Brazilian recipes
18 Brazilian recipes for a home kitchen, from 10 minutes. Have some of the ingredients already? Match them to what you have.
Dinner
35 min
Brazilian · dinner
Bahian fish moqueca
A Brazilian fish stew from Bahia: chunks of white fish cooked in coconut milk with sweet peppers, tomatoes and red palm oil, topped with cilantro.
35 min
Brazilian · dinner
Strogonoff de frango (Brazilian chicken stroganoff)
Brazil's favorite weeknight dish: chicken in a creamy tomato-mushroom sauce with rice and crunchy potato sticks.
45 min
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Vatapá (Bahian shrimp and bread stew)
Creamy Bahian stew of bread, coconut milk, peanuts, cashews, dried shrimp and dendê oil.
60 min
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Arroz carreteiro (beef and rice)
Southern Brazilian one-pot rice cooked with dried or leftover churrasco beef, onion, garlic and tomato.
75 min
Brazilian · dinner
Roasted beef rump cap (picanha)
Fat-capped rump roast seared and roasted pink, with a simple herb salsa.
90 min
Brazilian · dinner
Escondidinho de carne seca (cassava and beef bake)
Brazilian shepherd's pie: savory shredded beef 'hidden' under creamy cassava purée and melted cheese.
180 min
Brazilian · dinner
Brazilian feijoada
Black bean stew slow-cooked with smoked sausage, pork shoulder and bacon, served with rice, greens and orange.
Lunch & snacks
20 min
Brazilian · lunch
Grilled cheese skewers with bratwurst spice
Squeaky Brazilian grilling cheese dusted with a bratwurst spice blend and grilled until crisp and gooey; a vegetarian tailgate snack.
20 min
Brazilian · lunch
Farofa (toasted cassava flour)
Buttery, crunchy toasted cassava flour with bacon and onion, sprinkled over feijoada, churrasco and rice and beans.
60 min
Brazilian · lunch
Pastel de feira (fried market pastry)
Big, blistered, crackly fried pastries filled with seasoned ground beef or cheese, a São Paulo street-market favorite.
90 min
Brazilian · lunch
Acarajé
Bahian black-eyed pea fritters fried crisp and split with spicy shrimp vatapá-style filling and salad.
90 min
Brazilian · lunch
Coxinha (chicken croquettes)
Teardrop-shaped Brazilian party snack of creamy shredded chicken wrapped in a soft dough, breaded and fried.
Breakfast
Baking & sweets
40 min
Brazilian · baking
Pão de queijo (cheese bread)
Chewy, puffy Brazilian cheese rolls made with tapioca flour—naturally gluten-free.
40 min
Brazilian · baking
Brigadeiro (chocolate truffles)
Brazil's birthday party sweet: fudgy condensed milk and cocoa balls rolled in chocolate sprinkles.
60 min
Brazilian · baking
Bolo de cenoura (carrot cake with chocolate glaze)
Fluffy, bright-orange blender carrot cake topped with a fudgy brigadeiro-style chocolate glaze.
75 min
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Quindim (coconut egg custard)
Glossy golden Brazilian custards of egg yolks, sugar and coconut with a chewy coconut base.
120 min
Brazilian · baking
Pudim de leite (condensed milk flan)
Dense, silky Brazilian flan of condensed milk, milk and eggs under amber caramel.
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