Brazilian Beans And Rice

Total Time: 14 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 14 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 lb dried kidney beans (black, pinto, etc.)
• 1 teaspoon oregano
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup vinegar
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 teaspoons vegetable oil
• 3 slices raw bacon, chopped
• 1/4 lb sirloin (or any other raw meat(approximately 8-10 1-inch cubes)
• 1 1/2 cups rice
• 3 cups water
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt

Recipe

• 1 beans (soaking): rinse and sort beans. cook beans with water in the pressure cooker for 30-40 minutes (i like to soak overnight, then cook for several hours in a crock pot).
• 2 marinade: combine all marinade ingredients. marinade meat for an hour or two.
• 3 onion mixture: in frying pan, add oil. cook onion, garlic and meat cubes.
• 4 after meat is cooked, reserve about 1/4 of mixture for the rice (reserving the large pieces of meat for the beans).
• 5 beans: add bacon to pan with onion mixture.
• 6 after bacon is cooked, add the cooked beans and some water until it is a little thick (i like to add all the frying pan ingredients to the crock pot and cook for several more hours).
• 7 rice: bring water to boiling. add rice, salt and reserved onion mixture. simmer for 20 minutes.