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Brazil's best-loved street food

The top 3 according to 88 votes from people: Pastel · Corn with butter · Churrasco grego. (Updated Jan 13, 2020.)

The ten street foods most voted by Revista Bula's readers in a 2019 poll, plus those also mentioned: from the market pastel to grilled coalho cheese.

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Automatically translated (original in Português). See the original

Top 14

  1. 1

    Pastel

    No. 1: found at every street market, filled with meat, cheese, chicken or catupiry, with vinaigrette.

    ▲ 13 ▼ 0

    13
  2. 2

    Corn with butter

    No. 6: boiled kernels with a spoonful of butter, on streets and beaches.

    ▲ 8 ▼ 1

    7
  3. 3

    Churrasco grego

    No. 4: meat roasted on a vertical spit and served in a French roll.

    ▲ 7 ▼ 0

    7
  4. 4

    Tapioca

    No. 5: an Indigenous heritage, with sweet and savoury fillings.

    ▲ 6 ▼ 0

    6
  5. 5

    Sanduíche podrão

    No. 7: Rio's food-cart burger loaded with bacon, sausage and potato sticks.

    ▲ 6 ▼ 1

    5
  6. 6

    Churros

    No. 8: filled with dulce de leche, brigadeiro or guava paste.

    ▲ 6 ▼ 1

    5
  7. 7

    Açaí

    Also mentioned by readers.

    ▲ 5 ▼ 0

    5
  8. 8

    Hot dog

    No. 2: from the basic version to the 'complete' with corn, mashed potato and even raisins.

    ▲ 6 ▼ 2

    4
  9. 9

    Queijo coalho

    No. 10: northeastern cheese grilled over embers on the beach.

    ▲ 5 ▼ 2

    3
  10. 10

    Espetinho

    No. 3: the cheap grilled skewer, with manioc flour, cassava or beans.

    ▲ 4 ▼ 2

    2
  11. 11

    French fries

    Also mentioned by readers.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  12. 12

    Yakisoba

    Also mentioned by readers.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  13. 13

    Acarajé

    Also mentioned by readers.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 1

    0
  14. 14

    Popcorn

    No. 9: salty or the sweet red kind from squares and parks.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 5

    -2

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