Baião de dois
Baião de dois, from above
Non vegCeará

Baião de dois

Rice and black eyed beans cooked together with bacon and squeaky cheese. Northeast Brazil's pride.

60 minTime
27 gProtein each
mildSpice
8hPlan ahead. Soak for 8 hours first; the 60 minutes come after.
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Make it your way

Grandma's wayRice, feijão de corda, pork and queijo coalho.
The original
601kcalsame
27 gproteinsame
5 gfibresame
60minutessame

Baião de dois.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

6 servings
Lobia, dry (dried black eyed peas)1 cup dry, soaked
Rice1¼ cups
Bacon (streaky rashers, streaky bacon)6 rashers, diced
Chorizolinguiça or chorizo, sliced
Halloumi200 g queijo coalho or halloumi, cubed
Onion1
Garlic3 cloves
Coriander leaves (cilantro)a handful
Butter1½ tbsp (manteiga de garrafa)
Wateras needed
Saltto taste

Method

4 steps
  1. 1Cook the beans until just tender, about 30 minutes, keeping their water.
  2. 2Fry the bacon and sausage, then the onion and garlic.
  3. 3Add the rice, beans and 2 cups of bean water. Cover and cook 18 minutes.
  4. 4Sear the cheese cubes until golden and fold in with butter and coriander.
Serve it like this

Serve in a clay pot with golden cheese cubes on top and a little extra coriander, with vinagrete alongside.

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What goes with Baião de dois: a bread or rice, a side, something to drink and something sweet.

With a main Picanha40 min
On the side Vinagrete10 min
On the side Farofa15 min
To drink Limonada suíça8 min
Something sweet Abacaxi assado com canela20 min
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