Portuguese Favas Recipe

Portuguese Favas Recipe

Ingredients

• 1/4 c. whole garlic
• 3/4 heaping (a heaping is 4 to 5 tbsp.) salt
• 2 lbs. Fava beans
• Soak Favas overnight. Cut out black eyes; put in pan with fresh water. Peel apart garlic and let cook with Favas for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until soft. Then add salt. Let cook for 5 minutes longer, then drain 3/4 of the water. Keep 1/4 of the water to add to the gravy. While Favas are cooking, make gravy.GRAVY:
• 1 big heaping spoon Crisco
• dash of allspice.
• dash of black pepper.
• 1 big onion, diced
• 14 oz. bottle ketchup
• 3 chopped hot red peppers

Method

1. Saute onion in Crisco
2. When soft, add all other ingredients
3. Add ketchup last
4. When Favas are done, rewarm gravy about 5 minutes
5. Now adding red peppers, add to Favas
6. Keep stirring for about 5 minutes
7. Add gravy a little at a time

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