The best traditional foods of Minas Gerais
The top 3 according to 37 votes from people: Pão de queijo · Tutu de feijão · Feijão tropeiro. (Updated Jun 16, 2025.)
Minas Gerais wood-stove cooking, a mix of indigenous, Portuguese and African heritage, according to Estado de Minas, Receitas Nestlé and guides to Minas cuisine.
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Top 10
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1
Pão de queijo
Tapioca starch and Minas cheese, the symbol of Minas at breakfast.
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2
Tutu de feijão
Beans thickened with cassava flour, of African origin, with sausage, crackling and kale.
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3
Feijão tropeiro
Beans with cassava flour, crackling, sausage, egg and kale, the muleteers' food.
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4
Leitão à pururuca
Roast suckling pig with puffed, crackling skin.
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5
Frango com quiabo
Free-range chicken braised slowly with okra, served with angu.
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6
Frango ao molho pardo
Chicken cooked in its own blood, a Sunday dish in the countryside.
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7
Guava paste with cheese (Romeu e Julieta)
The quintessential Minas dessert.
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8
Canjiquinha com costelinha
Cracked corn cooked with pork ribs.
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9
Torresmo
Pork belly fried until it puffs, a bar snack.
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10
Artisan Minas cheese
Serro and Canastra cheeses, Brazilian intangible heritage.
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11
Vaca atolada
Beef ribs cooked with cassava until 'stuck' in the broth.
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12
Doce de leite
Kettle-cooked milk caramel from Viçosa and across the state.
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Comments (5)
Queijo Minas artesanal da Canastra é patrimônio, merece mais destaque.
Torresmo de rolo com uma cachaça de Salinas 😋
Feijão tropeiro do Mineirão, quem foi a jogo sabe.
Frango com quiabo com angu, comida de vó.
Pão de queijo em primeiro, Minas é Minas 💛