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{{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)}}
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| image            = Feijoada à transmontada.jpg
| caption          = Feijoada à transmontana
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| type             = [[Stew]]
| country        = [[Portugal]]<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}}</ref>
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| main_ingredient  = [[Common beans|beans]], [[beef]], [[pork]]
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'''Feijoada''' ({{IPA|pt-PT|fɐjʒuˈaðɐ|lang}}, {{IPA|pt-BR|fejʒuˈadɐ|lang}}; from {{lang|pt|feijão}}, 'bean') is the name for varieties of [[Common beans|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}}</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 [[List of countries and territories where Portuguese is an official language|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 Province (historical)|Estremadura]], [[Beira (Portugal)|Beiras]], [[Trás-os-Montes]] and [[Douro DOC|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 (river)|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" />
== Regional variations ==
=== Brazil ===
{{Main|Feijoada (Brazilian dish)}}

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Feijoada de marisco.jpg|Seafood feijoada
Feijoada à brasileira -02.jpg|[[Feijoada à brasileira]]
Feijoada à timorense.jpg|Feijoada à timorense
</gallery>

==See also==
{{Portal|Portugal|Brazil|Food}}
* [[Cassoeula]] 
* [[Cassoulet]]
* [[Fabada asturiana]]
* [[Fasole cu cârnați]]
* [[List of Portuguese dishes]]
* [[List of stews]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Legume dishes}}

[[Category:Portuguese stews]]
[[Category:Brazilian stews]]
[[Category:National dishes]]
[[Category:Legume dishes]]
[[Category:East Timorese cuisine]]
[[Category:Angolan cuisine]]
[[Category:Cuisine of São Tomé and Príncipe]]
[[Category:Beef dishes]]
[[Category:Pork dishes]]