Brazilian recipes

19 simple Brazilian dinners you can cook on a weeknight.

19 of 450 recipes

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Arroz Carreteiro

A historically rich cowboy dish where dry-cured beef and heavily spiced rice mingle together as a hearty centerpiece.

45 min 770 kcal
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Baião de Dois

A heavily fragrant mixed rice dish generously stacked with seared sausage, bacon, tender black-eyed peas, and golden cheese.

45 min 740 kcal
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Bife Acebolado with Rice and Beans

A quintessential homestyle platter showcasing heavily roasted steak smothered in sweet caramelized onions, served with savory black beans.

45 min 820 kcal
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Bobó de Camarão with Rice

A creamy, immensely comforting seafood stew built upon a luxurious purée of soft cassava and vibrant coconut milk.

55 min 780 kcal
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Brazilian Chicken Parmigiana with Rice

An outrageously generous fried chicken breast draped in smooth sauce and utterly melted cheese, plated alongside simple rice.

45 min 850 kcal
High-protein
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Carne de Panela with Manioc

A rustic, braised beef dish cooked slowly until completely yielding, served flawlessly next to earthy stewed manioc chunks.

60 min 760 kcal
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Escondidinho de Carne Seca

A majestic baked casserole burying remarkably rich cured beef tightly below an overwhelmingly fluffy crust of scorched cassava purée.

60 min 800 kcal
Gluten-freeHigh-protein
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Feijão Tropeiro with Pork

A dry rustic tumble of heavily toasted cassava flour, crushed beans, seared sausage, and impossibly golden pork belly.

45 min 840 kcal
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Feijoada with Rice and Orange

A deeply rich, slow-simmered black bean and mixed pork stew, powerfully contrasted by fresh orange slices and steamed rice.

60 min 820 kcal
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Frango com Quiabo and Rice

A classic rustic stew heavily featuring deeply seared chicken and perfectly charred segments of tender okra.

50 min 700 kcal
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Galinhada

A beautiful sprawling one-pot dish where yellowed rice slowly drinks up completely savory chicken juices and roasted spices.

50 min 690 kcal
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Moqueca de Camarão with Rice

A breathtaking brightly layered shrimp stew, singing beautifully with coconut milk, dende oil, and freshly squeezed sharp lime.

40 min 760 kcal
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Moqueca de Peixe with Rice

A vibrant, deeply comforting fish stew simmered slowly in rich coconut milk and vibrant dende oil.

45 min 740 kcal
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Picadinho with Rice and Farofa

A deeply reduced saucy beef stew served authentically beside soft white rice and wonderfully toasted golden cassava flour crumbles.

45 min 820 kcal
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Picanha with Rice, Beans and Vinaigrette

A quintessential Brazilian barbecue meal offering distinct cuts of tender grilled beef alongside comforting black beans and a sharp vinaigrette.

45 min 840 kcal
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Pork Ribs with Farofa and Rice

Succulent, slow-roasted pork ribs bursting with rustic charm, accompanied correctly by crisply toasted golden farofa and white rice.

60 min 850 kcal
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Strogonoff de Frango with Rice and Potato Sticks

A deeply creamy, incredibly popular chicken stew served beautifully over fluffy rice completely covered in crunchy potato matchsticks.

35 min 850 kcal
Gluten-freeHigh-protein
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Tutu de Feijão with Sausage and Rice

A dense, intensely savory puréed bean dish fortified smoothly with toasted cassava flour and smoky sausage pieces.

45 min 850 kcal
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Vatapá with Rice

A famously complex and luscious paste composed uniquely of bread, peanuts, and intensely flavorful dende oil carrying delicate shrimp.

40 min 840 kcal
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