Texas de Brazil
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Texas de Brazil is a family owned churrascaria
Churrascaria
A churrascaria is a Brazilian steakhouse. Churrasco is the cooking style, which translates roughly from the Portuguese for 'barbecue'.-History:...

 (Brazilian steakhouse) full-service restaurant chain, opened in October 13, 1998 in Addison, Texas
Addison, Texas
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, a suburb of Dallas. , there are eighteen locations in the United States
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, one in Aruba
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 and one in Trinidad
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Meals

Texas de Brazil is an authentic Brazilian-American churrascaria
Churrascaria
A churrascaria is a Brazilian steakhouse. Churrasco is the cooking style, which translates roughly from the Portuguese for 'barbecue'.-History:...

 that combines the cuisine of Southern Brazil with the generous spirit of Texas.

The dining experience consists of a 50-60 seasonal items salad area including appetizers, soups, salads, and traditional side items, like the house baked pão de queijo (Brazilian cheese bread), banana frita (sweet fried bananas), etc. The meats are slow cooked in an open flame grill.

One receives a two-sided colored card: one side is green as in "go", and the other side is red meaning "stop". When one flips one's card to green, several meat carvers will pass from table to table slicing different cuts of roasted beef, lamb, pork, chicken, and Brazilian sausage from skewers onto one's plate. This is called rodizio
Rodizio
Rodízio and the waiters bring an offering of food to each customer at several times throughout the meal, until the customers signify that they have had enough. In churrascarias, servers come to the table with knives and a skewer, on which are speared various kinds of meat, most commonly local cuts...

, which means rotating in Portuguese.

Some of the meat cuts are:
  • Beef ribs
    Ribs (food)
    Ribs of beef, lamb, venison, and pork are a cut of meat. The term ribs usually refers to the less meaty part of the chops, often cooked as a slab .They can be roasted, grilled, baked, braised, or smoked....

  • Chicken breast wrapped in bacon
    Bacon
    Bacon is a cured meat prepared from a pig. It is first cured using large quantities of salt, either in a brine or in a dry packing; the result is fresh bacon . Fresh bacon may then be further dried for weeks or months in cold air, boiled, or smoked. Fresh and dried bacon must be cooked before eating...

  • Chuleta de cordeiro (lamb chops)
  • Filet mignon
    Filet mignon
    Filet mignon is a steak cut of beef taken from the smaller end of the tenderloin, or psoas major of the beef carcass, usually a steer or heifer...

  • Filet mignon
    Filet mignon
    Filet mignon is a steak cut of beef taken from the smaller end of the tenderloin, or psoas major of the beef carcass, usually a steer or heifer...

     wrapped in bacon
    Bacon
    Bacon is a cured meat prepared from a pig. It is first cured using large quantities of salt, either in a brine or in a dry packing; the result is fresh bacon . Fresh bacon may then be further dried for weeks or months in cold air, boiled, or smoked. Fresh and dried bacon must be cooked before eating...

  • Flank steak
    Flank steak
    The flank steak, also known as bavette, is a beef steak cut from the abdominal muscles of the cow. A relatively long and flat cut of meat, flank steak is used in a variety of dishes including London broil and fajitas...

  • Garlic picanha (prime part of the sirloin
    Top sirloin
    Top sirloin is a cut of meat from the primal loin, subprimal sirloin, of a beef carcass. Top sirloin steaks differ from sirloin steaks in that the bone and the tenderloin and bottom round muscles have been removed; the remaining major muscles are the gluteus medius and biceps femoris...

    )
  • Linguiça
    Linguiça
    Linguiça is a form of Portuguese smoke cured pork sausage seasoned with garlic and paprika.Outside of Portugal, Azores and Brazil, linguiça is also popular in Goa , Southeastern Massachusetts, Massachusetts' North Shore, California, Rhode Island, Hawaii, and Okinawa, where it is often simply...

     (Brazilian sausage
    Sausage
    A sausage is a food usually made from ground meat , mixed with salt, herbs, and other spices, although vegetarian sausages are available. The word sausage is derived from Old French saussiche, from the Latin word salsus, meaning salted.Typically, a sausage is formed in a casing traditionally made...

    )
  • Picanha (prime part of the sirloin
    Top sirloin
    Top sirloin is a cut of meat from the primal loin, subprimal sirloin, of a beef carcass. Top sirloin steaks differ from sirloin steaks in that the bone and the tenderloin and bottom round muscles have been removed; the remaining major muscles are the gluteus medius and biceps femoris...

    )
  • Parmesan chicken
  • Parmesan pork
  • Pata de cordeiro (Leg of lamb)
  • Pork loin
    Pork loin
    Pork loin is a cut of meat from a pig, created from the tissue along the top of the rib cage. It is very popular in the United States, where it is usually grilled or baked. Pork loins are also sold soaking in marinade. Pork Loin can be used to make many different foods; such as bacon...

  • Pork ribs
    Pork ribs
    Pork ribs are a cut of pork popular in North American and Asian cuisines. The ribcage of a domestic pig, meat and bones together, is cut into usable pieces, prepared by smoking, grilling, or baking – usually with a sauce, often barbecue – and then served....



Some of the desserts are:
  • Bananas foster pie
  • Carrot cake
    Carrot cake
    Carrot cake is a cake which consists of grated carrots mixed with batter. The carrot softens in the cooking process, and the cake usually has a soft, dense texture...

  • Chocolate mousse cake
  • Coconut cheese pie
  • Crème brûlée
    Crème brûlée
    Crème brûlée , also known as burnt cream, crema catalana, or Trinity cream is a dessert consisting of a rich custard base topped with a contrasting layer of hard caramel...

  • Creme de papaia (Brazilian papaya cream)
  • Key lime pie
    Key lime pie
    Key lime pie is an American dessert made of key lime juice, egg yolks, and sweetened condensed milk in a pie crust. The traditional Conch version uses the egg whites to make a meringue topping. The dish is named after the small key limes that are naturalized throughout the Florida Keys...

  • Pecan pie
    Pecan pie
    Pecan pie is a sweet pie made primarily of corn syrup and pecan nuts. It is popularly served at holiday meals and is also considered a specialty of Southern U.S. cuisine. Most pecan pie recipes include salt and vanilla as flavorings. Chocolate and bourbon whiskey are other popular additions to the...

  • Pudim de leite condensado (Brazilian flan)
  • Pudim de queijo (Brazilian cheesecake)

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