212 minutes•Easy•Serves 9
Chicken Feijoada (Pork & Beef Free)
By @chef1
A hearty and comforting chicken feijoada, perfect for freezing and gifting to new parents. This version uses chicken thighs and chicken sausage for a lighter take on the traditional dish.
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Ingredients
- ●2 lbs boneless, skinless chicken thighs
- ●1 lb chicken sausage (Andouille or smoked)
- ●1 large onion
- ●4 garlic cloves
- ●1 red bell pepper
- ●2 tablespoons olive oil
- ●1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- ●1/2 teaspoon cumin
- ●1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- ●2 bay leaves
- ●28 ounce canned crushed tomatoes
- ●2 (15 ounce) cans canned black beans
- ●4 cups chicken broth
- ●to taste Salt
- ●to taste black pepper
- ●for serving Cooked rice
- ●optional chopped cilantro
- ●optional sliced green onions
- ●optional orange slices
Instructions
- 1In a large, heavy-bottomed pot or Dutch oven, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Add the chopped onion and cook until softened, about 5 minutes. Add the minced garlic and chopped bell pepper and cook for another 2 minutes, until fragrant.
- 2Add the chicken pieces to the pot and cook until browned on all sides. Add the sliced chicken sausage and cook for a few minutes, until lightly browned.
- 3Stir in the smoked paprika, cumin, and cayenne pepper (if using). Cook for 1 minute, until fragrant. Pour in the crushed tomatoes and stir to combine.
- 4Add the black beans, chicken broth, and bay leaves. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer for at least 2 hours, or until the chicken is very tender and the flavors have melded. Stir occasionally to prevent sticking.
- 5Remove the bay leaves. Taste and season with salt and freshly ground black pepper as needed. Serve hot over cooked rice. Garnish with chopped cilantro, sliced green onions, and orange slices, if desired.
Recipe details
- Cuisine
- Brazilian-inspired
- Category
- Main course
- Preparation
- 47 minutes
- Cooking
- 165 minutes
Estimated total: 212 minutes. Planning estimate: stated duration ranges use their midpoint; standard preparation, heating and handling allowances are included. Overlapping tasks are counted once. Resting/chilling is included in total time.
How these estimates were calculated
- Initial setup: 5 min planning allowance (setup)
- Prep vegetables: 10 min planning allowance (vegetable_prep)
- Prep chicken and sausage: 10 min planning allowance (meat_prep)
- Heat olive oil: 3 min planning allowance (pan_preheat)
- Add garlic and bell pepper: 2 min planning allowance (transfer)
- Add chicken: 2 min planning allowance (transfer)
- Brown chicken: 8 min planning allowance (sear_batch)
- Add sausage: 2 min planning allowance (transfer)
- Brown sausage: 8 min planning allowance (saute)
- Stir in spices: 3 min planning allowance (mix)
- Add crushed tomatoes: 2 min planning allowance (transfer)
- Add beans, broth, bay leaves: 2 min planning allowance (transfer)
- Bring to a boil: 10 min planning allowance (boil_heat)
- Remove bay leaves: 2 min planning allowance (transfer)
- Season feijoada: 3 min planning allowance (mix)
- Serve feijoada: 2 min planning allowance (transfer)
- Garnish: 2 min planning allowance (garnish)
- Chop onion, mince garlic, chop bell pepper
- Cut chicken thighs, slice chicken sausage
- Cook until softened
- Cook until fragrant
- Brown on all sides (assuming 2 sides)
- Cook until lightly browned
- Smoked paprika, cumin, cayenne
- Cook until fragrant
- Stir to combine
- Simmer until chicken is tender and flavors meld, stir occasionally
- Taste and season with salt and pepper
- Serve hot over cooked rice
- Optional cilantro, green onions, orange slices
- Generic chicken, beef, pork smoked sausage used as a proxy for chicken Andouille or smoked sausage.
- large onion: USDA large portion weight
- garlic cloves: USDA clove portion weight
- red bell pepper: USDA medium (approx 2-3/4" long, 2-1/2 dia.) portion weight
- Assumed medium size for red bell pepper.
- olive oil: USDA tablespoon portion weight
- smoked paprika: USDA tsp portion weight
- Generic paprika used as a proxy for smoked paprika.
- cumin: USDA tsp, whole portion weight
- Cumin seed used as a proxy for unspecified cumin.
- cayenne pepper: USDA tsp portion weight
- Excludes discarded bay leaves
- canned black beans: Stated package net weight
- chicken broth: USDA cup portion weight
- Unweighed Salt: only documented zero nutrients included
- black pepper: USDA tsp, ground portion weight
- black pepper: Seasoning allowance: 1/4 tsp per 4 servings
- Black pepper to taste, assumed zero calorie/macro contribution.
- Excludes optional Cooked rice
- Excludes optional chopped cilantro
- Excludes optional sliced green onions
- Excludes optional orange slices
- boneless, skinless chicken thighs: 907.18 g · USDA reference 173627
- chicken sausage (Andouille or smoked): 453.59 g · USDA reference 174605
- large onion: 150 g · USDA reference 170000
- garlic cloves: 12 g · USDA reference 169230
- red bell pepper: 119 g · USDA reference 170108
- olive oil: 27 g · USDA reference 171413
- smoked paprika: 2.3 g · USDA reference 171329
- cumin: 1.05 g · USDA reference 170923
- cayenne pepper: 0.45 g · USDA reference 170932
- bay leaves: discarded ingredient excluded
- canned crushed tomatoes: 793.79 g · USDA reference 170501
- canned black beans: 850.49 g · USDA reference 175188
- chicken broth: 996 g · USDA reference 174536
- Salt: documented zero nutrients only · USDA reference 173468
- black pepper: 1.29 g · USDA reference 170931
- Cooked rice: optional ingredient excluded
- chopped cilantro: optional ingredient excluded
- sliced green onions: optional ingredient excluded
- orange slices: optional ingredient excluded
feijoada · chicken thighs · chicken sausage
Estimated nutrition per serving
392 calories · 35 g protein · 29.8 g carbohydrate · 15.2 g fat · 8.9 g fiber
Source and basis: USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy (2018), ingredient-based calculation per serving. Standard USDA portion weights; all listed ingredient mass included before cooking losses. Excludes discarded bay leaves; Excludes optional Cooked rice; Excludes optional chopped cilantro; Excludes optional sliced green onions; Excludes optional orange slices Nutrients with incomplete inputs omitted. Full ingredient matches and assumptions below.
Recipe Context
This recipe was created with the following context in mind:
Thursday
afternoon snack
winter
Requested: 30 min