Tropeiro Beans
A traditional Brazilian dish with great flavors and made in just one skillet. A complete dish full of Brazilian staple ingredients.
Servings: 6 people
Ingredients
- 2 15.2 oz. cans Pinto beans, drained
- 8 oz chopped bacon
- 8 oz chopped smoked sausage
- 4 teaspoon chopped garlic
- 1 small onion, diced
- 6 eggs
- 4 leaves collard greens, thinly sliced, bottom stem removed (chiffonade) (optional)
- 1 ¼ cup cassava flour (also known as yucca or manioc flour)
- ⅔ cup ruffly chopped parsley
- 2 tablespoon chopped green onion
- Pork rinds, broken into pieces (optional)
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Place bacon in a 12" skillet, over medium heat. Once the bacon starts to render its fat, add the sausage and saute it until it starts to get some color. Add garlic and onion and saute everything until onion is soft and bacon is a little crispy.Push everything to one side of the pan. Crack the eggs on the other side of the pan, add a little bit of salt, and mix them until you get scrambled eggs. Then, mix together all the ingredients in the pan.Add the sliced (chiffonade) collard greens (if using) and mix it in for about a minute. Then add the beans (no liquid) and mix it again.Add the cassava flour, pork rinds, parsley and green onions (leave some greens to decorate the plate if you wish). Mix everything together.Taste it and see if it needs more salt. Feel free to add more flour if you'd like.Enjoy it!