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

Porotos Granados 
(Chilean pumpkin and cranberry bean stew)

Sinigang na Baboy 
(Filipino sour pork and vegetable stew)

Hkatenkwan 
(Ghanaian chicken and groundnut stew)

Zarzuela de Mariscos 
(Spanish seafood stew)

Bográcsgulyás 
(Hungarian beef and pepper stew)

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

Khoresht-e Aloo 
(Persian lamb stewed with prunes)

Borshch 
(Ukrainian beet soup)

Hong Shao Rou 
(Chinese red-cooked pork)

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

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

Candinga Hondureña 
(Honduran stewed pork liver)

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

Bredie 
(South African lamb stew)

Lham Lahlou 
(Algerian lamb and dried fruit tagine)

Pozole 
(Mexican pork and hominy stew)

Hakô Bantara 
(Guinean cassava leaf stew)

Moqueca 
(Brazilian fish and coconut milk stew)

Gumbo 
(American Cajun-Creole meat and shellfish stew)

Dograma 
(Turkmen shredded meat and bread stew)

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

Cerdo con Frijoles 
(Mexican stewed pork and black beans)

Pollo Guisado 
(Dominican, Puerto Rican stewed chicken)

Quimbombó Guisado 
(Puerto Rican stewed okra)

Caldereta 
(Filipino beef stew)

Olla de Carne 
(Costa Rican beef and vegetable stew)

Sancocho 
(Latin root vegetable stew)

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

Harira 
(North African lamb and chickpea stew)

Khoresht Ghaimeh 
(Persian lamb and split pea stew)

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

Irish Stew 
(Irish lamb and potato stew)

Carapulcra 
(Peruvian pork and freeze-dried potato stew)

Menudo Rojo 
(Mexican spicy beef tripe soup)

Tashreeb Dajaj 
(Iraqi chicken and chickpea stew over bread)

Matoke 
(Ugandan beef and plantain stew)

Puchero 
(Spanish meat and chickpea stew)

Feijoada 
(Brazilian pork, beef and black bean stew)

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