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Brazilian Recipes
40 recipes — each showing allergens, prep time, and servings. Page 1 of 2.
Where it's from
Brazil
Brazilian cuisine reflects regional Indigenous, African, Portuguese, immigrant, and diaspora influences across a very large country.
National dish
Feijoada · Moqueca · Acarajé
Several dishes are commonly cited; no single dish is universally agreed as "the" national dish.
Signature ingredients
Core techniques
- Slow stewing. Beans, meats, and seafood are commonly simmered into deeply flavored one-pot dishes.
- Churrasco grilling. Skewered or spit-roasted meats are central to southern Brazilian barbecue traditions.
- Frying in dendê oil. In Bahia, dendê gives fritters and seafood dishes their characteristic color and flavor.
A typical day of eating
Breakfast
Breakfast often includes bread, fruit, coffee, cheese, and regional items such as tapioca or pão de queijo.
Lunch
Lunch is commonly the main meal, often built around rice, beans, meat or fish, salad, and farofa.
Dinner
Dinner is typically lighter or more flexible, with soups, leftovers, sandwiches, or a smaller cooked meal.
Street food
Comfort food
Popular desserts
Typical drinks
Holidays & festival food
Festa Junina
Pamonha · Canjica · Bolo de milho
Corn, peanuts, and warming sweets are especially associated with June festival tables.
Christmas
Peru assado · Farofa · Rabanada
Brazilian Christmas meals often adapt Portuguese and local festive dishes for summer celebrations.
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Images are for illustrative purposes only, may be inaccurate, and do not guarantee the presence or absence of specific ingredients. Pudim de Leite (Brazilian Flan)
A silky caramel-topped milk pudding made with sweetened condensed milk, the most requested dessert at any Brazilian family gathering.
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A smoky one-pot rice from the gaúcho cattle-drivers of southern Brazil, cooked with shredded dried beef, tomato, and peppers.
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"Stuck cow" stew: fall-apart beef short ribs braised with cassava until the pot turns thick and glossy, a Minas Gerais farmhouse classic.
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Glossy, golden individual custards made from egg yolks, sugar, and coconut — a jewel-like classic with a delicate, chewy top.
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Brazil's steakhouse superstar: a thick cap of beef fat scored and seared over live fire until it crackles, then sliced thin and finished with flaky salt.
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Fudgy little coconut truffles rolled in sugar and topped with a single clove, the ever-present partner to brigadeiros at Brazilian parties.
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A ubiquitous Brazilian party treat—these dense, intensely sweet, and chewy chocolate fudge balls are rolled in chocolate sprinkles.
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Chewy-sweet coconut candy clusters cooked down with sugar and milk until glossy and caramelized, a beachside treat sold from baskets across Brazil.
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Cubes of beef alternated with peppers and onion on skewers, grilled fast over high heat — classic street-fair and backyard churrasco fare.
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Brazil's beloved grilled ham and cheese, pressed until golden and crisp outside, molten inside — the go-to café order.
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A vibrant, fragrant, and slightly sweet seafood stew from Bahia, made with firm white fish simmered in coconut milk, tomatoes, peppers, and dendê oil.
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A refreshing, tangy chopped salad of tomato, onion, and bell pepper marinated in vinegar and oil, the classic churrasco condiment.
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Smoky shredded dried beef baked beneath a blanket of buttery cassava mash and melted cheese until bubbling and golden.
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Small bone-in chicken pieces marinated in garlic and lime, double-fried until shatteringly crisp — a beloved boteco bar snack.
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A rustic Minas Gerais stew where bone-in chicken simmers with okra until the broth turns silky, brightened with garlic, tomato, and cilantro.
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A hearty Minas Gerais mix of pinto beans, crisp bacon, sausage, collard greens, and scrambled egg, finished with toasted cassava flour.
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Crunchy toasted cassava flour cooked with crisped bacon and onion, the essential crumbly topping for feijoada and churrasco.
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A creamy, fragrant pudding of white hominy corn simmered in coconut milk and warm spices, traditionally served during Brazil's June festival season.
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A creamy, tomato-kissed chicken stroganoff topped with crunchy shoestring potato sticks, a beloved Brazilian weeknight comfort dish.
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Addictively chewy, light, and puffy little cheese buns made from naturally gluten-free tapioca flour.
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A beloved Brazilian pairing of sweet guava paste and salty white cheese, simple, elegant, and endlessly craveable.
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A thick, frozen açaí purée blended into a sorbet-like base and piled high with banana, granola, and a drizzle of condensed milk — Brazil's beachside breakfast staple.
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Whole racks of beef ribs slow-cooked over indirect fire for hours until the meat pulls away from the bone, a churrascaria centerpiece.
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São Paulo's iconic melty sandwich of roast beef, tomato, pickled cucumber, and gooey mozzarella pressed inside crusty French bread.