Brazilian Soup & Stew Recipes: Feijoada, Moqueca & Tacacá

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Brazilian Soup & Stew Recipes

Feijoada on Saturday, moqueca on the coast, caldo de kenga and mocotó for the cold, and Amazonian tacacá at sunset: Brazil's stews are regional and ceremonial.

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Brazilian stews carry the map of the country. Feijoada, the black bean and pork pot, is the national Saturday lunch; moqueca comes in Bahia's coconut-and-dendê style and Espírito Santo's clay-pot style; the south warms up with caldo de kenga and mocotó; and the Amazon serves tacacá and pato no tucupi, both built on fermented cassava broth.

Brazil's National Dish

Feijoada

Black beans slow-cooked with pork ribs, sausage and dried beef, served with rice, farofa, collard greens and orange slices. The Saturday ritual of the whole country.

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Moqueca Baiana

Bahia's fish stew in coconut milk and dendê oil with peppers and cilantro.

Moqueca Capixaba

The clay-pot moqueca of Espírito Santo, colored with annatto and no coconut.

Caldo de Kenga

A thick chicken and vegetable broth from Minas, the cure for a cold night.

Mocotó

Cow's foot stew simmered with beans and sausage until gelatinous and rich.

Tacacá

Belém's tucupi and shrimp soup with jambu, drunk hot from a gourd.

Pato no Tucupi

Duck in fermented cassava broth with jambu, the dish of Pará's biggest festival.

Vatapá

Bahia's creamy bread, shrimp, coconut and dendê paste, a stew and a filling.

Bobó de Camarão

Shrimp in a velvety cassava and coconut cream.

A Guide to Brazilian Soups and Stews

Brazil's stews are tied to a day or a place. Feijoada is Saturday lunch from Rio to Porto Alegre; moqueca belongs to the coast, cooked with coconut and dendê in Bahia and in a clay pot in Espírito Santo; vatapá and bobó de camarão are Bahia's creamy shrimp dishes. The cold south makes caldo de kenga and mocotó, and the Amazon builds tacacá and pato no tucupi on tucupi, the fermented cassava broth.

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