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{{Short description|Pork and bean stew found throughout the Lusophony}}

[[Image:Feijoada_01.jpg|right|thumb|250 px|Brazilian Feijoada and common accompanying dishes.]]

{{About|dishes called feijoada in the Portuguese-speaking world|the Brazilian feijoada specifically|Feijoada (Brazilian dish)}}

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| country = [[Portugal]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/Celebrate-Brazil-with-Emerils-Feijoada-180951699/|publisher=Smithsonian Magazine|title=How to Make Feijoada, Brazil's National Dish, Including a Recipe From Emeril Lagasse|access-date=2022-05-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://theculturetrip.com/south-america/brazil/articles/a-brief-introduction-to-feijoada-brazils-national-dish|title=A Brief Introduction To Feijoada, Brazil's National Dish|publisher=The Culture Trip|access-date=2025-03-06|archive-date=2023-03-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317164514/https://theculturetrip.com/south-america/brazil/articles/a-brief-introduction-to-feijoada-brazils-national-dish|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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'''Feijoada''' ({{IPA|pt-PT|fɐjʒuˈaðɐ|lang}}, {{IPA|pt-BR|fejʒuˈadɐ|lang}}; from {{lang|pt|feijão}}, 'bean') is the name for varieties of [[Common beans|bean]] [[stew]] with [[beef]] or [[pork]]<ref name="brown-culturetrip">{{cite news|last=Brown|first=Sarah|date=March 17, 2017|title=A Brief Introduction To Feijoada, Brazil's National Dish|url=https://theculturetrip.com/south-america/brazil/articles/a-brief-introduction-to-feijoada-brazils-national-dish|access-date=July 27, 2021|archive-date=March 17, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317164514/https://theculturetrip.com/south-america/brazil/articles/a-brief-introduction-to-feijoada-brazils-national-dish|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Bayor">[https://books.google.com/books?id=bJW79Rlu-igC&dq=Feijoada&pg=PA180 Multicultural America: An Encyclopedia of the Newest Americans - Google Books<!-- Bot generated title -->] p. 180.</ref> prepared in the [[List of countries and territories where Portuguese is an official language|Portuguese-speaking world]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://honest-food.net/portuguese-feijoada-recipe/|title=Feijoada Recipe - How to Make Portuguese Feijoada |author=Hank Shaw|date=5 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.goanfoodrecipres.com/2011/01/feijoada.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2016-02-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602091145/http://www.goanfoodrecipres.com/2011/01/feijoada.html |archive-date=2016-06-02 }}</ref><ref name="ModernBrazil">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MkrzDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA313 |page=313 |title=Modern Brazil |author=Javier A. Galván |year=2020 |isbn=978-1-4408-6032-4 |publisher=[[ABC-CLIO]]}}</ref>

''Feijoada'' is a common name given to dishes from Portuguese-speaking countries such as [[Portugal]], [[Brazil]], [[Angola]], [[East Timor]], [[Mozambique]], and [[Macau]], where it is made from a mixture of meat and white, black, or red beans, usually accompanied by rice.

'''Feijoada''' is a [[stew]] of [[common bean|bean]]s with various [[beef]] and [[pork]] products, which is a typical leading dish of [[Brazilian cuisine|Brazilian]] and [[Portuguese cuisine]], also popular in [[Angola]] and other former [[Portuguese colonies]].

=== History= ==

The name comes from ''feijão'', [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] for "beans", and is pronounced {{IPA|[fe.ʒu.'a.da]}} ([[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]).

Meat (pork) stew with vegetables can be traced to [[ancient Roman cuisine]].<ref name="Super Interessante">{{cite web |title=A feijoada não é invenção brasileira. Todo mundo acha que os inventores foram os escravos. Mas o prato já era apreciado na Europa desde os tempos do Império Romano |url=http://super.abril.com.br/comportamento/a-feijoada-nao-e-invencao-brasileira |access-date=10 September 2016 |publisher=Super Interessante}}</ref> The dish spread with the [[Roman Empire]] and gave rise to dishes such as the French [[cassoulet]], the Milanese [[cassoeula]], the Romanian [[fasole cu cârnați]], the [[fabada asturiana]] from Northwestern Spain, the Spanish [[cocido madrileño]] and [[olla podrida]], and the feijoada of [[Minho Province]] in Northern Portugal.<ref name="Super Interessante" /><ref>{{cite web |title=O mito da feijoada, cuja real origem é lusitana |url=http://educacao.uol.com.br/noticias/2015/05/13/de-zumbi-heroi-a-origem-da-feijoada-7-mitos-sobre-a-escravidao-no-brasil.htm |access-date=10 September 2016 |publisher=UOL educação}}</ref>

The creation and name of ''feijoada'' are related to Portuguese ways of making it, from the regions of [[Estremadura Province (historical)|Estremadura]], [[Beira (Portugal)|Beiras]], [[Trás-os-Montes]] and [[Douro DOC|Alto Douro]], which mix various types of beans - except black beans (of American origin) - sausages, ears and pigs' feet.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Feijoada nasceu em Portugal, mas foi no Brasil que virou paixão culinária |url=https://www.uol.com.br/nossa/noticias/redacao/2022/12/14/feijoada-nasceu-em-portugal-mas-foi-no-brasil-que-virou-paixao-culinaria.htm |access-date=2023-09-05 |website=www.uol.com.br |language=pt-br}}</ref>

==Brazilian feijoada==

===Recipe===

Brazilian feijoada is prepared with [[black turtle bean]]s, with a variety of [[salting|salted]] pork and beef products such as salted [[pork]] trimmings (ears, tail, feet), [[bacon]], smoked [[pork ribs]], at least two types of smoked [[sausage]] and [[jerked beef]] (loin and tongue).

The Portuguese version of ''feijoada'' originates mainly in the north of the country, where it is cooked with white beans in the northwest ([[Minho (river)|Minho]] and Douro) or red beans in the northeast ([[Trás-os-Montes]]), and usually also includes other vegetables (tomatoes, carrots or kale) along with pork or beef, to which chorizo, [[blood sausage]] or ''farinheira'' can be added.<ref name=":0" />

This stew is best prepared over slow fire in a thick clay pot. The final dish has the beans and meat pieces barely covered by a dark purplish-brown broth. The taste is strong, moderately salty but not spicy, dominated by the flavors of black bean and meat stew.<!--More details needed - quantities, condiments, cooking time, etc.-->

== Regional variations ==

===Recipe Brazil ===

{{Main|Feijoada (Brazilian dish)}}

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In Brazil, feijoada is traditionally served with [[rice]], and accompanied by chopped refried [[collard greens]], lighly roasted coarse [[cassava]] flour (called ''[[farofa]]''), and a peeled whole [[orange (fruit)|orange]]. Other common side dishes are boiled or deep-fried [[cassava]], deep-fried [[banana]]s, and ''[[torresmo]]s''. A pot of [[chile pepper|hot pepper]] oil is often provided on the side. The meal is often washed down with a ''[[caipirinha]]'' or two.

Feijoada de marisco.jpg|Seafood feijoada

Feijoada à brasileira -02.jpg|[[Feijoada à brasileira]]

Feijoada à timorense.jpg|Feijoada à timorense

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===Tradition=See also==

{{Portal|Portugal|Brazil|Food}}

Since it is a rather heavy dish that takes several hours to cook, feijoada is consumed in Brazil only occasionally, usually at lunch time. Traditionally restaurants will offer it as the "day's special" only once or twice a week, usually on Wednesdays, Saturdays, or sometimes on Sundays. (As a traditional holdover from old [[Catholic]] dietary restrictions, the Friday's special dish is more likely to be fish.) However, some restaurants will serve feijoada all the week long.

* [[Cassoeula]]

* [[Cassoulet]]

* [[Fabada asturiana]]

* [[Fasole cu cârnați]]

* [[Category:List of Portuguese cuisinedishes]]

* [[List of stews]]

===History=References==

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The traditional history of Brazilian feijoada is that it was a "luxury" dish of [[Africa]]n [[slavery|slave]]s in Brazilian farms, as it was prepared with relatively cheap ingredients (beans, rice, collard greens, farofa) and leftovers from salted pork and meat production. Over time, it first became a popular dish among lower classes, and finally the "national dish" of Brazil, offered even by the finest restaurants.

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However, this history is disputed. Some claim that it was inspired on the French ''[[cassoulet]]'', while others conjecture that it evolved from the bean-and-pork dishes from the regions of [[Estremadura]] and [[Trás-os-Montes]] in Portugal.

==[[Category:Portuguese feijoada==stews]]

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===Recipes===

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The basic ingredients of Portuguese feijoada are beans and (fresh) pork or beef meat. In Northwest Portugal (chiefly [[Minho]] and [[Douro Litoral]]), it is usually made with [[common bean|white bean]]s; whereas in the Northeast ([[Trás-os-Montes]]) it is generally prepared with [[kidney beans|red (kidney) beans]], and includes other vegetables such as [[tomato]]es, [[carrot]]s and [[cabbage]]. The stew is best prepared over slow fire in a thick clay pot. Angolan and [[São Tomé and Príncipe|São Tomean]] feijoadas also add palm oil as a condiment.

[[Category:BeansLegume dishes]]

[[Category:Cuisine of Timor-Leste]]

Portuguese fejoada is usually served with rice and a rich assortment of sausages, such as ''[[chouriço|chouriço de carne]]'', ''[[morcela]]'' (a [[blood sausage]]), ''[[farinheira]]'', and others. The sausages may or may not be cooked in the stew. It is usually served with red [[wine]] or water.

[[Category:Angolan cuisine]]

[[Category:Cuisine of São Tomé and Príncipe]]

===History===

[[Category:Beef dishes]]

Tracing the history of such a basic dish is problematic, and its origins may be lost in time. Some conjecture that the custom was brought from Brazil or from Africa, while others think that it was inspired by other European stews, such as the French [[cassoulet]].

[[Category:Pork dishes]]

''See also: [[Cassoulet]], [[Baked beans]].''

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