Easy Brazilian Black Bean Stew

Traditional Brazilian black beans (feijoada) can take quite some time to prepare. Considering I spend most of my time chasing after 2 small children, I've come up with this recipe for a very quick feijoada. This goes very well with white rice.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 19 mins
• Total Time: 34 mins
• Calories: 117 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ cup minced onion
• 1 bay leaf
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• ½ cup minced green bell pepper
• ½ cup chicken broth, or more as needed
• 2 (15 ounce) cans black beans, drained
• 1 teaspoon vinegar
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro (Optional)
• 2 strips bacon, diced
• 1 dash hot sauce to taste (Optional)

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Cook bacon in a pot over medium heat until almost crisp, 3 to 5 minutes. Add onion and green pepper to the bacon; cook and stir until onion is translucent, about 5 minutes. Mix in cilantro, garlic, and bay leaf; cook and stir until flavors combine, 1 to 2 minutes.

Step 2

Stir beans, chicken broth, vinegar, salt, pepper, and hot sauce into the onion mixture; cover and let simmer until the flavors combine, 10 to 15 minutes. Add more chicken broth if you would like the beans to be more soupy.