Definitions

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  • noun A Brazilian stew based on fish, onions, garlic, tomatoes, and cilantro

Etymologies

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From Portuguese moqueca, from Kimbundu mukeka.

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Examples

  • The good Señor is a fine complement to seafood such as moqueca bahiana, a Brazilian-style stew of plush-textured shrimp, calamari, and mussels in a coconut milk-based sauce so outrageously, unashamedly caloric it must surely be as bad for every other part of your body as it is pleasing to the palate.

    Miami New Times | Complete Issue 2008

  • "moqueca": coconut milk, palm oil, green pepper and tomato, all cooked in a clay pot with the meat or fish of your choice.

    TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010

  • What to eat: The restaurant specialises in seafood; try a moqueca a deliciously rich seafood stew cooked in palm oil and coconut milk or whole fish baked in salt.

    Top 10 neighbourhood bars in Rio de Janeiro 2011

  • Oh, someone left a comment and one more indication of a movie teaching how to fix the moqueca.

    Recipe: Red Cabbage with Mushrooms and Blueberries – Chou Rouge Forestière (Λάχανο Κόκκινο με Μανιτάρια και βακκίνιο το Μύρτιλλο) Laurie Constantino 2008

  • Monkfish tail makes such a delicious moqueca that he wonders if the fish might have gotten lost in New England on its way home to Brazil.

    One Big Table Molly O’Neill 2010

  • This sampler includes vatapá, caruru de quiabo and bacalao salad, as well as the fish stew called moqueca.

    NYT > Home Page By DAVE COOK 2011

  • She navigated across bumpy roads, took to the sea on a tiny fishing boat, hiked over treacherous terrain, chased after lizards, frolicked on hot, burning beaches and put away bowl after bowl of moqueca, the traditional Brazilian fish stew.

    NYT > Home Page By ANDREAS KOKKINO 2011

  • She navigated across bumpy roads, took to the sea on a tiny fishing boat, hiked over treacherous terrain, chased after lizards, frolicked on hot, burning beaches and put away bowl after bowl of moqueca, the traditional Brazilian fish stew.

    NYT > Home Page By ANDREAS KOKKINO 2011

  • The smell of moqueca - a spicy stew of fresh seafood and coconut milk - filters out from the kitchen.

    SFGate: Top News Stories Remy Scalza 2010

  • Recommended: Steak tartare, Branch burger, moqueca Brazilian seafood stew, bread pudding.

    chicagotribune.com - News 2010

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