{{Short description|Pork and bean stew found throughout the Lusophony}} {{About|dishes called feijoada in the Portuguese-speaking world|the Brazilian feijoada specifically|Feijoada (Brazilian dish)}} {{Infobox food | name = Feijoada | image = Feijoada à transmontada.jpg | caption = Feijoada à transmontana | alternate_name = | creator = | course = | type = Stew | country = {{POR}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/Celebrate-Brazil-with-Emerils-Feijoada-180951699/|publisher=Smithsonian Magazine|title=How to Make Feijoada, Brazil's National Dish, Including a Recipe From Emeril Lagasse|access-date=2022-05-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://theculturetrip.com/south-america/brazil/articles/a-brief-introduction-to-feijoada-brazils-national-dish|title=A Brief Introduction To Feijoada, Brazil's National Dish|publisher=The Culture Trip|access-date=2025-03-06|archive-date=2023-03-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317164514/https://theculturetrip.com/south-america/brazil/articles/a-brief-introduction-to-feijoada-brazils-national-dish|url-status=dead}}</ref> | served = | main_ingredient = beans, beef, pork | variations = | calories = | other = | commons = Category:Feijoada }} '''Feijoada''' ({{IPA|pt-PT|fɐjˈʒwaðɐ|lang}}, {{IPA|pt-BR|fejʒuˈadɐ|lang}}; from {{lang|pt|feijão}}, 'bean') is the name for varieties of bean stew with beef or pork<ref name="brown-culturetrip">{{cite news|last=Brown|first=Sarah|date=March 17, 2017|title=A Brief Introduction To Feijoada, Brazil's National Dish|url=https://theculturetrip.com/south-america/brazil/articles/a-brief-introduction-to-feijoada-brazils-national-dish|access-date=July 27, 2021|archive-date=March 17, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230317164514/https://theculturetrip.com/south-america/brazil/articles/a-brief-introduction-to-feijoada-brazils-national-dish|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Bayor">[https://books.google.com/books?id=bJW79Rlu-igC&dq=Feijoada&pg=PA180 Multicultural America: An Encyclopedia of the Newest Americans - Google Books<!-- Bot generated title -->] p. 180.</ref> prepared in the Portuguese-speaking world.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://honest-food.net/portuguese-feijoada-recipe/|title=Feijoada Recipe - How to Make Portuguese Feijoada |author=Hank Shaw|date=5 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.goanfoodrecipres.com/2011/01/feijoada.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2016-02-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602091145/http://www.goanfoodrecipres.com/2011/01/feijoada.html |archive-date=2016-06-02 }}</ref><ref name="ModernBrazil">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MkrzDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA313 |page=313 |title=Modern Brazil |author=Javier A. Galván |year=2020 |isbn=978-1-4408-6032-4 |publisher=ABC-CLIO}}</ref>
''Feijoada'' is a common name given to dishes from Portuguese-speaking countries such as Portugal, Brazil, Angola, East Timor, Mozambique, and Macau, where it is made from a mixture of meat and white, black, or red beans, usually accompanied by rice.
== History == Meat (pork) stew with vegetables can be traced to ancient Roman cuisine.<ref name="Super Interessante">{{cite web |title=A feijoada não é invenção brasileira. Todo mundo acha que os inventores foram os escravos. Mas o prato já era apreciado na Europa desde os tempos do Império Romano |url=http://super.abril.com.br/comportamento/a-feijoada-nao-e-invencao-brasileira |access-date=10 September 2016 |publisher=Super Interessante}}</ref> The dish spread with the Roman Empire and gave rise to dishes such as the French cassoulet, the Milanese cassoeula, the Romanian fasole cu cârnați, the fabada asturiana from Northwestern Spain, the Spanish cocido madrileño and olla podrida, and the feijoada of Minho Province in Northern Portugal.<ref name="Super Interessante" /><ref>{{cite web |title=O mito da feijoada, cuja real origem é lusitana |url=http://educacao.uol.com.br/noticias/2015/05/13/de-zumbi-heroi-a-origem-da-feijoada-7-mitos-sobre-a-escravidao-no-brasil.htm |access-date=10 September 2016 |publisher=UOL educação}}</ref>
The creation and name of ''feijoada'' are related to Portuguese ways of making it, from the regions of Estremadura, Beiras, Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, which mix various types of beans - except black beans (of American origin) - sausages, ears and pigs' feet.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Feijoada nasceu em Portugal, mas foi no Brasil que virou paixão culinária |url=https://www.uol.com.br/nossa/noticias/redacao/2022/12/14/feijoada-nasceu-em-portugal-mas-foi-no-brasil-que-virou-paixao-culinaria.htm |access-date=2023-09-05 |website=www.uol.com.br |language=pt-br}}</ref>
The Portuguese version of ''feijoada'' originates mainly in the north of the country, where it is cooked with white beans in the northwest (Minho and Douro) or red beans in the northeast (Trás-os-Montes), and usually also includes other vegetables (tomatoes, carrots or kale) along with pork or beef, to which chorizo, blood sausage or ''farinheira'' can be added.<ref name=":0" /> Black beans and leftover pork were used by the enslaved Africans to create the inventive cuisine known as feijoada in colonial Brazil in the eighteenth century. During slavery, it combined Portuguese, African, and indigenous culinary traditions, according to historical consensus from the University of Sao Paulo (2015). By the 19 century, it had transformed from a working-class supper to Brazil's national dish, which is typically served on Saturday.{{cn|date=March 2026}} According to some theories, it originates from a cuisine that is popular in Portugal due to its national appeal.
== Regional variations == === Brazil === {{Main|Feijoada (Brazilian dish)}}
Raul Lody, a culinary expert, contends that the African presence in plantation kitchens, where enslaved women wearing vibrant turbans were rumored to sing while stirring abundant clay pots, is why feijoada has come to be known as "slave food." The idealization of slavery in this picture obscures the brutality and oppression that Africans actually endured.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-12-04 |title=Feijoada and Hoppin’ John |url=https://www.southerncultures.org/article/feijoada-and-hoppin-john/ |access-date=2026-03-05 |website=Southern Cultures |language=en-US}}</ref> Feijoada is still a popular dish for ceremonial occasions like weddings, birthdays, and religious festivals since it is a historical representation of communities coming together.Brazil's national food, enjoyed leisurely with friends, family, music, and discussion, is as much a meal as an occasion and a symbol of culture from Rio de Janeiro to São Paulo.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Swiers |first=Autumn |date=2024-01-09 |title=How Feijoada Became Brazil's National Dish |url=https://www.tastingtable.com/1487171/brazil-national-dish-feijoada-origins/ |access-date=2026-03-16 |website=Tasting Table |language=en-US}}</ref>In addition to having a big influence on Brazilian food, feijoada has also had an impact on other international cuisines. The meal has gained popularity on menus in numerous Brazilian eateries outside of Brazil and has even served as the model for recipes in other nations. Feijoada has emerged as Brazil's culinary ambassador, bringing its distinctive tastes and culture to people all over the world.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Myers |first=John |date=2023-04-20 |title=The Rich History of Feijoada: Brazil's Iconic Bean Dish {{!}} Chef Reader |url=https://chefreader.com/the-rich-history-of-feijoada-brazils-iconic-bean-dish/ |access-date=2026-03-16 |website=chefreader.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Gallery == <gallery> File:Feijoada de marisco.jpg|Seafood feijoada File:Feijoada à brasileira -02.jpg|Feijoada à brasileira File:Feijoada à timorense.jpg|Feijoada à timorense File:Feijoada à brasileira 1.jpg </gallery>
==See also== {{Portal|Portugal|Brazil|Food}} * Cassoeula * Cassoulet * Fabada asturiana * Fasole cu cârnați * List of Portuguese dishes * List of stews
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