Stewing: Method and Recipes

Seafood stew with vegetables
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When chunks of meat, seafood or vegetables are slow-simmered in a flavorful liquid brew, the result is a warming, comforting dish called a stew. Slow, moist cooking is the best way to tenderize tough cuts of meat (which happen to also be the most flavorful). Stews are also a great way to use up leftovers. And speaking of leftovers, most stews are more flavorful the next day.

International Stewing Recipes

Gumbo 
(American Cajun-Creole meat and shellfish stew)

Harira 
(North African lamb and chickpea stew)

Sinigang na Baboy 
(Filipino sour pork and vegetable stew)

Pozole 
(Mexican pork and hominy stew)

Caldereta 
(Filipino beef stew)

Mafé, or Maafe 
(West African meat in peanut sauce)

Hkatenkwan 
(Ghanaian chicken and groundnut stew)

Matoke 
(Ugandan beef and plantain stew)

Khoresht-e Aloo 
(Persian lamb stewed with prunes)

Puchero 
(Spanish meat and chickpea stew)

Dograma 
(Turkmen shredded meat and bread stew)

Carapulcra 
(Peruvian pork and freeze-dried potato stew)

Boeuf à l’Haïtienne 
(Haitian beef with tomatoes and peppers)

Sancocho 
(Latin root vegetable stew)

Menudo Rojo 
(Mexican spicy beef tripe soup)

Bredie 
(South African lamb stew)

Scotch Broth 
(Scottish lamb, barley and root vegetable stew)

Hakô Bantara 
(Guinean cassava leaf stew)

Moqueca 
(Brazilian fish and coconut milk stew)

Khoresht Ghaimeh 
(Persian lamb and split pea stew)

Feijoada 
(Brazilian pork, beef and black bean stew)

Olla de Carne 
(Costa Rican beef and vegetable stew)

Bográcsgulyás 
(Hungarian beef and pepper stew)

Lham Lahlou 
(Algerian lamb and dried fruit tagine)

Borshch 
(Ukrainian beet soup)

Ewa Dodo 
(Nigerian black-eyed pea stew with plantains)

Chicken Stock 
(How to make chicken stock, with variations)

Pollo Guisado 
(Dominican, Puerto Rican stewed chicken)

Asopao de Pollo 
(Puerto Rican, Dominican chicken and rice stew)

Quimbombó Guisado 
(Puerto Rican stewed okra)

Carbonade Flamande, or Vlaamse Stoverij 
(Belgian beef and beer stew)

Cerdo con Frijoles 
(Mexican stewed pork and black beans)

Irish Stew 
(Irish lamb and potato stew)

Hong Shao Rou 
(Chinese red-cooked pork)

Porotos Granados 
(Chilean pumpkin and cranberry bean stew)

Tashreeb Dajaj 
(Iraqi chicken and chickpea stew over bread)

Candinga Hondureña 
(Honduran stewed pork liver)

Zarzuela de Mariscos 
(Spanish seafood stew)

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