How to Cook Brazilian Feijoada: Traditional Black Bean and Pork Stew [ Legendas PT]

In Brazil, there is one dish to rule them all. You will find one dish cooked with passion and eaten with great pleasure, all across Brazil from the North to the South. That dish is Feijoada, the national dish of Brazil.

Feijoada is so popular with Brazilians that even the vegans and vegetarians will confess that it is the ONLY meat dish they truly miss. That is because Feijoada is more than just a meal; it is an experience you share with your friends, family, and community. Someone has even described it as Brazilian soul food. The meal itself is eaten over the day. However, around the pot goes the laughing, chatting, singing, dancing, cheering and bonding. This particular recipe has been cooked by me countless times, for groups of a dozen or more Brazilian friends who all miss the little things from back home. You will see one of these parties at the end of the video, and then you will understand what I mean by "an experience you share". So, stay tuned to the end.

0:00 Intro
0:28 Ingredients
0:41 Rehydrating the black beans
1:12 Bean fermentation (there is a reason)
1:41 Rinsing the rehydrated beans
1:55 Cooking the beans
2:10 Seasoning the beans
2:31 Preparing the meat
3:42 Adding the meat
4:05 Preparing the pork belly
4:37 Add the pork belly
4:56 Feijoada complete
5:31 How to make a farofa
6:35 Eating the feijoada, farofa and the typical sides
6:52 Some Brasileiras review the feijoada
7:15 A festa brasileira
8:04 Where to find Brazilian ingredients

The Recipe
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Everyone's Feijoada recipes are slightly different, but fundamentally they are all the same. So don't be surprised if your Brazilian friend, partner or mother-in-law recommends less garlic, more salt, add an orange, or use pork feet, etc. Over time, you will develop your own unique way of cooking it. I say this so you don't feel that you must follow this recipe rigidly - it is soul food, remember.

Feijoada ingredients:

500g Dry black beans
1kg Pork belly
500g Bacon
1 x Pork hock or pork knuckle (smoked works well)
2 x Chorizo sausages (if you find linguica, use about 400g)
2 x Onions
6 x Cloves of garlic
6 x Bay leaves
Salt
Water

Side dishes:
Rice
Orange slices
Chinese broccoli or kale
Farofa

Farofa Ingredients:
500g Toasted Cassava Flour (Farinha de Mandioca Torrada)
1 x Onion
3 x Garlic cloves
250g Bacon
1 x Cup of parsley
4 x Boiled eggs (cold and quartered)

[manuelgasse]

I’m trying your recipe right now. It’s cooking. (You have very beautiful friends. 😍) Cheers from Montreal.

[frankoftheforest]

can't be brasilian without the dancing at the end 😂
brasil energy is the most fun

[tonima-]

One of the most beauty non brazilian feijoada that i ever seen on YouTube. Congrats, it certainly tastes amazing.

[Morcotulke]

As a Brazilian cook, this looks very well made. It could benefit from some additional types of meat to be more traditional, but it looks amazing! Great work!

[denacarvalho]

Amei o vídeo. Feijão looks amazing. Well done

[dennisstafford]

Loved the scene at the end, the guy dancing while mixing Caipirinha’s!🎉

[Joshadowolf]

Feijoada looks so good. As Mexican American, I never tried that dish before, but I will try one day.

[deniser]

Deu até vontade de estar nessa festa 🥳

[ackjulia]

So amazing 👍👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️❤️ I do love your video ❤️❤️❤️ greetings from France 🇫🇷

[valeriasouza]

My husband is from Moldova, he tried feijoada a few time and now he wants to cook it for me! Great job!

[suzannewatkins]

This is the recipe i was looking for. thank you

[atlantajunglepythons]

Most fun ending of a cooking vid!
Fermenting is a great tip if one has time…cooking inna few minutes tho…next time.

[bc]

You did a good job. Coming from an American who is married to a Brazilian and I love Feijoada with the sides. I make feijoada too.

[nte]

You only need to fast-forward to the end where they're dancing to know how good the feijoada was. :D

Thanks for the recipe, trying my hand at it for the first time today!

[mikkovaltonen]

I couldn't find chorizo but Polish sausage (smoked and a bit spicy) worked OK. The stew turned out muito bom! :)

[basi]

jajajajaa beautiful! jajajajaja Im definetely cooking this recipe!

[joannemiller]

Going to surprise my sons Brazilian girlfriend with this dish while they're visiting from Brazil, would like to know the name of the song they were playing at the end?

[gabbrielle]

My grandma's favorite Brazilian food ♥️

[GabrielVitor-kquj]

Brazillian vibes, gotta love the chaos right?

[vivianoliveira]

The best feijoada I've ever eaten!!!!