Bahais fejoida completa

8 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
Stephen Ceideburg
1 pounds Black beans
8 ounces Dried beef (carne seca)
8 ounces Pork butt
8 ounces Smoked sausage
8 ounces Mild Portuguese sausage
8 ounces Ham hock
1 pounds Onion, chopped
6 ounces Bacon
Seasonings:
Chopped green onion
Chopped onions
Chopped parsley
Crumbled bay leaves
Oregano
Tarragon
Sauteed garlic
Salt and pepper

Directions

Pick over beans and wash well. Cover with water and cook for about 2½ hours in a covered saucepan. Adding boiling water as needed to keep beans well covered with water.

As the beans are cooking, prepare the meats. Remove fat from beef and pork. Dice the meats and sausages, removing as much fat from sausages as you can, and bake at 350 degrees F. until well done.

Cover ham hock with water and add chopped onion. Cook for about 1 hour. Remove meat from bone. Discard fat and bone.

Dice bacon and bake at 350 degrees F. until well done. Drain the fat and set bacon aside.

When beans are almost cooked (make sure there is plenty of water), add all the meats and seasonings to taste. Simmer 30 minutes longer, or until beans are completely done. PER SERVING: 460 calories, 34 g protein, 28 g carbohydrate, 23 g fat (8 g saturated), 93 mg cholesterol, 1,570 mg sodium, 9 g fiber.

From Valmor Neto, Bahia Brazil

From an article by Heidi Haughy Cusik in the San Francisco Chronicle, 6/12/91.

Posted by Stephen Ceideburg

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