Tacaca

Name: Tacaca
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: Brazilian
Ingredients: 4 cups tucupi (fermented cassava broth); 1 cup jambu leaves; 150g dried shrimp; 2 chiles, chopped

Tacacá/tah-kah-KAH/

About this dish

An Amazonian soup of tucupi broth, jambu leaves, and dried shrimp, known for its tongue-numbing sensation.

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Ingredients

🫙4 cups tucupi (fermented cassava broth)

🌿1 cup jambu leaves

🍤150g dried shrimp

🌶️2 chiles, chopped

Method

Serves 3

Boil the tucupi broth with garlic until fragrant.

Add jambu leaves and simmer briefly.

Add dried shrimp and chile.

Season with salt to taste.

Serve hot in small bowls or cups.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Tacacá is an Amazonian Brazilian soup, notable for jambu leaf's distinctive numbing effect on the mouth.

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