Brazilian Beans Recipes

"Wonderful main dish 'salad' to be served cold, but it's wonderful eaten warm too. A good Mexican rice and fresh cilantro are musts. So easy - this is my favorite thing to eat for any meal! It would be good for a side dish (omitting the chicken in lieu of grilled chicken) or can be adapted for a vegetarian diet."

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Ingredients: corn, pitted black olives...

"fine family fare"

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Ingredients: dried black beans, country-style pork ribs...

"Feijoada (fay-ZHWAH-dah) is Brazil's most famous national dish."

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Ingredients: pepper, cumin...

"I have served this recipe as soon as its cooked, as leftovers the next day, and even out of the freezer. It is extremely versatile - for brunch with tortillas, dinner with cornbread, or a soup and salad lunch. I always get tons of compliments. When I reheat, I re-season a bit and it also tends to thicken up over time. From one of the Moosewood cookbooks...."

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Ingredients: cilantro, cumin...

"A hearty Brazilian stew. From Cooking Light. Per 1 cup serving: 415 calories, 12.2 g fat, 28.6 g protein, 50.6 g carb, 8.9 g fiber, 43 mg cholesterol."

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Ingredients: chipotle chiles in adobo, dried thyme...

"A vegan stew typical in Brazil. Prep time does not include bean soaking. You can probably streamline this by using the equivelent amount of canned black beans, rinsed and drained and skip the beginning step."

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Ingredients: ground cumin, dried black beans...

"My friend lived in Brazil for a few years and ate these tasty crock pot beans all the time. They are quite easy as the crock pot does most the work! Great served with rice and chicken."

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Ingredients: onions, garlic cloves, salt...

"Feijoada is the national dish of Brazil. It's served everywhere in Brazil, from beach-side stands to the finest restaurants. This version captures the spirit of feijoada minus the meat. Chipotle pepper adds a hint of smoky heat."

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Ingredients: chipotle peppers, dried black beans...

"For the slow cooker! Found in Cooking Light, March 2011 and posted for safekeeping."

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Ingredients: boneless pork shoulder, pepper...

"This recipe is the only vegetarian dish I've been able to get my family to enjoy - and they really enjoyed it! Since sweet potatoes are so hard to chop up raw, I go ahead and boil them ahead of time until they're just tender enough that I don't need a chainsaw to get through them. Non-vegetarians can feel free to add 1/8 pound chopped sausage and/or..."

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Ingredients: fresh cilantro, mangoes...

"In Brazil, a feijoada completa is a large, festive meal with at least one dish based on beans. This Brazilian Vegetable Feijoada is flavorful yet simple to prepare. From Vegetarian Times Low-Fat & Fast."

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Ingredients: ground cumin, dark rum...