Name: Feijoada carioca (Rio de Janeiro style)
Prep time: 1 h
Total time: 3 h 30 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Brazilian
Ingredients: 500g dried black beans, soaked overnight; 250g carne seca (dried beef), desalted in water for 12 hours; 300g smoked pork ribs; 200g linguiça calabresa, sliced; 200g paio or other smoked sausage, sliced; 1 large onion, chopped; 4 garlic cloves, chopped; 2 bay leaves; 2 tablespoons oil; Black pepper and salt; To serve: white rice, sautéed collard greens, farofa and orange slices

Feijoada carioca is black beans stewed with salted and smoked pork and beef, served with rice, collard greens, farofa and orange. Rio eats it on Fridays and Saturdays, often to samba.

Feijoada made with black beans and pork and beef cuts is printed as early as 2 March 1827, when a Recife inn advertised an excellent feijoada à brasileira on Thursdays. In Rio it is served in botequins and restaurants on Fridays or Saturdays all year, often beside rodas de samba. On 23 April, Dia de São Jorge, houses cook it for the saint: Time Out Rio explains that black beans are considered food of Ogum, the orixá linked with Saint George.

4 editor picks for Feijoada carioca in Rio de Janeiro, ranked by editorial score. All Rio de Janeiro signature dishes · Feijoada carioca across every city.

Beco do Rato ★ 4.3

$$BrazilianLapa

Beco do Rato is a samba house on Rua Joaquim Silva in Lapa, Rio de Janeiro, with music every day and a Saturday feijoada with a samba roda in the afternoon.

TipFrom November 2025 Saturdays open at midday: entry is free until 14:00, then R$25 when the roda de samba starts.

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Academia da Cachaça ★ 4.2

$$BrazilianLeblon

Academia da Cachaça pours cachaça and serves feijoada on Rua Conde de Bernadotte in Leblon, a Rio de Janeiro bar-restaurant open since 1985.

OrderThe house feijoada, served with rice, collards, bacon, farofa and orange.

TipLive chorinho plays every Thursday from 19:00 to 22:00, and the Leblon house takes reservations through its website.

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Yayá Comidaria Pop Brasileira ★ 4.2

$$BrazilianLeme

Yayá in Leme serves chef Andressa Cabral's Afro-Brazilian cooking a few metres from the beach, with dishes rooted in the acarajé stalls, in Rio de Janeiro.

OrderPeixe à Inajá, fish in moqueca sauce with sautéed prawns and Inajá rice

TipFeijoada is served on Fridays, and the house hosts samba rounds on saints' days such as São Jorge and Cosme e Damião.

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Rubaiyat Rio ★ 4.0

$$$SteakhouseJardim Botanico

Rubaiyat Rio grills more than ten cuts of beef inside the Jockey Club Brasileiro by the botanical garden, with a terrace over the track, in Rio de Janeiro.

OrderA premium cut from the churrasco grill; on Saturdays the traditional feijoada with a dessert buffet

TipAsk for a terrace table to look over the racetrack towards Christ the Redeemer; the glass window shows the churrasco grill at work.

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Learn to cook it, or eat it with a guide

Feijoada carioca makes more sense with someone from Rio de Janeiro explaining it. These are the classes and tours we have checked, with booking links.