Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

3 c Dried black beans 1/2 lb Chuck beef
Water 1/2 lb Salt pork
1 lb Carne seca (sun-cured salted Salt freshly ground black
-beef) -pepper
2 lb Raw smoked tongue 2 lg Cloves garlic, chopped
1/2 lb Linguica defumada 2 ts Shortening
-(Portuguese sausage)

Wash the beans well soak them overnight in water to cover. Soak the dried
beef separately in water to cover. Drain the beans.

Add 6 cups water cook, covered, adding water as needed, until the beans
are tender, or about 2 1/2 hours. As soon as the beans are cooking, begin
adding the other ingredients.

Cut the carne seca into 1 1/2" squares add to the beans. Peel the tongue
cut it into large cubes. Cover with water bring to a boil. Simmer 2
minutes, drain, add to beans.

Prick the sausages with a fork, cover with water, boil a few minutes,
drain, add to the beans. Cut the chuck in half add to the beans. Cut
the salt pork into 1/2" slices add to the beans. Season the stew with
salt pepper.

When the beans are tender, brown the garlic lightly in the shortening. Add
about 1 cup of the beans, mash, return to the large pot of beans. Adjust
the seasonings.

Remove the pieces of meat to a hot platter turn the beans into a chafing
dish or bowl.

Serve with braised pork loin, collards, onions in sauce (recipes below),
sweetened orange slices, hot rice. Cook the rice according to package
directions, adding 1 1/2 Tbsp. shortening 1/2 tsp. vinegar for each 2
cups uncooked, long-grain rice.

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