Salgadinhos: Brazilian snacks
Abara
A banana-leaf-steamed Acaraje. |
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Acaraje
Black-eye pea cake deep fried in palm oil, then filled with dried shrimp topped with coconut, cashews, garlic, more shrimp and hot pepper sauce. |
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Bolinho de Bacalhau
Cod fish cake in ball format. |
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Bolinho de Aipim
Deep-fried cassava dough with a ground beef center. |
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Bolinho de Estudante
A dry tapioca pressed into shape, grilled then rolled in cinamon sugar. |
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Cachorro Quente
A variation of the hotdog: bread, hot dog link, tomato paste with onions and peppers, then optionals: corn, string potatoes, parmesan. |
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Churros
Deep fried dough filled with doce de leite. Then rolled in cinnamon sugar. |
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Coxinha
Spiced chicken rolled in manioc dough and then fried. There is also version with a drumstick. |
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Empada
Empada or empadinha is a small pie, which has various fillings such as carne (meat), palmito (palm heart), cheese and camarao (shrimp) |
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Esfiha
A tri-folded pizza of Arabic origin – savory pastry stuffed with spiced meat |
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Misto Quente
Ham and cheese sandwich, made with stringy mozzarella. |
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Kibe
Arabic snack made from deep fried whole-wheat surrounding a spicy ground beef center. |
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Pao de Queijo
Savory cheese puffs that goes perfectly with coffee. |
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Pastel de Carne
Fried, filled pasty. |
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Pastel de Forno
Oven baked folded pie with various flavor fillings. |
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X-Tudo
Double cheeseburger with: bacon, fried egg, sausage, pulled chicken, string potatoes, etc. |
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