Brazilian recipes
19 simple Brazilian dinners you can cook on a weeknight.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Galinhada
A beautiful sprawling one-pot dish where yellowed rice slowly drinks up completely savory chicken juices and roasted spices.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.