Feijoada
- Serves
- 8
- Prep
- 35 min plus soaking
- Cook
- 2 hr 45 min
- Difficulty
- Medium
History & Origin
Feijoada is Brazil’s best-known black-bean and pork stew, with regional relatives across the Portuguese-speaking world. Popular stories that it began solely as food made from enslavers’ scraps are oversimplified; the dish developed through Portuguese bean stews, Brazilian ingredients and the country’s unequal social history.