typical meals

The cuisine of Rio de Janeiro is full of intense flavors, spices and variety due to the fusion of indigenous food with dishes from the Portuguese colonizers and foods brought African slaves centuries ago.

Among the dishes from the kitchen carioca, the first thing to mention is the * Feijoada *, a food that is considered a national dish is a stew made of black beans, cooked with pork, seasoned with pepper, shell orange and served with rice, is a deeply rooted consume on Wednesday or Saturday. A dish that is very traditional and representative of the region is the churrasco, which grew out of the tradition of the Gauchos to roast a piece of meat quickly in a hole dug in the ground, giving rise to the mode of preparation of steak . Currently is prepared with ten types of meat, including chicken, pork, wild boar and even alligator, and accompanied by a salad, beans (often prepared with cassava flour and dried meat) and rice, among other modalities. Another dish that is typically carioca is soup * Leão Veloso *, a delight that is a broth with shrimp and fish heads, which in turn are cooked meaty fish, shellfish, lobster with oil and onion, accompanied by tomato and saffron.