Testimonies

Newsletter

Legal

Partners

Join us

Ads

Contact

About Us

Speak Portuguese Brazil, São Paulo, Brazil

  • Facebook - Grey Circle
  • Instagram - cinza Círculo
  • YouTube - Grey Circle
  • LinkedIn - Grey Circle
  • Twitter - Grey Circle

Código de Defesa do Consumidor

© 2016-2020 by Speak Portuguese Brazil. All rights reserved.

logo-speak.png

PT       FR

  • OUR SOLUTIONS

  • MOVING TO BRAZIL

  • TIPS ABOUT BRAZIL

  • BLOG

  • Blog

  • PARTNERS

    BLOG

    100 Must Try Brazilian Dishes

    June 9, 2015

    |

    Eileen Murray

     

    Discover the top 100 Brazilian dishes and desserts that you have to try at least once in your life! Due to the diversity of Brazilian cuisine, some of you may have never heard of some dishes and others will be familiar with them depending on the region of Brazil you live in. This list consists of an assortment of dishes for the Southeast region and other’s are very Paulista and influenced by caipira cuisine. My Little Brasil describes them for you :

     

    1. Doce de batata doce : mashed sweet potatoes

     

    2. Churrasco : Brazilian barbeque, delicious! Grilled chicken hearts are particularly loved by Brazilians in the form of brochettes

     

    3. Balas de banana : banana candy

     

    4. Tapioca : starch produced from cassava roots

     

    5. Pizza assado no forno à lenha : pizza cooked over a wood fire

     

    6. Feijão tropeiro : typical dish from Minas Gerais made from beans, bacon, sausage and manioc flour

     

    7. Arroz carreteiro : rice with dried meat

     

    8. Açaí : made from the berries of the acai tree, eaten as a juice or frozen with granola. This fruit is considered an excellent antioxidant

     

    9. Paçoca de amendoim : peanut candy, particularly appreciated in the festas juninas (parties of the month of June)

     

    10. Pato no tucupi : typical dish from the Amazon, duck with jus de racine de mandioca et Jambo, a typical herb from the North

     

    11. Maniçoba ou feijoada paranese : Native origins, simmered manioc leaves mixed with pork and beef, and all sorts of dried and salty foods

     

    12. Baião de dois : green beans, rice and dried mean, originally from Ceara, Northeast

     

    13. Acarajé : dish that you find typically in the streets of Bahia, a ritual food from the Condomblé religion, made with black bean paste and fried sea food

     

    14. Pamoha : corn paste boiled and wrapped in a leaf

     

    15. Dobradinha : beef tripe

     

    16. Rapadura : sugar cane obtained after the evaporation of the sugar cane juice

     

    17. Farofa : side dish made from the crumbs of fried manioc

     

    18. Barreado : from Paraná, this dish is made from meat crumbled for more than 20 hours with rice and

    manioc flour

     

    19. Pastel : found at markets and fairs, they are fried pastries, hot and crispy filled with chicken, cheese, beef… the possibilities are infinite!

     

    20. Couve : crispy kale leafs, served as a side dish

     

    21. Sanduíche de pernil : pork sandwich that you can find in lanchonetes, snack bars and fast food restaurants.  

     

    22. Palmito : heart of palm

     

    23. Umbu : sweet Brazilian fruit with a slightly acidic taste, similar to a prune

     

    24. Pacu : omnivore Brazilian fish, cousin of a piranha: better to find it on your plate than while you’re swimming

     

    25. Camarão na moranga : shrimp in a sauce served in a pumpkin: delicious!

     

    26. Doce de abóbora : mashed pumpkin

     

    27. Feijoada : classic Brazilian dish made with beans, different types of meat and served with rice

     

    28. Galinhada com pequi : typical dish from the state of Goiás, chicken with pequi fruit. (Be careful not to bite the pequi, it is full of thorns!)

     

    29. Peixe na telha : grilled fish seasoned with garlic and lemon juice

     

    30. Biscoito de polvilho : small dry and crunchy biscuit

     

    31. Galinha à cabidela (or ao molho pardo) : traditional dish from the Northeast, chicken served with sauce made from animal blood

     

    32. Pão de quiejo : little cheese breads in the shape of a ball, from Minais Gerais, a region known for its cheese.

     

    33. Folhas de bananeira : banana leaves often used to plate fish

     

    34. Queijo coalho na brasa : cheese cooked on skewers, that you can often find on any beach

     

    35. Curau : a type of English custard made from corn juice milk and

     

    36. Torta de liquidificador : literally the blender pie, the recipe is simple and known by all Brazilians, mix

    eggs, flour, milk, corn, chicken, peas (or whatever else is in your fridge), put it in the over for a couple minutes and then it’s ready!

     

    37. Café coado : a filtered Brazilian cafezinho known around the world

     

    38. Caldo de cana : sugar cane juice, normally served with ice and lemon or in the markets with pasteis

     

    39. Buchada de bode : goat’s kidney, liver, and other intestines, cooked in a pouch made from the animals stomach

     

    40. Rocambole : cake rolled in jam, chocolate or doce de leite

     

    41. Furrundum : typical desert in São Paulo, with a base of grated papaya and brown sugar

     

    42. Chá mate gelado : tea served very cold made from the leaves of the erva-mate tree

     

    43. Rabada : beef tail and vegetable soup

     

    44. Vaca atolada : translated to “mired cow” dish where the principal ingredients are beef ribs and manioc

     

    45. Pitanga : fruit also called “the square cherry of Tahiti” with a spicy and slightly tart flavor, the size of a cherry with a juicy skin

     

    46. Quibebe de abobóra com carne seca : cream of pumpkin and dried meat

     

    47. Pintado nab rasa : grilled fish

     

    48. Cuscuz paulista : or Paulista couscous, a type of tabouleh cake consumed cold

     

    49. Quebra queixo : this hard candy with a sugar and coconut base lives up to its name, the jawbreaker!

     

    50. Caldeirada de tucunaré : tucunaré fish stew, the fish is found in the rivers of South America

     

    Tags:

    Brazil

    Brazilian

    food

    dish

    dessert

    have

    try

    Please reload

    Featured Posts

    Who is eligible to work in Brazil?

    January 7, 2017

    Our letter to investors in Brazil : Change in Visa fees

    March 14, 2016

    STUDENT VISA IN BRAZIL

    January 19, 2017

    1/10
    Please reload

    Recent Posts

    27/09 [Event] Live Music with Aymeric Frerejean

    September 14, 2017

    [French version] How to find an IVB and survive it in Brazil

    July 25, 2017

    Esthetic surgery, the other national sport in Brazil

    July 25, 2017

    Culture shock in Brazil... Tudo bem!

    July 25, 2017

    [Newsletter] Some news from me

    July 18, 2017

    Highway Brazil, traveling knowing the Brazilian reality

    July 17, 2017

    [Newsletter] "Goodwill make the way shorter"

    May 30, 2017

    [Video interview] The Speak Portuguese Brazil programs changed Julie Dehareng's professional life

    May 19, 2017

    The vocabulary to learn to travel in Brazil!

    May 18, 2017

    Travel report - Let's go to the Nordeste!

    May 18, 2017

    Please reload

    Archive

    September 2017 (1)

    July 2017 (5)

    May 2017 (6)

    April 2017 (4)

    March 2017 (4)

    February 2017 (2)

    January 2017 (2)

    November 2016 (2)

    August 2016 (1)

    June 2016 (4)

    May 2016 (8)

    April 2016 (5)

    March 2016 (8)

    February 2016 (5)

    January 2016 (2)

    December 2015 (1)

    November 2015 (2)

    June 2015 (35)

    Please reload

    Search By Tags

    1889

    1992

    2016

    Aarão Reis

    Amazon

    Amazonia Fashion Week

    Anglicism

    Atletico Mineiro

    August Compte

    Belo Horizonte

    Belém

    Belém fashion days

    Bossa nova

    Brasilia

    Brazil

    Brazil culture

    Brazil mentality

    Brazilian

    Business etiquette Brazil

    CCFB

    CNH

    Canada

    Carnival

    Christian

    Christianity

    Coaching

    Cruzeiro

    Culture

    Declaration of the Brazilian republic

    Detran

    Diamantina

    Discount

    Driving Brazil

    Driving school

    EBAC

    English

    Feira de Artisanato

    Find a job

    Florianópolis

    France

    Guarulhos

    HR

    Holiday

    Independence of Brazil

    Internet

    Islam

    Jew

    Judaism

    LinkdedIn

    MASP

    Management

    Mango

    Mariana

    Mercado central

    Mineiros

    Museu das Minas e do metal

    Museum

    Music

    Muslim

    My Little Brasil

    Olympic

    Olympic Games

    Orientation

    Oscar Niemeyer

    Ouro Branco

    Ouro Preto

    Ouro preto

    PPD

    Palacio Das Artes

    Pampulha

    Paranapiacaba

    Party

    Pará

    Paulista

    Pernambuco

    Pipa

    Portuguese