When you heard about Brazil, they mention their football, they talk about the statue of Christ the Redeemer and of course, they will also tell you about the Amazon rainforest and its nature…But only a few will talk about the delicious Brazilian dishes, and in case you don´t know it, the country is recognized for being one of the countries with best gastronomies.
When doing a list of the most famous food in Brazil, the only way to start is by talking about their most popular food worldwide, which is the “Pão de queijo”, or how it´s said in English “Cheese bread”.
Many people say it´s just bread with a little bit of cheese and it´s nothing special, what we tell those people is that they haven´t tried the right ones. The first time we ate Brazilian cheese bread we loved it, it was of course made by Brazilian people, and it was crazy good. Some years later we tried to make it at home, and it was nothing alike, and of course it tasted worst.
On second place we are talking not just about a popular Brazilian dish, but about their national dish, which is the “Feijoada”. A curious thing to know about this meal is that it´s one of the few foods you can still find almost all over the country. The majority are divided in regions.
The feijoada is basically a very hearty stew made of sausages, black beans, and cuts of pork. This Brazilian meal when it´s made in the traditional way, they use many parts of the pig such as trotters and ears, the only problem is that it literally takes 24 hours to be cooked…For that reason the locals are losing the tradition of cooking it at home, and they only eat it in restaurants.
We are following a vegetarian diet, but if that´s not your case, you should know that in Brazil as it happens in Argentina, they are big fans of barbecue dishes. So, if you like meats, you will have plenty of that all over the country, and yes, Picanha is probably the most famous of all.
The Picanha is the most popular cut, it comes from the back part of the cow´s loin, and it´s very interesting because they only season it with salt. Later, they cook it to perfection over charcoal or wood.
As it happens in Argentina, Chile or Spain, in Brazil they also make empanadas, but theirs are very different to the rest. The empadas are one of those famous Brazilian foods to eat as snacks on the go, like if you order a slice of pizza or some small cakes.
You will normally find these small pies filled of three different things, the first one is dried meat, the second one is prawns with cream cheese, and the third option would be chicken with cream cheese as well.
Every country has one kind of food that you could eat a million of those, well that´s what happens with coxinhas. Although these small bites look nothing like chicken, that´s what they are, just small pieces of chicken wrapped into a hot and sticky mass and then breaded and fried.
To give it an extra flavor, many people add cream cheese inside the recipe. The results are incredible because they are crunchy on the outside and very soft on the inside…once you start eating them you can´t really stop and visit us.
