Arrumadinho (Recife beans and dried beef platter)
Fresh black-eyed peas, dried beef with onions, vinaigrette salsa and farofa laid out side by side. Bar food from Recife.
- Time
- 50 min
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Per serving
- R$15.00
- Servings
- 4 servings
Ingredients
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The name means "neatly arranged": each item sits in its own corner of the platter, and everyone mixes on their plate. It is the most ordered snack in Recife's bars, served as a portion to share.
Method
- Simmer the charque in 1 liter of the water for 20 minutes, to soften it and remove the rest of the salt.
- Drain.
- Cook the black-eyed peas in the rest of the water with salt for 15 minutes, until tender but whole.
- Drain and season with 1 tablespoon of the clarified butter.
Make the salsa: mix the tomatoes, the diced onion, bell pepper, half the cilantro, the lime juice and salt.
- In a pan, heat 2 tablespoons of clarified butter and fry the charque for 8 minutes, until golden.
- Add the sliced onion and garlic and fry for 3 more minutes.
In the same pan, unwashed, toast the cassava flour with the rest of the clarified butter for 3 minutes, stirring.
Arrange the peas, farofa, beef with onions and salsa side by side on a platter and sprinkle with the rest of the cilantro.
Tips
Desalt the charque the day before, in the fridge, changing the water three times. Frozen black-eyed peas work well and shorten the prep.
Brazil · Pernambuco · per serving
Nutrients per serving
Calories
617 kcal
Protein
31 g
20% of kcal
Carbohydrate
57 g
36% of kcal
Fat
30 g
44% of kcal · fiber 13 g
Where the calories come from
- protein20%
- carbohydrate36%
- fat44%
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By food
| Food | Qty. | kcal | Prot. | Share of calories |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| charque (salted beef) | 100 g | 249 | 23 g | 40% |
| fresh black-eyed peas | 100 g | 78 | 5.1 g | 13% |
| water | 375 g | 0 | 0 g | 0% |
| clarified butter (manteiga de garrafa) | 13 g | 112 | 0 g | 18% |
| onions | 55 g | 22 | 0.9 g | 4% |
| garlic cloves | 2.3 g | 3 | 0.2 g | 0% |
| cassava flour | 38 g | 136 | 0.6 g | 22% |
| tomatoes | 62 g | 9 | 0.7 g | 2% |
| bell pepper | 15 g | 4 | 0.2 g | 1% |
| cilantro | 6.3 g | 2 | 0.1 g | 0% |
| lime | 15 g | 5 | 0.1 g | 1% |
Source: TACO (Unicamp), editorial estimate, and USDA FoodData Central. Approximate values. Not medical or nutritional advice.
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