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    Published: May 21, 2012 · Modified: Apr 14, 2019 by Denise Browning · "This post may contain affiliate links which won’t change your price but will share some commission." · 4 Comments

    Vegetarian Coconut Beans (Feijão de Coco)

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    Coconut beans are beans made from scratch that are blended with coconut milk in the blender and served as a side dish. A real must-try vegetarian dish!

    If you are not from Brazil or haven't yet had the opportunity of a visit, you may not know how crazy we are for beans. So crazy that we have them made in many ways -- including what we call coconut beans or feijão de coco.

    A plate of coconut beans

    This is so true that our national dish is in fact Feijoada (Black Bean Stew). In Brazil, there are many different types of beans, as well as multiple different ways of preparing them. Besides stews made with beans, there are recipes that mix cooked and strained beans with farofa and kale (Feijão Tropeiro), while others turn them into soup (Sopa de Feijão com Bacon), form them into deep-fried cakes (Bolinho de Feijão), or blend them with coconut milk.

    By the way, have you ever tried Coconut Beans?

    If not, I do hope that you will give it a try.

    The wonderful recipe that I am about to share with you comes from Bahia, a state in the Northeast of Brazil with a strong Afro-Brazilian cultural heritage.

    Coconut Beans has a mild coconut taste and a creamy texture. It is often eaten with white rice, and Moqueca (a seafood stew made with vegetables, coconut milk, and palm oil) or a meat stew.

    If you are a vegetarian, you can accompany it with white rice and a vegetable stew instead.

    In fact, Coconut Beans is not only a vegetarian dish, but a dairy and gluten-free dish as well.

    It is traditionally an Easter dish, although it is served all year round in Brazil.

    Well, let's get our coconut beans cooked (and meanwhile, let's AXÉ with Olodum - Requebra and Alegria Geral).

     

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    Coconut Beans (Feijão de Coco)

    Coconut beans are beans made from scratch that are blended with coconut milk in the blender and served as a side dish. A real must-try!
    Prep Time 15 minutes
    Cook Time 2 hours
    Total Time 2 hours 15 minutes
    Servings 6
    Author Denise Browning

    Ingredients

    • 1 package dry pinto beans sorted, washed, soaked overnight and drained, 16 oz or 454 gr.
    • 6 cups water
    • 1 tablespoon olive oil
    • ½ medium yellow onion chopped
    • 4 garlic cloves minced
    • 2 bay leaves
    • 2 tablespoons salt plus 1 teaspoon
    • ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
    • ¼ teaspoon cumin
    • ⅛ teaspoon ground coriander
    • 1 teaspoon red wine vinegar improves taste and reduces gassy elements
    • 10 fl. oz coconut milk or 300 ml
    • 1 tablespoon sugar

    Instructions

    • Sort the beans, discarding any shriveled or broken ones. Wash them and soak beans in three times their volume of cold water overnight before cooking. Reserve.
    • In a large heavy-bottom pan over medium-high heat, bring the beans with 6 cups of water to a boil. Cover the pan and reduce heat. Let simmer over medium-low heat for 60 minutes. Remove from heat and reserve, covered.
    • In a skillet, heat the oil over medium-high heat and sauté the onion until translucent. Next, add the garlic and sauté both together a bit more (for about 30 to 60 seconds). Mix in with the cooked beans. Add the bay leaves, salt, pepper, cumin, coriander, and vinegar to the beans. Cover and let simmer over medium-low heat for 60 minutes more until beans are softened and tender. Stir and remove the bay leaves.
    • Blend the beans very well in a blender with the coconut milk and sugar until creamy (The beans must be completely homogenized). At this point, you can strain the beans, if desired (I prefer mine thicker so I do not strain them). Return mixture to the pan and just bring to a boil. Stir and then serve with white rice and any kind of meat or vegetable stew desired. Enjoy!

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    1. Helaine says

      December 26, 2013 at 3:37 pm

      Excellent, what a website it is! This weblog
      gives useful facts to us, keep it up.

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      • Denise Browning says

        December 26, 2013 at 4:26 pm

        Thanks, Helaine!

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