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Slow Cooker Feijoada with Pinto Beans is for Dinner.

Slow Cooker Feijoada with Pinto Beans takes several minutes to prepare.

Slow Cooker Feijoada with Pinto Beans takes several minutes to cook.

Slow Cooker Feijoada with Pinto Beans makes 16 servings.

The ingredients for Slow Cooker Feijoada with Pinto Beans are:

NIGHT BEFORE:
3 c. dry pinto beans
water
1/8 tsp. baking soda

MORNING:
8 oz. smoked ham hocks
water to cover beans
1 lb. pork neck bones
2-3 bay leaves
1 large onion, chopped
4 cloves garlic, chopped
2 sausages (I used 50% lean pork sausage), sliced

Recipe is for a large slow cooker, if you have a small one ajust the recipe.

Here is how you make Slow Cooker Feijoada with Pinto Beans:

THE NIGHT BEFORE:Pick over the beans, removing little rocks, dirt clods and nasty-looking beans.In a large pot, cover beans with water, about 2 inches over the level of the beans.Add 1/8 tsp. baking soda.Cover and let the beans soak overnight.IN THE MORNING:Drain and rinse the beans.Place beans in slow cooker. Nestle the ham hocks, and pork bones into the beans.Add water to cover plus about 2 inches.Add bay leaves, onions and garlic.Check beans occasionally to ensure that there is enough water. Near end of cooking when beans are soft, add the sausage.If desired, just remove about 1/2 cup of beans, mash them and return them to the pot to thicken the broth.Traditionally served with sides of rice, manioc flour, collard greens and orange slices. Approximately 16 one-cup servings

The nutritional information for Slow Cooker Feijoada with Pinto Beans is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 16
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 161.2

• Total Fat: 8.0 g
• Cholesterol: 10.5 mg
• Sodium: 89.2 mg
• Total Carbs: 18.3 g
• Dietary Fiber: 10.7 g
• Protein: 14.7 g