Sounds Good #6 Feijoada Burritos

This recipe is my own design and makes amazing black bean burritos. 

You need a pressure cooker to make this recipe

1/2# of black beans

1/2# of beef, cut in very small pieces. 

1/2# of bacon

Water: Cover beans with water 2 fingers lengths above beans. 

3 bay leaves

Garlic: about a teaspoon of minced garlic

1/4# pork cut in small pieces

4 large Tortillas (preferable Mission, or any other authentic tortillas)

1 Cup of cooked rice

1 Cup of shredded cheese of your choice (Jack, Cheddar, Mozzarella or all 3)

Options to vary: 

1) 4 ounces of a red wine (Cab Sauv, Pinot Noir, or Merlot if nothing else available)

2) Use less beef and add a Bouillon beef cube

Load pressure cooker with beans, beef, pork, water, garlic, bay leaves, and add in variations such as wine or Bouillon. Hold out bacon until end. 

Time on this recipe largely depends on your personal pressure cooker model. Most American cookers can take several hours anywhere from 2 to 8. My best advice in using an American cooker is to cook beans until they become very soft and not chewy. Also when the water they are cooked in starts to turn grey/black and thickens into a salty liquid it is done. I would not recommend salting this recipe at the beginning. Salt and pepper are best added when the beans are done cooking and are used more to season the liquid. 

When feijoada is done remove bay leaves and set on a low simmer on stove or on a low heat in the pressure cooker. Use a large saute pan to cook bacon. Cut bacon in small pieces cook on a medium/high heat to remove most of the fat. Keep fat and cook bacon separate and remove bacon to bowl with several paper napkins or paper towels to absorb any extra fat. When bacon is dry mix into the feijoada. By cooking bacon separate you can remove a large portion of the fat in this recipe. 

Lay out tortilla and place a spoonful of cooked rice down on tortilla. Use a slotted spoon or slotted ladle to remove enough feijoada (but not much or any of the liquid) to cover the rice. Cover beens in cheese and roll up burrito in a way that it creates an envelope to hold your delicious burrito!