Feijoada

{{Short description|Pork and bean stews of Brazilian origin}}{{About|dishes called feijoada in the Portuguese-speaking world|the Brazilian feijoada specifically|Feijoada (Brazilian dish)}}

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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 bean stew with beef or pork{{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}}[https://books.google.com/books?id=bJW79Rlu-igC&dq=Feijoada&pg=PA180 Multicultural America: An Encyclopedia of the Newest Americans - Google Books] p. 180. prepared in the Portuguese-speaking world.{{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}}{{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 }}{{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}}

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.

History

Meat (pork) stew with vegetables can be traced to ancient Roman cuisine.{{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}} 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.{{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}}

The creation and name of feijoada are related to Portuguese ways of making it, from the regions of Estremadura, Beiras, Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, which mix various types of beans - except black beans (of American origin) - sausages, ears and pigs' feet.{{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}}

The Portuguese version of feijoada originates mainly in the north of the country, where it is cooked with white beans in the northwest (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.