1. PREPARE BEANS:. 2. Soak beans in 4 cups water as long as possible, preferably overnight. 3. In a large pot boil 6 cups water and add drained and picked over beans and soupbone. Boil for 2 minutes, turn off heat, and let soak for 1 hour. 4. PREPARE SAUSAGE:. 5. In another pan, cover sausage with water and simmer for 15 minutes. Drain. 6. When sausage is cool, peel and chop it. 7. PREPARE BACON AND BEEF:. 8. Remove rind from bacon and cut meat off soupbone and add to beans and simmer for 1 hour. 9. Cut chuck into bitesize pieces and add it and black bean soup to beans and simmer for 1 hour. 10. Add sausage and cook for 30 minutes. 11. Remove bacon. 12. PREPARE SAUCE:. 13. In a pan, melt butter and saute onions and garlic for 5 minutes. 14. Add tomatoes and cook for 5 minutes. 15. Add some of the beans and mash tem to make a thick paste and simmer for 15 minutes. 16. Pour sauce into beans and simmer for 20 minutes. (Always simmer the beans covered.). 17. Serve with rice, orange chunks, sliced steak, and shrimp in tomato sauce for an authentic Brazilian meal. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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