Bela’s Feijoada/ Portuguese bean stew

Ingredients:

2.5 pounds of pork with some bones (please boil the meat with some salt and reserve the water as well, we will need it)

1 Portugueses chouriço (you can find it at most of shops. Next to bacon)

For a vegetarian version you can buy some fake bacon or chorizo

3 cups of onions chopped

4 cloves of garlic chopped

1 cup of parsley chopped

3 Carrots chopped

4 tomatoes peeled and chopped + 2 tbsp of tomato paste

1 cube of chicken stock

1/2 cup of olive oil

1 and a half cans of pinto beans, rinsed

A small cabbage chopped

1 bay leave

Ingredients for White rice :

1 cup onions chopped

3 tsp olive oil

2 cups of jasmine rice (if you want more you can just add more)

3 cups water

Thanks so much!