Farofa
Ingredients:
1/4 pound bacon
4 tbsp butter
1 tspn palm oil (optional)
1 cup manioc flour
5 large black olives, chopped
1 hard boiled egg, chopped
salt and pepper to taste
1/2 of yellow onion, diced
1/4 of green pepper, diced
1/4 of red pepper, diced
1 clove of garlic, minced
parsley, stems removed and chopped
Preparation:
- Add bacon to skillet over medium heat. Cook bacon until crisp. Remove bacon and set aside. Discard 3/4 of bacon fat.
- Add butter and palm oil to skillet over medium heat to melt the butter.
- Add onions and garlic to the skillet. Cook for 3 minutes.
- Add red and green peppers to the skillet. Cook for 3 minutes.
- Add manioc flour to the skillet. Cook for 3 minutes.
- Add the black olives, hard boiled egg, parsley, and crispy bacon to the skillet.
- Stir all of ingredients together and reduce heat to low until you are ready to serve.