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The ingredients needed to make Feijoada (Brazilian Black Beans Stew):

1. Prepare of Beans.
2. Prepare 3 TBSP of vegetable oil.
3. Take 2 of large onion chopped.
4. Use 6 cloves of garlic minced.
5. You need 500 g of Turtle black beans (soaked overnight).
6. Get 100 g of Bacon lardons.
7. You need 260 g of Polish smoked sausage (Podwawelska) cut around 3 cm slices.
8. Take 400 g of smoked ham, Polish (Szynka Pieczona) cut into squares.
9. Use 1 TSP of salt.
10. Provide 2 of bay leaves.
11. You need 500 ml of boiling water or just enough to cover the beans.
12. Use of Rice.
13. Use 2 cups of long-grain rice (don't use easy cook, it won't taste the same), washed and rinsed.
14. Use 2 cloves of garlic minced.
15. Provide 1 TSP of salt.
16. You need 3 cups of boiling water.
17. You need of Greens.
18. Prepare 2 TBSP of vegetable oil.
19. You need 1 pack of greens, finely cut (stripes).
20. Take 3 cloves of garlic minced.
21. Take to taste of salt.
22. Get of Bananas.
23. Provide 4-5 of bananas cut in half, then half horizontal.
24. Take 1 of egg.
25. Get 1 cup of self-rising flour.
26. Provide 2 of ripe TBSP sugar.
27. Provide 40 ml of milk.
28. Prepare of Farofa.
29. You need 1 TBSP of vegetable oil.
30. Get 1 handful of bacon lardon.
31. Prepare 1 of small onion chopped.
32. Get 2 cloves of garlic minced.
33. You need 1 TBSP of butter.
34. Use 250 g of manioc flour (found in Brazilian shops).
35. Prepare to taste of salt.
36. Provide Handful of parsley chopped.

Instructions to make Feijoada (Brazilian Black Beans Stew):

1. In a pressure cooker pan, fry ONE the onions and THREE garlic. Add the bacon and stir till lightly cooked. Add meat and let it cook for about 2 minutes, then add the rinsed black beans..
2. Add the salt and the bay leaf, mix well then add boiling water enough to cover the beans. Put the lid on, well locked and make sure the stem will release properly. Leave to cook for 25 to 30 minutes when it starts to noisily steam..
3. While the feijoada cooks, prepare the farofa. In a small pan at medium heat, add one TBSP of vegetable oil and fry the bacon until crispy, add the garlic and the onions and let it simmer till transparent. Add one TBSP of butter then the manioc flour. It's important to keep mixing once you put the manioc flour in because it tends to brown quite quickly. Add the salt and mix more. Remove from the heat when it's brownish but not too much. Add the chopped parsley and it's ready!.
4. Make the rice: In a medium pan, add the vegetable oil and fry the garlic until light brown. Add the rice and mix it with the garlic, add the salt and boiling water. Mix it well together and put the lid on. Lower the heat to number 2 and let it cook for around 20 minutes, do not remove the lid otherwise, the steam used to cook the rice will scape and it might burn before it's properly cooked..
5. To prepare the couve, in a medium pan at medium heat, add the oil and fry the garlic slightly, before it gets brown, add the finely chopped greens, add the salt and mix all well together. Let in sweat in low heat with the lid on for one minute. Remove from the heat, let it sweat a bit more with the lid on until serving. I like to do it at the last minute so it's still green and fresh..
6. When the beans are ready, add one TBSP on a large pan, fry ONE chopped onion, and THREE garlic cloves minced. When transparent, add the beans in and adjust the salt. Let it boil for 10 more minutes, and add water if it gets dry, feijoada has to have caldo (sauce)..
7. To make the fried bananas, in a small bowl, mix the sugar and egg, beat till combined. Add the flour and the milk, mix till well incorporated. Dip the bananas in the batter. In a frying pan, add enough vegetable oil to cover half of the banana, and fry until golden brown then turn to brown the other side. Remove from the oil and let it drain in kitchen towel..
8. On a plate, add two generous spoons of rice, beans on top or on the side, like I do, and complete on the sides with some farofa to absorb the sauce of the beans, couve (greens), and bananas to finish. Enjoy!!.

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