Moqueca de Camarão Brazil

Name: Moqueca de Camarão Brazil
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: BR
Ingredients: large prawns, peeled and deveined; coconut milk (light); tomatoes, sliced in rounds; onion, sliced in rounds; red and green bell pepper, sliced; dendê (palm oil) or olive oil; garlic cloves, minced; fresh coriander; lime juice; salt and pepper

Bahian coconut prawn stew simmered with palm oil, dendê, tomato and coriander — Brazil's most celebrated seafood dish with 38g protein per bowl.

📅January 10, 2026

10mPrep

20mCook

4Servings

⭐ 4.9Rating

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Nutrition Facts (per serving)

Protein 47%Fat 39%Carbs 14%

340kcalCalories

38gProtein

14gFat

12gCarbs

2gFiber

Ingredients

600 glarge prawns, peeled and deveined
200 mlcoconut milk (light)
3 wholetomatoes, sliced in rounds
1 wholeonion, sliced in rounds
2 wholered and green bell pepper, sliced
15 mldendê (palm oil) or olive oil
3 wholegarlic cloves, minced
20 gfresh coriander
30 mllime juice
1 to tastesalt and pepper

Instructions

Marinate prawns in lime juice, garlic, salt and pepper for 15 min.
Layer onion, tomato, and pepper in a clay pot or heavy pan.
Add prawns on top; pour over coconut milk and dendê oil.
Cover and simmer over medium heat 15 min; do not stir.
Finish with fresh coriander; serve with white rice.

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