Brazilian Cuisine Recipes

Fun to share and great at parties, Brazilian cuisine takes advantage of the South American country's huge expanse and diverse cultural influences. Start with faijoada, a Brazilian meat and bean stew similar to French cassoulet, and enjoy rice and beans, empadas, mildly salty cheeses, and tempting sweets.

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Churrasco de Frango

From Better Homes and Gardens

This Brazilian recipe for grilled chicken comes with few ingredients, but flavor to spare.

Churrasco de Frango

Black Beans Brazilian-Style

From Better Homes and Gardens

Each serving of this full-flavored combo provides one-fourth of the fiber, half of the vitamin C, and three-quarters of the vitamin A you need for a day, plus enough protein to make it a main dish.

Black Beans Brazilian-Style

Gingerbread Roulade with Dulce de Leche Cream Filling

From Better Homes and Gardens

This spiced cake roll has a rich, creamy filling and is topped with a light lemon sauce. It's a beautiful dessert that is perfect for entertaining.

Gingerbread Roulade with Dulce de Leche Cream Filling

Brazilian Black Rice

From Food & Wine

This dish from Uxua hotel chef Aladim Alves traces its roots to the 1970s, when the beaches of Trancoso, Brazil, were a favorite hippie destination. It combines richly flavored Bahian seafood with healthy whole-grain black rice.

Brazilian Black Rice

John Kernick
Feijoada (fay-ZHWAH-duh) Baskets

From Better Homes and Gardens

Brazilians have been cooking up this national dish of spicy black bean stew, known as Feijoada, for more than 300 years.

Feijoada (fay-ZHWAH-duh) Baskets

Brazilian Seafood Soup

From Food & Wine

This tangy, buttery, gorgeous soup -- bright red with dende oil -- is Daniel Boulud's riff on a recipe by French chef Claude Troisgros.

Brazilian Seafood Soup

Stephanie Foley
Chocolate Brigadeiros

From Fine Cooking Magazine

Like many Brazilian sweets, fudge-like chocolate brigadeiros are named after a famous personality. Brigadier Eduardo Gomes was a well-known Brazilian Air Force commander who loved chocolate. Legend has it that brigadeiros were created for and named after him.

Chocolate Brigadeiros

Batitas

From Midwest Living

Batitas are Brazilian fruit juice concoctions made with cachaca and various fruit juices. Serve this drink at any summer party.

Batitas

Pistachio Brigadeiros

From Fine Cooking Magazine

Brigadeiros are Brazilian candies that owe their melt-in-your-mouth texture to sweetened condensed milk, cooked down until it's thick and fudge-like. Though chocolate brigadeiros are the classic, pistachio is a tasty flavor variation.

Pistachio Brigadeiros

Brazilian Grilled Flank Steak

From EatingWell

Barbecued meats (churrasco) are served in churrascarias, Brazilian barbecued-meat restaurants, with a salsa-like sauce as an accompaniment. Since hearts of palm show up at every salad bar in these restaurants, we've added them to the sauce to give it a tasty twist.

Brazilian Grilled Flank Steak

Coconut Brigadeiros

From Fine Cooking Magazine

Brigadeiros are Brazilian candies that owe their melt-in-your-mouth texture to sweetened condensed milk that's cooked down until it's thick and fudge-like. Though chocolate brigadeiros are the classic, coconut is a tasty flavor variation.

Coconut Brigadeiros

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