What is Portuguese Feijoada like?!
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Feijoada is a dish consisting of a bean stew with meat, usually served with rice. It is a dish originating in northern Portugal, which today is one of the most typical dishes of Brazilian cuisine.
In Portugal, it's cooked with white beans in the northwest (Minho and Douro Litoral) or red beans in the northeast (Trás-os-Montes), and usually also includes other other vegetables (tomatoes, carrots or cabbage) along with the pork or cow, which can add chorizo, black pudding or sausage.
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In Brazil, the mixture is made of black beans and various kinds of pork and beef, and comes to the table together with flour, white rice, steamed cabbage and sliced orange, among other ingredients.
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i like both feijoadas, because i think they're very different but very good in their own way.
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Kevin7- Feijoada is the "national dish" (the food of The People) of Brazil. I can best describe it as a hearty black bean stew simmered slowly with lots of various cuts of pork. When it is eaten it is often garnished with toasted Manioc Flour. Manioc is another name for a tuberous vegetable like a potato called Cassava or Yucca. Now, when I say various cuts of pork this is either interesting or not very appetizing depending on your preferences & adventurous nature for food. Feijoada, from what I understand is a dish that mostly the poor, the lower class or servents would make. Beans and rice are staples of their cooking but the not too appetizing cuts of the pig were often used because they were cheap, abundant and most likely the leftovers from what the upperclass would have provided. Various cuts would include: pigs feet, fatback, snout, the hocks for example. Now, all that being said, you can make it with a pork base broth (from pork neck bones) and then use quality cuts like a pork shoulder or fresh side pork. Either way, it is a delicious & rustic dish. Chase a hearty meal like that down with a Caipirinha (Brazil 's national cocktail, made with cacha?a, sugar and lime) and some great Brazilian music...some Samba and you are set. Give it a try...I think you will like it.
I'm a personal chef. I first tried and enjoyed Feijoada many years ago in a little Brazilan restaurant in Santa Cruz, Ca.
Well I'm not sure whether or not they serve it in Portugal but I know they serve it in Brazil because that's where I live with my husband. I personally like the dish but it is very strong and heavy and definitely not for everyone. It is black beans and parts of the pig like nose, ears, and skin. I like it with lime, chopped green onions, and hot sauce.