirring occasionally and adding water if needed to ensure that the beans are completely covered while cooking.
• Side Dish: Collard Greens - Heat 2 tablespoons canola oil in a large frying pan and sauté 3 crushed cloves of garlic until light golden brown. Add the 2 slides bunches collard greens and salt. Stir-fry over medium-high heat for 3 minutes or until greens are tender; do not overcook.
• Serve with sliced oranges, white rice, collard greens, vinaigrette sauce.