DISH RESEARCH · Rice dish
Arroz de hauçá
Carmen Virgínia’s arroz de Hauçá pairs coconut rice with a sauce of charque and shrimp.
About Arroz de hauçá
Carmen Virgínia’s arroz de Hauçá pairs coconut rice with a sauce of charque and shrimp. Globo places the dish within northeastern Brazil’s cooking and its African connections, presenting this version for a family weekend lunch.
Garlic and olive oil flavour the rice. Dendê palm oil, ginger, smoked paprika, tomatoes and red and yellow bell peppers enrich the sauce, alongside the named peppers pimenta-de-cheiro and dedo-de-moça.
The rice has a creamy coconut texture before being shaped in a mould. It is turned out onto a plate, with the charque and shrimp sauce arranged around it.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Crustaceans.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Arroz de hauçá
Carmen Virgínia’s arroz de Hauçá with charque and shrimp sauce.
- GarlicAromatic
- Olive oilCooking medium
- White agulhinha riceBase
- Coconut milkLiquid
- SaltSeasoning
- Charque salted beefProtein
- ShrimpProtein
- LemonSeasoning
- Dendê palm oilCooking medium
- Red bell pepperBase
- Yellow bell pepperBase
- TomatoesBase
- Smoked paprikaSeasoning
- AçafrãoSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- GingerAromatic
- Pimenta-de-cheiroSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- Dedo-de-moça pepperSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- WaterLiquid
- OnionAromatic
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Rice, shrimp seasoning and sauce allocations consolidated.
- Olive oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- White agulhinha rice: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader rice candidate; actual white agulhinha type.
- Coconut milk: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Rice30 and sauce57 consolidated, full product formula unknown.
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Rice31 and shrimp seasoning35 consolidated.
- Charque salted beef: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader dried-beef candidate; actual charque salted preparation, full curing formula unknown.
- Shrimp: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Crustaceans source-confirmed. Literal shrimp confirms Crustaceans.
- Lemon: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Literal limão shrimp seasoning35; exact citrus variety and juice/zest form unprovided, broader lemon candidate only.
- Dendê palm oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader palm-oil candidate for literal dendê.
- Red bell pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Yellow bell pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Tomatoes: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Smoked paprika: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Açafrão: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Exact botanical identity unresolved; no turmeric/saffron inference.
- Ginger: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Pimenta-de-cheiro: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Named pepper, exact catalogue identity unresolved; to taste not optional.
- Dedo-de-moça pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Named pepper, exact catalogue identity unresolved; to taste not optional.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Method-only rice water49.
- Onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Method-only sauce onion55.
Origins & food traditions
Brazil association in the attributed source; no exclusive invention claim.
Countries
- Brazil
- BrazilCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Northeastern Brazilian
- Bahian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.