Brazilian Beans and Rice

Nature's Cuisine's Note:

Recipe from Iara Bortolon.

• Total Time: 14 hrs 30 mins
• Prep Time: 30 mins
• Cook Time: 14 hrs

Ingredients:

Servings: 12

• 1 lb dried kidney beans (black, pinto, etc.)

Marinade

• 1 teaspoon oregano
• ½ teaspoon pepper
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ¼ cup white vinegar

Onion Mixture

• 1 large onion , chopped
• 3 garlic cloves , minced
• 2 teaspoons vegetable oil
• 3 slices raw bacon , chopped
• ¼ lb sirloin (or any other raw meat(approximately 8-10 1-inch cubes)

Rice

• 1 ½ cups white rice
• 3 cups water
• 1 ½ teaspoons salt

Directions:

1. Beans (Soaking): Rinse and sort beans. Cook beans with water in the pressure cooker for 30-40 minutes (I like to soak overnight, then cook for several hours in a crock pot).
2. Marinade: Combine all marinade ingredients. Marinade meat for an hour or two.
3. Onion Mixture: In frying pan, add oil. Cook onion, garlic and meat cubes.
4. After meat is cooked, reserve about 1/4 of mixture for the rice (reserving the large pieces of meat for the beans).
5. Beans: Add bacon to pan with onion mixture.
6. After bacon is cooked, add the cooked beans and some water until it is a little thick (I like to add all the frying pan ingredients to the crock pot and cook for several more hours).
7. Rice: Bring water to boiling. Add rice, salt and reserved onion mixture. Simmer for 20 minutes.