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Baião de Dois (Brazilian Rice, Beans and Curd Cheese)
A one-pot from Brazil's northeast where the rice and the beans cook together instead of side by side, with squeaky cheese stirred through at the end so it softens without melting away. Cheap, filling, and on the table in about forty minutes.
Serves 6Prep 10 minCook 45 minbeans & cheese
Containsdairy
Protein 17%Carbs 55%Fat 28%
About 600 kcal a serve — 25 g protein, 83 g carbs, 19 g fat. Each segment is that macro's share of the calories, within about 10%.
Ingredients
Serves 6
Method
Simmer the beans from dry
BeansPut the black-eyed beans in a saucepan, cover with plenty of water and simmer 30-35 minutes until tender but not collapsing. They are the one pulse that cooks from dry without soaking, which is why this dish exists. Drain, and keep 200 ml of the cooking water.
In the saucepanBeans →
35 min
Crisp the bacon, soften the onion
BaconIn a wide heavy pot, fry the bacon in the oil until the edges crisp. Add the onion and cook until soft and golden, then the garlic for a minute more.
In the wide potBacon →
8 min
Toast the rice, then the stock
RiceStir the rinsed rice through the bacon and onion until every grain is coated and glossy. Pour in the stock and the reserved bean water, season with salt, bring to the boil, then cover and cook on the lowest heat for 15 minutes without lifting the lid.
In the wide potRice →
18 min
Fork the beans through
TogetherTake the lid off, fork the drained beans through, put the lid back and leave it off the heat for 5 minutes to finish steaming.
In the wide potTogether →
5 min
Golden haloumi, folded through at the end
CheeseFry the haloumi cubes in a dry hot pan until golden on two or three sides, then fold them through the rice along with the coriander and spring onion. Fold gently and late — the cheese should stay in recognisable pieces, not disappear into the rice.
In the frying panCheese →
4 min
Cook's noteQueijo coalho is the real cheese here and haloumi is the closest thing on an Australian shelf — both squeak and neither melts. Leave the bacon out and use vegetable stock and it is a complete vegetarian dinner with no other changes. Good cold the next day, straight from the container.
Estimated per serve
600 kcal · 25 g protein · 83 g carbs · 19 g fatestimates, within ~10%
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