Brás de Carne

Name: Brás de Carne
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 90 min
Total time: 110 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Brazilian
Ingredients: 2 lbs beef chuck roast; 3 cups beef broth; 1/2 yellow onion, quartered; 1 bay leaf; 1 tsp salt; 1 lb russet potatoes, peeled, cut into matchsticks; 1/2 cup vegetable oil; 2 tbsp butter; 1 carrot, finely diced; 1 cup frozen peas, thawed; 1/2 tsp black pepper

Brazilian shredded beef with crispy fried potatoes, green peas, and carrots. A beloved restaurant dish with tender slow-cooked beef combined with crispy potato matchsticks.

110 minMediumServes 4450 cal/serving

BrazilianDinnerStovetopStandard

Ingredients

2 lbs beef chuck roast
3 cups beef broth
1/2 yellow onion, quartered
1 bay leaf
1 tsp salt
1 lb russet potatoes, peeled, cut into matchsticks
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 tbsp butter
1 carrot, finely diced
1 cup frozen peas, thawed
1/2 tsp black pepper

Instructions

1

Place 2 lbs beef chuck roast in a pot and cover with 3 cups beef broth. Add 1/2 quartered yellow onion, 1 bay leaf, and 1 tsp salt.
2

Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low. Cover and simmer 1.5 hours until beef is very tender and shreds easily.
3

Remove beef from broth and let cool slightly. Once cool enough to handle, shred the meat with two forks into fine strands. Discard excess fat and broth.
4

Pat 1 lb peeled, cut into matchsticks russet potatoes dry with paper towels. Heat 1/2 cup vegetable oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
5

Working in batches, fry potatoes 4-5 minutes until golden and crispy. Transfer to paper towels to drain. Season with salt.
6

In a separate skillet, melt 2 tbsp butter over medium heat. Add 1 finely diced carrot and cook 3 minutes until softened.
7

Add shredded beef to the skillet with carrot. Stir in 1 cup thawed frozen peas and 1/2 tsp black pepper. Cook 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until heated through.
8

Fold crispy fried potatoes into the beef mixture just before serving. Serve immediately while potatoes are still crispy.

Questions

Can I make Brás de Carne dairy-free?

Yes. The dairy in this entry is 2 tbsp butter. Swap the butter for olive oil where it melts, or a plant-based block butter where it is creamed. The richness shifts slightly, but the method does not change.

How long does Brás de Carne keep?

Refrigerate leftovers within two hours and eat them within three days. Reheat uncovered in a 400 F oven (or an air fryer) for a few minutes to bring the crust back; the microwave softens it.

Can I halve or double Brás de Carne?

Yes. As written it serves 4. Every ingredient in this entry carries precomputed half and double quantities, and the app's batch dial rewrites them inside each step. When doubling on the stovetop, use your widest pan or work in two batches so the food sears instead of steaming.

Serve it with

Abobora Cabocla side
Watercress and Orange Salad salad
Vinagrete (Brazilian Tomato Onion Relish) sauce
Guarana Limeade Spritz drink

Cook this free in the app

Textual Chef is a plain-text cooking reference of 4,481 recipes, free to read and cook from, with no account and no paywall. In the app, this entry scales itself: half, standard, or double batch, every quantity recomputed inside the step that uses it. No ads, no life stories, no photos of somebody else's dinner.

The entries are curated and public-domain sourced, written to a fixed template and checked against it: tested quantities, one closed vocabulary of methods, and precomputed half and double batches on every line. Nothing here is a scraped blog post.

Cook this free in the appNo download needed. It opens in your browser, instantly. The kitchen tools (planner, shopping list, pantry, import) are $5.33 a month billed annually, and the first 30 days are free.