Another traditional way of cooking beans. Typical from Minas Gerais state, this recipe comes from colonial times (until 1900) when transport of goods was done by horses or on the back of mules. The men who guided these animals were called tropeiros and the beans prepared in this recipe became a basic meal for them.
8 portions
474 cal/portion
1/2 cup of manioc/cassava flour
500g of common beans (brown beans known in Brazil as feijao carioquinha)
250g of slab bacon, sliced in little cubes
2 cloves of garlic, mashed
1 chopped onion
1 pinch of pepper
salt
topping: chives and parsley, chopped
Let the beans soak for 2 hours. Put them in a pressure cooker with enough water to cover over 4 finger above the beans line. Cook it for 20 minutes. Drain it.
On a frying pan, fry the bacon until golden. Remove it from the pan and let it rest.
Fry the garlic and onion on the left over fat. Add the beans, the bacon and pepper. Mix it thoroughly. Little by little, add the flour, mixing it well.
Decorate it with the parsley and chives.
4 comments:
I lived in Maceio for two years and I LOVE feijao tropeiro! In the recipe, it calls for 500g of "common beans." What exact type of bean would you recommend? In Maceio, they said that they used "feijao verde" for it, but I'm not exactly sure what type of bean that is. Do you know what type of bean was used in the picture above? The picture on this blog looks EXACTLY like the kind I'm trying to make.
Hi Seth. For this recipe you need a brown kind of beans, known as "Feijao carioquinha" (pronounced Phay-jon ka-ree-o-kee-a"). You can find it very cheap in brazilian or international food stores. I'm afraid the green beans wouldn't work here. Here's a link of what it's supposed to look like: http://www.acouguetakara.com/loja/images/1083feijaocariocaCAMIL.gif
This beans are softer and "buttery" than other beans and are easier to cook too.
Hope this helped!
Light red kidney beans also work well. My husband and I use these when we can't get carioca beans at the Brazilian market. My husband is from Sao Paulo and we love this dish!
Good to know! Especially because I also find it difficult to find the brown beans in England. Thanks for your help!
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