My ingredients table for Brazilian Feijoada is
at http://coolname001.angelfire.com/Feijoadaingreds.htm.
The table allows me to keep track of changes in ingredient levels with each
attempt at cooking the Feijoada.
I found the Whole Foods recipe for cooking
Brazilian Feijoada (http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com:80/recipes/recipe.php?recipeId=1161) to
be hard to follow, I could see how I would run into problems when attempting to
follow the recipe as presented at the Whole Foods web page. So I re-wrote the
recipe as follows:
Brazilian Feijoada Method Hobbs
Re-write
Preliminaries
1 Season 1/2 lb baby back ribs with salt and
pepper.
2 Cut 1/2 lb Garlic n herb pork sausage into 1"
inch slices, skin removed
3 Cut 2" length of dry Chorizo sausage into 1/2"
pieces, skin removed
4 set aside 1/2 Smoked Ham-hock
5 Chop up 1/2 white onion,
6 Remove seeds and dice 1/2 Poblano
pepper
7 Slice 1 garlic clove
8 Blend 1 cup black beans with bean juice with 1/2
cup chicken broth/stock in blender
9 Strain and rinse 2 cups black beans
10 Remove Kale stems, roughly chop 3.5 cups Kale
leaves
11 Set aside salt, pepper, 1 Bay leaf, 1 T olive
oil, 1.5 cups chicken stock.
Cooking Timeline
Minute 0 At medium to high heat, brown garlic n
herb sausage on all sides Cook in 2 batches if overcrowding. Remove garlic n
herb sausage from cooking pot
Minute 5 Discard drippings and, continuing at
medium to high heat, brown ribs a few minutes a side until well colored.
Remove ribs from cooking pot.
Minute A? Reduce to medium heat, add chorizo
sausage pieces, cook till browned, a few minutes each side, turning once. Remove
Chorizo sausage from cooking pot.
Minute B? Discard half of oil from cooking pot.
Add Olive Oil and chopped onion and sautee for 4 minutes
Minute B+4 Add diced Poblano pepper, cook for 4
mins
Minute B+8 Add garlic and bay leaves, cook for 2
mins.
Minute B+10 Add beans+chicken-stock mix, rest of
chicken stock, ham hock, previously cooked ribs, and enough water to cover meat.
Boil, cover, and simmer for 90 minutes.
Minute B+100 Add previously cooked sausage and
chorizo and cook for 15 mins
Minute B+115 Add remaining strained and rinsed 1
can of black beans and cook for 10 mins
Minute B+125 Add chopped Kale, cook for 10
mins
Minute B+135 Remove and discard Bay Leaves, add
salt and pepper
